Mickey Rourke

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

147

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-09-16 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Schenectady, New York, USA

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Raw

    Raw

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Iron Man 2

    Iron Man 2

  • The Masked Singer

    The Masked Singer

  • The Masked Singer

    The Masked Singer

  • The Masked Singer

    The Masked Singer

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • GMTV

    GMTV

  • The Expendables

    The Expendables

  • Man on Fire

    Man on Fire

  • Sin City

    Sin City

  • Buffalo '66

    Buffalo '66

  • Killshot

    Killshot

  • The Pledge

    The Pledge

  • Section 8

    Section 8

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • Immortals

    Immortals

  • The Legion

    The Legion

  • Sunset Strip

    Sunset Strip

  • V Graham Norton

    V Graham Norton

  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico

    Once Upon a Time in Mexico

  • Nine 1/2 Weeks

    Nine 1/2 Weeks

  • Jade

    Jade

  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

    Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

  • The Rainmaker

    The Rainmaker

  • Animal Factory

    Animal Factory

  • Night Walk

    Night Walk

  • Girl

    Girl

  • The Commando

    The Commando

  • Murder Motel

    Murder Motel

  • Francesco

    Francesco

  • Take Back

    Take Back

  • Shades

    Shades

  • Generation Iron

    Generation Iron

  • Stormbreaker

    Stormbreaker

  • Bullet

    Bullet

  • Thursday

    Thursday

  • They Crawl

    They Crawl

  • Get Carter

    Get Carter

  • Bisping

    Bisping

  • Faye

    Faye

  • Hunt Club

    Hunt Club

  • Wild Orchid

    Wild Orchid

  • Java Heat

    Java Heat

  • Nightmare Cinema

    Nightmare Cinema

  • Shergar

    Shergar

  • Berlin, I Love You

    Berlin, I Love You

  • Fall Time

    Fall Time

  • Hollywood Heist

    Hollywood Heist

  • Projectorparishilton

    Projectorparishilton

  • War Pigs

    War Pigs

  • Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

    Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

  • Black November

    Black November

  • Eureka

    Eureka

  • Adverse

    Adverse

  • 1941

    1941

  • The Wrestler

    The Wrestler

  • Alan Carr: Chatty Man

    Alan Carr: Chatty Man

  • Tiger

    Tiger

  • Point Blank

    Point Blank

  • Mascots

    Mascots

  • The Informers

    The Informers

  • The Pope of Greenwich Village

    The Pope of Greenwich Village

  • Homeboy

    Homeboy

  • Double Team

    Double Team

  • Barfly

    Barfly

  • Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

    Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

  • Spun

    Spun

  • Rumble Fish

    Rumble Fish

  • Body Heat

    Body Heat

  • Angel Heart

    Angel Heart

  • Blunt Force Trauma

    Blunt Force Trauma

  • Diner

    Diner

  • The Follow

    The Follow

  • 13

    13

  • A Prayer for the Dying

    A Prayer for the Dying

  • Year of the Dragon

    Year of the Dragon

  • Desperate Hours

    Desperate Hours

  • Exit in Red

    Exit in Red

  • Domino

    Domino

  • Chuck Zito: An American Story

    Chuck Zito: An American Story

  • I Am Bruce Lee

    I Am Bruce Lee

  • Ashby

    Ashby

  • Passion Play

    Passion Play

  • Heaven's Gate

    Heaven's Gate

  • Another 9 1/2 Weeks

    Another 9 1/2 Weeks

  • The Hire

    The Hire

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Man of God

    Man of God

  • WarHunt

    WarHunt

  • Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

    Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

  • Johnny Handsome

    Johnny Handsome

  • Dead in Tombstone

    Dead in Tombstone

  • Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

    Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

  • Celebrity Big Brother

    Celebrity Big Brother

  • A Hitman in London

    A Hitman in London

  • The Last Outlaw

    The Last Outlaw

  • Hollywood Banker

    Hollywood Banker

  • Merchandise

    Merchandise

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

    The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini

  • Masked and Anonymous

    Masked and Anonymous

  • City in Fear

    City in Fear

  • Not Another Church Movie

    Not Another Church Movie

  • Losers

    Losers

  • One Night in Vegas

    One Night in Vegas

  • WWE WrestleMania XXV

    WWE WrestleMania XXV

  • The Roaring Game

    The Roaring Game

  • Murder at Hollow Creek

    Murder at Hollow Creek

  • Fade to Black

    Fade to Black

  • Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'

    Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'

  • Picture Claire

    Picture Claire

  • Within the Ring

    Within the Ring

  • She's Still Here

    She's Still Here

  • Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live

    Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live

  • La Traversée du désir

    La Traversée du désir

  • 21 Rubies

    21 Rubies

  • F.T.W.

    F.T.W.

  • Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers

    Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers

  • A Walking Miracle

    A Walking Miracle

  • Like Tears in Rain

    Like Tears in Rain

  • Act of Love

    Act of Love

  • Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream

    Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream

  • The Mob Priest

    The Mob Priest

  • The Courier

    The Courier

  • Devil's Play

    Devil's Play

  • Out in Fifty

    Out in Fifty

  • White Sands

    White Sands

  • 42nd Street: River to River

    42nd Street: River to River

  • Bring the Law

    Bring the Law

  • Love in the Hamptons

    Love in the Hamptons

  • The Day Before

    The Day Before

  • The Palace

    The Palace

  • Weaponized

    Weaponized

  • Mad Props

    Mad Props

  • Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

    Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

  • David Haye versus

    David Haye versus

  • Belmondo l'influenceur

    Belmondo l'influenceur

  • Thicker Than Blood

    Thicker Than Blood

  • Meet Mickey Rourke

    Meet Mickey Rourke

  • Hyung

    Hyung