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Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke

Acting September 16, 1952 (74 years old) Schenectady, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Movies 127

Iron Man 2 6.9

Iron Man 2

as Ivan Vanko

2010
The Expendables 6.3

The Expendables

as Tool

2010
Sin City 7.5

Sin City

as Marv

2005
Man on Fire 7.5

Man on Fire

as Jordan Kalfus

2004
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 6.4

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

as Marv

2014
Immortals 6.1

Immortals

as King Hyperion

2011
Nine 1/2 Weeks 6.1

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as John

1986
Bring the Law 5.6

Bring the Law

as Gargos

2026
Once Upon a Time in Mexico 6.3

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

as Billy Chambers

2003
Wild Orchid 5.3

Wild Orchid

as James Wheeler

1989
The Wrestler 7.5

The Wrestler

as Randy

2008
Body Heat 7.0

Body Heat

as Teddy Lewis

1981
The Rainmaker 7.0

The Rainmaker

as Bruiser Stone

1997
Domino 5.9

Domino

as Ed Mosbey

2005
Angel Heart 7.1

Angel Heart

as Harry Angel

1987
Heaven's Gate 6.7

Heaven's Gate

as Nick Ray

1980
Double Team 5.3

Double Team

as Stavros

1997
1941 5.7

1941

as Reese

1979
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man 6.3

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

as Harley Davidson

1991
Buffalo '66 7.1

Buffalo '66

as The Bookie

1998
Get Carter 5.2

Get Carter

as Cyrus Paice

2000
13 5.8

13

as Jefferson

2010
Year of the Dragon 6.8

Year of the Dragon

as Stanley White

1985
Rumble Fish 7.0

Rumble Fish

as The Motorcycle Boy

1983
The Pledge 6.6

The Pledge

as Jim Olstad

2001
Section 8 6.1

Section 8

as Earl Atherton

2022
The Informers 4.7

The Informers

as Peter

2008
Johnny Handsome 6.4

Johnny Handsome

as Johnny Handsome

1989
Barfly 6.9

Barfly

as Henry Chinaski

1987
Stormbreaker 5.2

Stormbreaker

as Darrius Sayle

2006
Nightmare Cinema 5.8

Nightmare Cinema

as The Projectionist

2018
The Commando 5.7

The Commando

as Johnny

2022
Berlin, I Love You 4.7

Berlin, I Love You

as Jim

2019
The Pope of Greenwich Village 6.4

The Pope of Greenwich Village

as Charlie

1984
Thursday 6.9

Thursday

as Kasarov

1998
Eureka 5.3

Eureka

as Aurelio D'Amato

1983
Girl 6.0

Girl

as Sheriff

2020
Passion Play 4.7

Passion Play

as Nate

2011
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 7.5

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

2012
Spun 6.6

Spun

as The Cook

2003
The Legion 6.2

The Legion

as Corbulo

2020
Ashby 6.2

Ashby

as Ashby Holt

2015
A Prayer for the Dying 5.9

A Prayer for the Dying

as Martin Fallon

1987
Killshot 5.8

Killshot

as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas

2008
Another 9 1/2 Weeks 4.5

Another 9 1/2 Weeks

as John Gray

1997
Dead in Tombstone 5.0

Dead in Tombstone

as Lucifer

2013
Desperate Hours 5.4

Desperate Hours

as Michael Bosworth

1990
Jade 5.1

Jade

as Tork

2024
Animal Factory 6.3

Animal Factory

as Jan the Actress

2000
The Courier 4.8

The Courier

as Maxwell

2012
I Am Bruce Lee 7.6

I Am Bruce Lee

as Self

2012
Diner 6.8

Diner

as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell

1982
WarHunt 5.0

WarHunt

as Major Johnson

2022
A Hitman in London 4.3

A Hitman in London

as Vogel

2015
Adverse 4.8

Adverse

as Kaden

2021
Bullet 6.2

Bullet

as Butch 'Bullet' Stein

1996
Fade to Black 5.7

Fade to Black

as Richie

1980
Hollywood Banker 6.6

Hollywood Banker

as Self

2014
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers 6.2

Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers

as Self - The Narrator (voice)

2018
Blunt Force Trauma 5.0

Blunt Force Trauma

as Zorringer

2015
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! 5.5

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018
War Pigs 4.8

War Pigs

as Major A.J. Redding

2015
Celebrity Naked Ambition 5.3

Celebrity Naked Ambition

as Self (archive footage)

2003
The Palace 5.4

The Palace

as Bill Crush

2023
The Last Outlaw 5.5

The Last Outlaw

as Graff

1993
Point Blank 4.5

Point Blank

as Rudy Ray

1998
Man of God 7.0

Man of God

as Paralyzed Man

2021
White Sands 5.9

White Sands

as Gorman Lennox

1992
The Roaring Game

The Roaring Game

as The Plow King

2026
Faye 6.4

Faye

as Self

2024
Black November 5.0

Black November

as Tom Hudson

2012
Masked and Anonymous 5.2

Masked and Anonymous

as Edmund

2003
WWE WrestleMania XXV 7.8

WWE WrestleMania XXV

as Self

2009
Homeboy 5.1

Homeboy

as Johnny Walker

1988
Weaponized 3.6

Weaponized

as Professor Clarence Peterson

2016
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' 8.0

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

as Self

2010
Not Another Church Movie 3.3

Not Another Church Movie

as Devil

2024
F.T.W. 4.7

F.T.W.

as Frank T. Wells

1994
Java Heat 5.2

Java Heat

as Malik

2013
Take Back 5.9

Take Back

as Patrick / Jack

2021
Francesco 6.5

Francesco

as Francesco

1989
kid 90 6.9

kid 90

as Self

2021
Tiger 6.4

Tiger

as Frank Donovan

2018
Generation Iron 6.6

Generation Iron

as Narrator (voice)

2013
3 Days Rising

3 Days Rising

as Willy T

2026
Fall Time 4.8

Fall Time

as Florence

1995
Hunt Club 4.2

Hunt Club

as Virgil

2023
Night Walk 4.6

Night Walk

as Gary

2019
National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist

National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist

The Follow 6.9

The Follow

as Husband

2001
Devil's Play 5.5

Devil's Play

as Reverend Beau Jackson

2025
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' 8.0

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'

as Self

2005
La Traversée du désir 5.7

La Traversée du désir

as Self

2009
Picture Claire 5.6

Picture Claire

as Eddie

2001
Act of Love 6.0

Act of Love

as Joseph Cybulkowski

1980
Like Tears in Rain 7.7

Like Tears in Rain

as Self

2024
They Crawl 4.4

They Crawl

as Tiny Frakes

2001
Murder at Hollow Creek 2.0

Murder at Hollow Creek

as Ruslan Petrovic

2024
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' 8.0

On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'

as Self (archive footage)

2005
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks 8.0

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

as Self

2025
Sunset Strip 7.3

Sunset Strip

as Self

2012
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini 7.1

The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini

as Self

2013
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man 5.0

Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man

2023
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case 5.9

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

as John Rideout

1980
Murder Motel 5.2

Murder Motel

as Dino

2023
A Walking Miracle

A Walking Miracle

as Jack

Out in Fifty 3.7

Out in Fifty

as Jack Bracken

1999
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'

Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'

as Self

2007
Bisping 6.0

Bisping

as Self

2021
Love in the Hamptons

Love in the Hamptons

as Swede

1976
One Night in Vegas 6.3

One Night in Vegas

as Self

2010
Chuck Zito: An American Story 2.0

Chuck Zito: An American Story

as Self

2024
Exit in Red 4.0

Exit in Red

as Ed Altman

1997
Thicker Than Blood 7.1

Thicker Than Blood

as Father Frank Larkin

1998
Belmondo l'influenceur 8.4

Belmondo l'influenceur

as Self

2020
Mad Props 6.0

Mad Props

as Self

2024
Shades 6.0

Shades

as Paul S. Sullivan

1999
City in Fear 5.7

City in Fear

as Tony Pate

1980
Shergar 6.4

Shergar

as Gavin O'Rourke

1999
42nd Street: River to River 2.0

42nd Street: River to River

as Self

2009
Merchandise

Merchandise

as Patrick

She's Still Here

She's Still Here

as Father Scott

Within the Ring 6.0

Within the Ring

as Self

2009
The Mob Priest

The Mob Priest

as Jared McKendry

Hyung

Hyung

as Jack

2008
21 Rubies 9.0

21 Rubies

as Mickey Mandovanis

2023
Meet Mickey Rourke 3.0

Meet Mickey Rourke

as Self

1994

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