Mickey Rourke
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.
Filmography (50)
WarHunt
Section 8
Take Back
Girl
The Legion
Berlin, I Love You
Nightmare Cinema
Ashby
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Immortals
Passion Play
Iron Man 2
The Expendables
13
The Wrestler
The Informers
Killshot
Stormbreaker
Sin City
Domino
Man on Fire
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Masked and Anonymous
Spun
The Pledge
Get Carter
Animal Factory
Thursday
Buffalo '66
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
Double Team
The Rainmaker
Bullet
White Sands
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Desperate Hours
Wild Orchid
Johnny Handsome
Angel Heart
Barfly
A Prayer for the Dying
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Year of the Dragon
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Rumble Fish
Diner
Body Heat
Heaven's Gate
Fade to Black
