
Mickey Rourke
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.
Acting (112 movies)

Sin City
2005

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014

Rumble Fish
1983

Johnny Handsome
1989

Iron Man 2
2010

Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003

Angel Heart
1987

Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991

Get Carter
2000

Heaven's Gate
1980

Barfly
1987

Wild Orchid
1989

The Last Outlaw
1993

Year of the Dragon
1985

The Pledge
2001

Masked and Anonymous
2003

Desperate Hours
1990

The Rainmaker
1997

Spun
2003

The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984

The Wrestler
2008

Buffalo '66
1998

Man on Fire
2004

F.T.W.
1994

Homeboy
1988

Animal Factory
2000

Thursday
1998

The Expendables
2010

Stormbreaker
2006

Double Team
1997

A Prayer for the Dying
1987

Domino
2005

Fade to Black
1980

Picture Claire
2001

Fall Time
1995

Diner
1982

Body Heat
1981

Bullet
1996

The Follow
2001

Killshot
2008

Eureka
1983

Immortals
2011

13
2010

Passion Play
2011

The Informers
2008

Section 8
2022

Another 9 1/2 Weeks
1997

Shades
1999

White Sands
1992

Exit in Red
1997

Point Blank
1998

I Am Bruce Lee
2012

City in Fear
1980

Francesco
1989

Out in Fifty
1999

The Courier
2012

Murder Motel
2023

Dead in Tombstone
2013

The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini
2013

Within the Ring
2009

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010

The Palace
2023

They Crawl
2001

Meet Mickey Rourke
1994

Generation Iron
2013

Java Heat
2013

Murder at Hollow Creek
2024

Berlin, I Love You
2019

Bisping
2021

Hollywood Banker
2014

Black November
2012

WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009

A Hitman in London
2015

Ashby
2015

Not Another Church Movie
2024

21 Rubies
2023

Thicker Than Blood
1998

Mad Props
2024

War Pigs
2015

Hunt Club
2023

Blunt Force Trauma
2015

Love in the Hamptons
1976

Devil's Play
2025

Faye
2024

Weaponized
2016

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980

1941
1979

Act of Love
1980

Shergar
1999

Tiger
2018

Sunset Strip
2012

Nightmare Cinema
2018

La Traversée du désir
2009

One Night in Vegas
2010

Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
2018

Night Walk
2019

Adverse
2021

Take Back
2021

The Legion
2020
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Homeboy | 1988 | Screenplay |
| Bullet | 1996 | Writer |
| Take Back | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| The Commando | 2022 | Executive Producer |