Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke

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 cumulated 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.

The Commando
2022
Executive Producer
Section 8
2022
Earl Atherton
Take Back
2021
Executive Producer
Nightmare Cinema
2018
Co-Executive Producer
House of Time
2016
Thanks
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
Marv
I Am Bruce Lee
2012
Self
Immortals
2011
King Hyperion
Passion Play
2011
Nate
Iron Man 2
2010
Ivan Vanko
The Expendables
2010
Tool
13
2010
Jefferson
The Wrestler
2008
Randy
Killshot
2008
Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
The Informers
2008
Peter
Stormbreaker
2006
Darrius Sayle
Sin City
2005
Marv
Domino
2005
Ed Mosbey
Man on Fire
2004
Jordan Kalfus
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
Billy Chambers
Masked and Anonymous
2003
Edmund
Spun
2003
The Cook
The Pledge
2001
Jim Olstad
Picture Claire
2001
Eddie
The Follow
2001
Husband
Get Carter
2000
Cyrus Paice
Animal Factory
2000
Jan the Actress
Shades
1999
Paul S. Sullivan
Out in Fifty
1999
Jack Bracken
Buffalo '66
1998
The Bookie
Thursday
1998
Kasarov
Point Blank
1998
Rudy Ray
The Rainmaker
1997
Bruiser Stone
Double Team
1997
Stavros
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
1997
John Gray
Exit in Red
1997
Ed Altman
Bullet
1996
Writer
Fall Time
1995
Florence
F.T.W.
1994
Frank T. Wells
The Last Outlaw
1993
Graff
White Sands
1992
Gorman Lennox
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
Harley Davidson
Desperate Hours
1990
Michael Bosworth
Johnny Handsome
1989
Johnny Handsome
Wild Orchid
1989
James Wheeler
Francesco
1989
Francesco
Homeboy
1988
Screenplay
Angel Heart
1987
Harry Angel
Barfly
1987
Henry Chinaski
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
Martin Fallon
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
John
Year of the Dragon
1985
Stanley White
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
Charlie
Rumble Fish
1983
The Motorcycle Boy
Eureka
1983
Aurelio D'Amato
Diner
1982
Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
Body Heat
1981
Teddy Lewis
Heaven's Gate
1980
Nick Ray
Fade to Black
1980
Richie
Devil's Play
2025
Reverend Beau Jackson
Murder at Hollow Creek
2024
Ruslan Petrovic
Not Another Church Movie
2024
Devil
Mad Props
2024
Self
Faye
2024
Self
Jade
2024
Tork
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024
Self (archive footage)
Like Tears in Rain
2024
Self
Murder Motel
2023
Dino
The Palace
2023
Bill Crush
Sly
2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
21 Rubies
2023
Mickey Mandovanis
Hunt Club
2023
Virgil
WarHunt
2022
Major Johnson
Bisping
2021
Self
Adverse
2021
Kaden
Man of God
2021
Paralyzed Man
The Legion
2020
Corbulo
Girl
2020
Sheriff
Belmondo l'influenceur
2020
Self
Berlin, I Love You
2019
Jim
Night Walk
2019
Gary
Tiger
2018
Frank Donovan
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
2018
Self - The Narrator (voice)
Weaponized
2016
Professor Clarence Peterson
A Hitman in London
2015
Vogel
Ashby
2015
Ashby Holt
War Pigs
2015
Major A.J. Redding
Blunt Force Trauma
2015
Zorringer
Hollywood Banker
2014
Self
Dead in Tombstone
2013
Lucifer
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini
2013
Self
Generation Iron
2013
Narrator (voice)
Java Heat
2013
Malik
The Courier
2012
Maxwell
Black November
2012
Tom Hudson
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
(archive footage)
Sunset Strip
2012
Self
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010
Self
One Night in Vegas
2010
Self
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
Self
La Traversée du désir
2009
Self
42nd Street: River to River
2009
Self
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
2005
Self
They Crawl
2001
Tiny Frakes
Shergar
1999
Gavin O'Rourke
Thicker Than Blood
1998
Father Frank Larkin
Meet Mickey Rourke
1994
Self
City in Fear
1980
Tony Pate
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
John Rideout
Act of Love
1980
Joseph Cybulkowski
1941
1979
Reese
Love in the Hamptons
1976
Swede