Mickey Rourke
Acting
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.
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movieBring the Law
2026
Gargos
movieThe Roaring Game
2026
The Plow King
movieDevil's Play
2025
Reverend Beau Jackson
movieFaye
2024
Self
movieJade
2024
Tork
movieMurder at Hollow Creek
2024
Ruslan Petrovic
tvCelebrity Big Brother: Live Stream
2024
Self - Housemate
tvCelebrity Big Brother: Late and Live
2024
Self - Housemate
tvCelebrity Big Brother
2024
Self - Housemate
movie21 Rubies
2023
Mickey Mandovanis
movieThe Palace
2023
Bill Crush
movieHunt Club
2023
Virgil
tvIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieSection 8
2022
Earl Atherton
movieWarHunt
2022
Major Johnson
movieThe Commando
2022
Johnny
movieMan of God
2021
Paralyzed Man
movieTake Back
2021
Patrick / Jack
movieAdverse
2021
Kaden
movieBisping
2021
Self
movieGirl
2020
Sheriff
movieThe Legion
2020
Corbulo
tvLosers
2019
Self
tvThe Masked Singer
2019
Gremlin / Self / Gremlin (archive footage)
movieTiger
2018
Frank Donovan
movieBob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
2018
Self - The Narrator (voice)
movieNightmare Cinema
2018
The Projectionist
movieWeaponized
2016
Professor Clarence Peterson
movieBlunt Force Trauma
2015
Zorringer
movieWar Pigs
2015
Major A.J. Redding
movieAshby
2015
Ashby Holt
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest
movieDead in Tombstone
2013
Lucifer
movieGeneration Iron
2013
Narrator (voice)
movieJava Heat
2013
Malik
movieBlack November
2012
Tom Hudson
movieThe Courier
2012
Maxwell
movieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
(archive footage)
movieImmortals
2011
King Hyperion
movieIron Man 2
2010
Ivan Vanko
movie13
2010
Jefferson
movieKillshot
2008
Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
tvProjectorparishilton
2008
Self - Guest
movieStormbreaker
2006
Darrius Sayle
movieDomino
2005
Ed Mosbey
movieOn Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieMan on Fire
2004
Jordan Kalfus
movieOnce Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
Billy Chambers
movieCelebrity Naked Ambition
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieSpun
2003
The Cook
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self / Self - Guest
movieThe Follow
2001
Husband
tvThe Hire
2001
Husband
movieThey Crawl
2001
Tiny Frakes
movieThe Pledge
2001
Jim Olstad
movieAnimal Factory
2000
Jan the Actress
movieGet Carter
2000
Cyrus Paice
movieShades
1999
Paul S. Sullivan
movieOut in Fifty
1999
Jack Bracken
movieShergar
1999
Gavin O'Rourke
movieThursday
1998
Kasarov
movieThicker Than Blood
1998
Father Frank Larkin
moviePoint Blank
1998
Rudy Ray
movieBuffalo '66
1998
The Bookie
movieThe Rainmaker
1997
Bruiser Stone
movieExit in Red
1997
Ed Altman
movieAnother 9 1/2 Weeks
1997
John Gray
movieDouble Team
1997
Stavros
movieBullet
1996
Butch 'Bullet' Stein
movieFall Time
1995
Florence
movieF.T.W.
1994
Frank T. Wells
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993
Self - Guest
tvRaw
1993
Self (archive footage)
tvGMTV
1993
Self
movieWhite Sands
1992
Gorman Lennox
movieHarley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
Harley Davidson
movieDesperate Hours
1990
Michael Bosworth
movieWild Orchid
1989
James Wheeler
movieJohnny Handsome
1989
Johnny Handsome
movieFrancesco
1989
Francesco
movieHomeboy
1988
Johnny Walker
movieA Prayer for the Dying
1987
Martin Fallon
movieBarfly
1987
Henry Chinaski
movieAngel Heart
1987
Harry Angel
movieYear of the Dragon
1985
Stanley White
movieRumble Fish
1983
The Motorcycle Boy
movieEureka
1983
Aurelio D'Amato
movieDiner
1982
Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
movieBody Heat
1981
Teddy Lewis
movieHeaven's Gate
1980
Nick Ray
movieRape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
John Rideout
movieFade to Black
1980
Richie
movieAct of Love
1980
Joseph Cybulkowski
movieCity in Fear
1980
Tony Pate
movie1941
1979
Reese
The Mob Priest
Jared McKendry
Merchandise
Patrick
She's Still Here
Father Scott
movie3 Days Rising
Willy T
Production3
movieThe Commando
2022
Executive Producer
movieTake Back
2021
Executive Producer
movieNightmare Cinema
2018
Co-Executive Producer
Writing2
movieBullet
1996
Writer
movieHomeboy
1988
Screenplay
Crew1
movieHouse of Time
2016
Thanks
Sound1
movieBullet
1996
Music Supervisor