Acting
Mickey Rourke
EN, NL, RO, FR cinema · 128 credits
Born
16 September 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Schenectady, New York, USA
Also known as Philip Andre Rourke, Jr. · Sir Eddie Cook · Marielito
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
Filmography
The Mob Priest
The Mob Priest
as Jared McKendry
Merchandise
Merchandise
as Patrick
She's Still Here
She's Still Here
as Father Scott
Bring the Law
as Gargos
The Roaring Game
as The Plow King
3 Days Rising
as Willy T
Devil's Play
as Reverend Beau Jackson
Murder at Hollow Creek
as Ruslan Petrovic
Mad Props
as Self
Faye
as Self
Jade
as Tork
Murder Motel
as Dino
The Palace
as Bill Crush
21 Rubies
as Mickey Mandovanis
Hunt Club
as Virgil
Section 8
as Earl Atherton
WarHunt
as Major Johnson
The Commando
as Johnny, Executive Producer
Bisping
as Self
Adverse
as Kaden
Take Back
as Patrick / Jack, Executive Producer
Man of God
as Paralyzed Man
kid 90
as Self
The Legion
as Corbulo
Girl
as Sheriff
Night Walk
as Gary
Tiger
as Frank Donovan
Nightmare Cinema
as The Projectionist, Co-Executive Producer
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
as Self - The Narrator (voice)
Weaponized
as Professor Clarence Peterson
A Hitman in London
as Vogel
Ashby
as Ashby Holt
War Pigs
as Major A.J. Redding
Blunt Force Trauma
as Zorringer
Hollywood Banker
as Self
Dead in Tombstone
as Lucifer
Generation Iron
as Narrator (voice)
Java Heat
as Malik
I Am Bruce Lee
as Self
The Courier
as Maxwell
Black November
as Tom Hudson
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Sunset Strip
as Self
Immortals
as King Hyperion
Passion Play
as Nate
Iron Man 2
as Ivan Vanko
The Expendables
as Tool
13
as Jefferson
Within the Ring
as Self
The Wrestler
as Randy
Killshot
as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
The Informers
as Peter
Stormbreaker
as Darrius Sayle
Sin City
as Marv
Domino
as Ed Mosbey
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
as Self (archive footage)
Man on Fire
as Jordan Kalfus
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as Billy Chambers
Masked and Anonymous
as Edmund
Spun
as The Cook
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
The Pledge
as Jim Olstad
Picture Claire
as Eddie
The Follow
as Husband
They Crawl
as Tiny Frakes
Get Carter
as Cyrus Paice
Animal Factory
as Jan the Actress
Shades
as Paul S. Sullivan
Out in Fifty
as Jack Bracken
Shergar
as Gavin O'Rourke
Buffalo '66
as The Bookie
Thursday
as Kasarov
Point Blank
as Rudy Ray
Thicker Than Blood
as Father Frank Larkin
The Rainmaker
as Bruiser Stone
Double Team
as Stavros
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
as John Gray
Exit in Red
as Ed Altman
Bullet
as Butch 'Bullet' Stein, Writer, Music Supervisor
Fall Time
as Florence
F.T.W.
as Frank T. Wells
The Last Outlaw
as Graff
White Sands
as Gorman Lennox
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
as Harley Davidson
Desperate Hours
as Michael Bosworth
Johnny Handsome
as Johnny Handsome
Wild Orchid
as James Wheeler
Francesco
as Francesco
Homeboy
as Johnny Walker, Screenplay
Angel Heart
as Harry Angel
Barfly
as Henry Chinaski
A Prayer for the Dying
as Martin Fallon
Nine 1/2 Weeks
as John
Year of the Dragon
as Stanley White
Rumble Fish
as The Motorcycle Boy
Eureka
as Aurelio D'Amato
Diner
as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
Body Heat
as Teddy Lewis
Heaven's Gate
as Nick Ray
Fade to Black
as Richie
City in Fear
as Tony Pate
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
as John Rideout
Act of Love
as Joseph Cybulkowski
1941
as Reese
