Mickey Rourke
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Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr. (born September 16, 1952) is an American actor and former boxer who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films. During the star of the 1980s, Rourke played supporting roles in films like Body Heat (1981) and Diner (1982), before portraying leading roles in films like The Motorcycle Boy in Rumble Fish (1983), Charlie Moran in The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), Captain Stanley White in Year of the Dragon and John Gray in 9½ Weeks (1986). He received critical praise for his work in the Charles Bukowski biopic Barfly and the horror mystery Angel Heart (both 1987). In 1991, following a string of critical and commercial failures, Rourke—who trained as a boxer in his early years—left acting and became a professional boxer for a time. After retiring from boxing in 1994, Rourke returned to acting and had supporting roles in several films such as The Rainmaker (1997), Buffalo '66 (1998), Animal Factory, Get Carter (both 2000), The Pledge (2001), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Man on Fire (2004) and Domino (2005). In 2005, Rourke made a comeback in mainstream Hollywood circles with a lead role in the neo-noir action thriller Sin City, for which he won awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association, the Irish Film and Television Awards, and the Online Film Critics Society. This comeback culminated in his portraying aging wrestler Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in the sports drama film The Wrestler (2008). For the role, Rourke won the Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. After this, Rourke appeared in several commercially successful films; Iron Man 2, The Expendables (both 2010) and Immortals (2011), before primarily going on to work in independent and direct-to-video productions.
Known for
Credits
Iron Man 2 (2010)
as Ivan Vanko
The Expendables (2010)
as Tool
Man on Fire (2004)
as Jordan Kalfus
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
as Marv
Sin City (2005)
as Marv
The Wrestler (2008)
as Randy
Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
as John
The Rainmaker (1997)
as Bruiser Stone
Immortals (2011)
as King Hyperion
Body Heat (1981)
as Teddy Lewis
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
as Billy Chambers
Section 8 (2022)
as Earl Atherton
Angel Heart (1987)
as Harry Angel
1941 (1979)
as Reese
Double Team (1997)
as Stavros
Heaven's Gate (1980)
as Nick Ray
Rumble Fish (1983)
as The Motorcycle Boy
The Pledge (2001)
as Jim Olstad
Buffalo '66 (1998)
as The Bookie
Wild Orchid (1989)
as James Wheeler
Thursday (1998)
as Kasarov
Domino (2005)
as Ed Mosbey
Get Carter (2000)
as Cyrus Paice
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
as Harley Davidson
The Palace (2023)
as Bill Crush
Barfly (1987)
as Henry Chinaski
The Commando (2022)
as Johnny
Johnny Handsome (1989)
as Johnny Handsome
Desperate Hours (1990)
as Michael Bosworth
Stormbreaker (2006)
as Darrius Sayle
Eureka (1983)
as Aurelio D'Amato
The Informers (2008)
as Peter
Passion Play (2011)
as Nate
Animal Factory (2000)
as Jan the Actress
Berlin, I Love You (2019)
as Jim
Girl (2020)
as Sheriff
13 (2010)
as Jefferson
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Spun (2003)
as The Cook
Nightmare Cinema (2018)
as The Projectionist
The Courier (2012)
as Maxwell
White Sands (1992)
as Gorman Lennox
A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
as Martin Fallon
Another 9 1/2 Weeks (1997)
as John Gray
The Legion (2020)
as Corbulo
Jade (2024)
as Tork
Killshot (2008)
as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
Blunt Force Trauma (2015)
as Zorringer
Year of the Dragon (1985)
as Stanley White
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Bring the Law (2026)
as Gargos
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
as Charlie
Diner (1982)
as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
as Edmund
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers (2018)
as Self - The Narrator (voice)
Take Back (2021)
as Patrick / Jack
Dead in Tombstone (2013)
as Lucifer
The Last Outlaw (1993)
as Graff
Bullet (1996)
as Butch 'Bullet' Stein
Ashby (2015)
as Ashby Holt
I Am Bruce Lee (2012)
as Self
Hunt Club (2023)
as Virgil
Fade to Black (1980)
as Richie
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' (2010)
as Self
WarHunt (2022)
as Major Johnson
Belmondo l'influenceur (2020)
as Self
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' (2005)
as Self
La Traversée du désir (2009)
as Self
Out in Fifty (1999)
as Jack Bracken
Java Heat (2013)
as Malik
Faye (2024)
as Self
Night Walk (2019)
as Gary
Weaponized (2016)
as Professor Clarence Peterson
Homeboy (1988)
as Johnny Walker
Adverse (2021)
as Kaden
War Pigs (2015)
as Major A.J. Redding
Hollywood Banker (2014)
as Self
Picture Claire (2001)
as Eddie
Point Blank (1998)
as Rudy Ray
A Hitman in London (2015)
as Vogel
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
Actor
WWE WrestleMania XXV (2009)
as Self
One Night in Vegas (2010)
as Self
The Follow (2001)
as Husband
Murder Motel (2023)
as Dino
National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist (—)
Actor
The Roaring Game (2026)
as The Plow King
Francesco (1989)
as Francesco
Man of God (2021)
as Paralyzed Man
Fall Time (1995)
as Florence
Love in the Hamptons (1976)
as Swede
3 Days Rising (—)
as Willy T
Hyung (2008)
as Jack
Devil's Play (2025)
as Reverend Beau Jackson
Chuck Zito: An American Story (2024)
as Self
Act of Love (1980)
as Joseph Cybulkowski
F.T.W. (1994)
as Frank T. Wells
Black November (2012)
as Tom Hudson
Murder at Hollow Creek (2024)
as Ruslan Petrovic
Mad Props (2024)
as Self
They Crawl (2001)
as Tiny Frakes
Generation Iron (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980)
as John Rideout
Not Another Church Movie (2024)
as Devil
Merchandise (—)
as Patrick
Like Tears in Rain (2024)
as Self
City in Fear (1980)
as Tony Pate
She's Still Here (—)
as Father Scott
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' (2007)
as Self
Shergar (1999)
as Gavin O'Rourke
Thicker Than Blood (1998)
as Father Frank Larkin
Exit in Red (1997)
as Ed Altman
Shades (1999)
as Paul S. Sullivan
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks (2025)
as Self
Sunset Strip (2012)
as Self
Within the Ring (2009)
as Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Bisping (2021)
as Self
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man (2022)
Actor
Tiger (2018)
as Frank Donovan
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini (2013)
as Self
Meet Mickey Rourke (1994)
as Self
The Mob Priest (—)
as Jared McKendry
A Walking Miracle (—)
as Jack
21 Rubies (2023)
as Mickey Mandovanis
42nd Street: River to River (2009)
as Self