Mickey Rourke
Acting
Born September 16, 1952 · Schenectady, New York, USA
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.
Films (119)
Bring the Law
2026
The Roaring Game
2026
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
2025
Devil's Play
2025
Like Tears in Rain
2024
Faye
2024
Not Another Church Movie
2024
Jade
2024
Murder at Hollow Creek
2024
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024
Mad Props
2024
21 Rubies
2023
The Palace
2023
Murder Motel
2023
Hunt Club
2023
Section 8
2022
WarHunt
2022
The Commando
2022
Man of God
2021
Take Back
2021
Adverse
2021
Bisping
2021
Girl
2020
Belmondo l'influenceur
2020
The Legion
2020
Berlin, I Love You
2019
Night Walk
2019
Tiger
2018
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
2018
Nightmare Cinema
2018
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Weaponized
2016
Blunt Force Trauma
2015
War Pigs
2015
Ashby
2015
A Hitman in London
2015
Hollywood Banker
2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
Dead in Tombstone
2013
Generation Iron
2013
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini
2013
Java Heat
2013
Black November
2012
The Courier
2012
Sunset Strip
2012
I Am Bruce Lee
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Immortals
2011
Passion Play
2011
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010
One Night in Vegas
2010
The Expendables
2010
Iron Man 2
2010
13
2010
42nd Street: River to River
2009
Within the Ring
2009
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
La Traversée du désir
2009
Killshot
2008
The Informers
2008
Hyung
2008
The Wrestler
2008
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
2007
Stormbreaker
2006
Domino
2005
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
2005
Sin City
2005
Man on Fire
2004
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
Masked and Anonymous
2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
Spun
2003
Picture Claire
2001
The Follow
2001
They Crawl
2001
The Pledge
2001
Animal Factory
2000
Get Carter
2000
Shades
1999
Out in Fifty
1999
Shergar
1999
Thursday
1998
Thicker Than Blood
1998
Point Blank
1998
Buffalo '66
1998
The Rainmaker
1997
Exit in Red
1997
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
1997
Double Team
1997
Bullet
1996
Fall Time
1995
F.T.W.
1994
Meet Mickey Rourke
1994
The Last Outlaw
1993
White Sands
1992
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
Desperate Hours
1990
Wild Orchid
1989
Johnny Handsome
1989
Francesco
1989
Homeboy
1988
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
Barfly
1987
Angel Heart
1987
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
Year of the Dragon
1985
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
Rumble Fish
1983
Eureka
1983
Diner
1982
Body Heat
1981
Heaven's Gate
1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
Fade to Black
1980
Act of Love
1980
City in Fear
1980
1941
1979
Love in the Hamptons
1976