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
2025
- Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks as Self
- The Roaring Game
- Devil's Play as Reverend Beau Jackson
2024
- Faye as Self
- Jade as Tork
- Not Another Church Movie as Devil
- Murder at Hollow Creek as Ruslan Petrovic
- Like Tears in Rain as Self
- Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self
- Celebrity Big Brother as Self - Housemate
- Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream as Self - Housemate
- Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live as Self - Housemate
- Mad Props as Self
2023
- Murder Motel as Dino
- Hunt Club as Virgil
- 21 Rubies as Mickey Mandovanis
- The Palace as Bill Crush
2022
- The Commando as Johnny
- Section 8 as Earl Atherton
- WarHunt as Major Johnson
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Bisping as Self
- Take Back as Patrick / Jack
- Man of God as Paralyzed Man
- Adverse as Kaden
2020
- The Legion as Corbulo
- Girl as Sheriff
- Belmondo l'influenceur as Self
2019
- The Masked Singer as Gremlin
- Night Walk as Gary
- Berlin, I Love You as Jim
- Losers as Self
2018
- Nightmare Cinema as The Projectionist
- Tiger as Frank Donovan
- Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers as Self - The Narrator (voice)
2016
- Weaponized as Professor Clarence Peterson
- House of Time ... (Thanks)
2015
- War Pigs as Major A.J. Redding
- Blunt Force Trauma as Zorringer
- A Hitman in London as Vogel
- Ashby as Ashby Holt
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Marv
- Hollywood Banker as Self
2013
- Java Heat as Malik
- Generation Iron as Narrator (voice)
- Dead in Tombstone as Lucifer
- The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini as Self
2012
- Black November as Tom Hudson
- Sunset Strip as Self
- I Am Bruce Lee as Self
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- The Courier as Maxwell
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
- Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' as Self
- 13 as Jefferson
- One Night in Vegas as Self
- The Day Before as Self
2009
- Alan Carr: Chatty Man as Self
- WWE WrestleMania XXV as Self
- Within the Ring as Self
- La Traversée du désir as Self
- 42nd Street: River to River as Self
2008
- Killshot as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
- The Informers as Peter
- The Wrestler as Randy
- Projectorparishilton as Self - Guest
- Hyung as Jack
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006
- Stormbreaker as Darrius Sayle
2005
- Sin City as Marv
- Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' as Self
- Domino as Ed Mosbey
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
2002
- V Graham Norton as Self
2001
- The Pledge as Jim Olstad
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- They Crawl as Tiny Frakes
- The Follow as Husband
- Picture Claire as Eddie
- The Hire as Husband
2000
- Get Carter as Cyrus Paice
- Animal Factory as Jan the Actress
1999
- Shergar as Gavin O'Rourke
- Shades as Paul S. Sullivan
- Out in Fifty as Jack Bracken
1998
- Buffalo '66 as The Bookie
- Point Blank as Rudy Ray
- Thursday as Kasarov
- 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)
- 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
- Francesco as Francesco
- Wild Orchid as James Wheeler
- Johnny Handsome as Johnny Handsome
1988
- Homeboy as Johnny Walker
1987
- Barfly as Henry Chinaski
- Angel Heart as Harry Angel
- A Prayer for the Dying as Martin Fallon
1986
- Nine 1/2 Weeks as John
1985
- Year of the Dragon as Stanley White
1984
- The Pope of Greenwich Village as Charlie
1983
- Eureka as Aurelio D'Amato
- Rumble Fish as The Motorcycle Boy
1982
- Diner as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
- Body Heat as Teddy Lewis
1980
- Heaven's Gate as Nick Ray
- City in Fear as Tony Pate
- Fade to Black as Richie
- Act of Love as Joseph Cybulkowski
- 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