Mickey Rourke
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-09-16 (72 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 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.
Acting
A Walking Miracle
as Jack
She's Still Here
as Father Scott
Bring the Law
as Gargos
The Mob Priest
as Jared McKendry
Merchandise
as Patrick
(2025)
The Wheels of Heaven
as Reverend Beau Jackson
(2024)
Jade
as Tork
(2024)
Faye
as Self
(2024)
Not Another Church Movie
as Devil
(2024)
Like Tears in Rain
as Self
(2024)
Mad Props
as Self
(2024)
Chuck Zito: An American Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
Murder at Hollow Creek
as Ruslan Petrovic
(2023)
Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2023)
Hunt Club
as Virgil
(2023)
The Palace
as Bill Crush
(2023)
Murder Motel
as Dino
(2023)
21 Rubies
as Mickey Mandovanis
(2022)
The Commando
as Johnny
(2022)
Section 8
as Earl Atherton
(2022)
WarHunt
as Major Johnson
(2021)
Man of God
as Paralyzed Man
(2021)
Take Back
as Patrick / Jack
(2021)
Adverse
as Kaden
(2021)
Bisping
as Self
(2020)
Girl
as Sheriff
(2020)
The Legion
as Corbulo
(2020)
Belmondo l'influenceur
as Self
(2019)
Berlin, I Love You
as Jim
(2019)
Night Walk
as Gary
(2018)
Nightmare Cinema
as The Projectionist
(2018)
Tiger
as Frank Donovan
(2018)
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
as Self - The Narrator (voice)
(2016)
Weaponized
as Professor Clarence Peterson
(2015)
A Hitman in London
as Vogel
(2015)
War Pigs
as Major A.J. Redding
(2015)
Blunt Force Trauma
as Zorringer
(2015)
Ashby
as Ashby Holt
(2014)
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
as Marv
(2014)
Hollywood Banker
as Self
(2013)
Dead in Tombstone
as Lucifer
(2013)
Java Heat
as Malik
(2013)
Generation Iron
as Narrator (voice)
(2013)
(2012)
The Courier
as Maxwell
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2012)
I Am Bruce Lee
as Self
(2012)
Sunset Strip
as Self
(2012)
Black November
as Tom Hudson
(2011)
Immortals
as King Hyperion
(2011)
Passion Play
as Nate
(2010)
Iron Man 2
as Ivan Vanko
(2010)
The Expendables
as Tool
(2010)
13
as Jefferson
(2010)
(2010)
One Night in Vegas
as Self
(2009)
WWE WrestleMania XXV
as Self
(2009)
La Traversée du désir
as Self
(2009)
42nd Street: River to River
as Self
(2009)
Within the Ring
as Self
(2008)
The Wrestler
as Randy
(2008)
The Informers
as Peter
(2008)
Killshot
as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
(2008)
Hyung
as Jack
(2006)
Stormbreaker
as Darrius Sayle
(2005)
Sin City
as Marv
(2005)
Domino
as Ed Mosbey
(2005)
(2004)
Man on Fire
as Jordan Kalfus
(2003)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as Billy Chambers
(2003)
Spun
as The Cook
(2003)
Masked and Anonymous
as Edmund
(2001)
The Pledge
as Jim Olstad
(2001)
Picture Claire
as Eddie
(2001)
They Crawl
as Tiny Frakes
(2001)
The Follow
as Husband
(2000)
Get Carter
as Cyrus Paice
(2000)
Animal Factory
as Jan the Actress
(1999)
Shades
as Paul S. Sullivan
(1999)
Shergar
as Gavin O'Rourke
(1999)
Out in Fifty
as Jack Bracken
(1998)
Buffalo '66
as The Bookie
(1998)
Thursday
as Kasarov
(1998)
Point Blank
as Rudy Ray
(1998)
Thicker Than Blood
as Father Frank Larkin
(1997)
The Rainmaker
as Bruiser Stone
(1997)
Double Team
as Stavros
(1997)
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
as John Gray
(1997)
Exit in Red
as Ed Altman
(1996)
Bullet
as Butch 'Bullet' Stein
(1995)
Fall Time
as Florence
(1994)
F.T.W.
as Frank T. Wells
(1994)
Meet Mickey Rourke
as Self
(1993)
The Last Outlaw
as Graff
(1992)
White Sands
as Gorman Lennox
(1991)
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
as Harley Davidson
(1990)
Desperate Hours
as Michael Bosworth
(1989)
Wild Orchid
as James Wheeler
(1989)
Johnny Handsome
as Johnny Handsome
(1989)
Francesco
as Francesco
(1988)
Homeboy
as Johnny Walker
(1987)
Angel Heart
as Harry Angel
(1987)
Barfly
as Henry Chinaski
(1987)
A Prayer for the Dying
as Martin Fallon
(1986)
Nine 1/2 Weeks
as John
(1985)
Year of the Dragon
as Stanley White
(1984)
The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Charlie
(1983)
Rumble Fish
as The Motorcycle Boy
(1983)
Eureka
as Aurelio D'Amato
(1982)
Diner
as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
(1981)
Body Heat
as Teddy Lewis
(1980)
Heaven's Gate
as Nick Ray
(1980)
Fade to Black
as Richie
(1980)
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
as John Rideout
(1980)
City in Fear
as Tony Pate
(1980)
Act of Love
as Joseph Cybulkowski
(1979)
1941
as Reese
(1976)
Love in the Hamptons
as Swede
Crew
(2022)
The Commando
Executive Producer
(2021)
Take Back
Executive Producer
(2018)
Nightmare Cinema
Co-Executive Producer
(2016)
House of Time
Thanks
(1996)
Bullet
Writer, Music Supervisor
(1988)
Homeboy
Screenplay