Mickey Rourke
Born: 1952-09-16 in Schenectady, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Bring the Law as Gargos
- The Roaring Game as The Plow King
2025
- Devil's Play as Reverend Beau Jackson
- Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks as Self
2024
- Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live as Self - Housemate
- Celebrity Big Brother as Self - Housemate
- Jade as Tork
- Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream as Self - Housemate
- Faye as Self
- Not Another Church Movie as Devil
- Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self
- Murder at Hollow Creek as Ruslan Petrovic
- Like Tears in Rain as Self
- Mad Props as Self
2023
- The Palace as Bill Crush
- Hunt Club as Virgil
- Murder Motel as Dino
- 21 Rubies as Mickey Mandovanis
2022
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- The Commando as Johnny
- Section 8 as Earl Atherton
- WarHunt as Major Johnson
2021
- Take Back as Patrick / Jack
- Adverse as Kaden
- Man of God as Paralyzed Man
- Bisping as Self
2020
- Girl as Sheriff
- The Legion as Corbulo
- Belmondo l'influenceur as Self
2019
- The Masked Singer as Gremlin
- Berlin, I Love You as Jim
- Losers as Self
- Night Walk as Gary
2018
- Nightmare Cinema as The Projectionist
- Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers as Self - The Narrator (voice)
- Tiger as Frank Donovan
- Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2016
- Weaponized as Professor Clarence Peterson
- House of Time ... (Thanks)
2015
- Blunt Force Trauma as Zorringer
- War Pigs as Major A.J. Redding
- A Hitman in London as Vogel
- Ashby as Ashby Holt
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Marv
- Hollywood Banker as Self
2013
- Dead in Tombstone as Lucifer
- Java Heat as Malik
- Generation Iron as Narrator (voice)
- The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini as Self
2012
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- The Courier as Maxwell
- I Am Bruce Lee as Self
- Sunset Strip as Self
- Black November as Tom Hudson
2011
- Immortals as King Hyperion
- Passion Play as Nate
- David Haye versus as Self
2010
- Iron Man 2 as Ivan Vanko
- The Expendables as Tool
- 13 as Jefferson
- The Day Before as Self
- Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' as Self
- One Night in Vegas as Self
2009
- Alan Carr: Chatty Man as Self
- La Traversée du désir as Self
- WWE WrestleMania XXV as Self
- Within the Ring as Self
- 42nd Street: River to River as Self
2008
- Projectorparishilton as Self - Guest
- The Wrestler as Randy
- The Informers as Peter
- Killshot as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
- Hyung as Jack
2007
2006
- Stormbreaker as Darrius Sayle
2005
- Sin City as Marv
- Domino as Ed Mosbey
- Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' as Self
- On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Man on Fire as Jordan Kalfus
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico as Billy Chambers
- Spun as The Cook
- Masked and Anonymous as Edmund
- Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)
2002
- V Graham Norton as Self
2001
- The Hire as Husband
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- The Pledge as Jim Olstad
- Picture Claire as Eddie
- The Follow as Husband
- They Crawl as Tiny Frakes
2000
- Get Carter as Cyrus Paice
- Animal Factory as Jan the Actress
1999
- Out in Fifty as Jack Bracken
- Shades as Paul S. Sullivan
- Shergar as Gavin O'Rourke
1998
- Buffalo '66 as The Bookie
- Thursday as Kasarov
- Point Blank as Rudy Ray
- Thicker Than Blood as Father Frank Larkin
1997
- The Rainmaker as Bruiser Stone
- Double Team as Stavros
- Another 9 1/2 Weeks as John Gray
- Exit in Red as Ed Altman
1996
- Bullet as Butch 'Bullet' Stein
1995
- Fall Time as Florence
1994
- F.T.W. as Frank T. Wells
- Meet Mickey Rourke as Self
1993
- Raw as Self (archive footage)
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- GMTV as Self
- The Last Outlaw as Graff
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- White Sands as Gorman Lennox
1991
- Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man as Harley Davidson
1990
- Desperate Hours as Michael Bosworth
1989
- Wild Orchid as James Wheeler
- Johnny Handsome as Johnny Handsome
- Francesco as Francesco
1988
- Homeboy as Johnny Walker
1987
- Angel Heart as Harry Angel
- Barfly as Henry Chinaski
- A Prayer for the Dying as Martin Fallon
1986
- Nine 1/2 Weeks as John
1985
- WWE Pay Per View
- Year of the Dragon as Stanley White
1984
- The Pope of Greenwich Village as Charlie
1983
- Rumble Fish as The Motorcycle Boy
- Eureka as Aurelio D'Amato
1982
- Diner as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
- Body Heat as Teddy Lewis
1980
- Heaven's Gate as Nick Ray
- Fade to Black as Richie
- Act of Love as Joseph Cybulkowski
- City in Fear as Tony Pate
- Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case as John Rideout
1979
- 1941 as Reese
1976
- Love in the Hamptons as Swede
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self