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.

Movies(125)

Bring the Law

Gargos

2026

The Roaring Game

The Plow King

2026

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

Self

2025

Devil's Play

Reverend Beau Jackson

2025

Like Tears in Rain

Self

2024

Faye

Self

2024

Not Another Church Movie

Devil

2024

Jade

Tork

2024

Murder at Hollow Creek

Ruslan Petrovic

2024

Chuck Zito: An American Story

Self

2024

Mad Props

Self

2024

21 Rubies

Mickey Mandovanis

2023

The Palace

Bill Crush

2023

Murder Motel

Dino

2023

Hunt Club

Virgil

2023

Section 8

Earl Atherton

2022

WarHunt

Major Johnson

2022

The Commando

Johnny

2022

Man of God

Paralyzed Man

2021

Take Back

Patrick / Jack

2021

Adverse

Kaden

2021

Bisping

Self

2021

Girl

Sheriff

2020

Belmondo l'influenceur

Self

2020

The Legion

Corbulo

2020

Berlin, I Love You

Jim

2019

Night Walk

Gary

2019

Tiger

Frank Donovan

2018

Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers

Self - The Narrator (voice)

2018

Nightmare Cinema

The Projectionist

2018

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018

Weaponized

Professor Clarence Peterson

2016

Blunt Force Trauma

Zorringer

2015

War Pigs

Major A.J. Redding

2015

Ashby

Ashby Holt

2015

A Hitman in London

Vogel

2015

Hollywood Banker

Self

2014

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Marv

2014

Dead in Tombstone

Lucifer

2013

Generation Iron

Narrator (voice)

2013

The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini

Self

2013

Java Heat

Malik

2013

Black November

Tom Hudson

2012

The Courier

Maxwell

2012

Sunset Strip

Self

2012

I Am Bruce Lee

Self

2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage)

2012

Immortals

King Hyperion

2011

Passion Play

Nate

2011

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

Self

2010

One Night in Vegas

Self

2010

The Expendables

Tool

2010

Iron Man 2

Ivan Vanko

2010

Jefferson

2010

42nd Street: River to River

Self

2009

Within the Ring

Self

2009

WWE WrestleMania XXV

Self

2009

La Traversée du désir

Self

2009

Killshot

Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas

2008

The Informers

Peter

2008

Hyung

Jack

2008

The Wrestler

Randy

2008

Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'

Self

2007

Stormbreaker

Darrius Sayle

2006

Domino

Ed Mosbey

2005

On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'

Self (archive footage)

2005

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'

Self

2005

Sin City

Marv

2005

Man on Fire

Jordan Kalfus

2004

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Billy Chambers

2003

Masked and Anonymous

Edmund

2003

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Self (archive footage)

2003

Spun

The Cook

2003

Picture Claire

Eddie

2001

The Follow

Husband

2001

They Crawl

Tiny Frakes

2001

The Pledge

Jim Olstad

2001

Animal Factory

Jan the Actress

2000

Get Carter

Cyrus Paice

2000

Shades

Paul S. Sullivan

1999

Out in Fifty

Jack Bracken

1999

Shergar

Gavin O'Rourke

1999

Thursday

Kasarov

1998

Thicker Than Blood

Father Frank Larkin

1998

Point Blank

Rudy Ray

1998

Buffalo '66

The Bookie

1998

The Rainmaker

Bruiser Stone

1997

Exit in Red

Ed Altman

1997

Another 9 1/2 Weeks

John Gray

1997

Double Team

Stavros

1997

Bullet

Butch 'Bullet' Stein

1996

Fall Time

Florence

1995

F.T.W.

Frank T. Wells

1994

Meet Mickey Rourke

Self

1994

The Last Outlaw

Graff

1993

White Sands

Gorman Lennox

1992

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

Harley Davidson

1991

Desperate Hours

Michael Bosworth

1990

Wild Orchid

James Wheeler

1989

Johnny Handsome

1989

Francesco

1989

Homeboy

Johnny Walker

1988

A Prayer for the Dying

Martin Fallon

1987

Barfly

Henry Chinaski

1987

Angel Heart

Harry Angel

1987

Nine 1/2 Weeks

John

1986

Year of the Dragon

Stanley White

1985

The Pope of Greenwich Village

Charlie

1984

Rumble Fish

The Motorcycle Boy

1983

Eureka

Aurelio D'Amato

1983

Diner

Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell

1982

Body Heat

Teddy Lewis

1981

Heaven's Gate

Nick Ray

1980

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

John Rideout

1980

Fade to Black

Richie

1980

Act of Love

Joseph Cybulkowski

1980

City in Fear

Tony Pate

1980

1941

Reese

1979

Love in the Hamptons

Swede

1976

National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist

Patrick

Jared McKendry

Father Scott

Jack

3 Days Rising

Willy T

Mickey Rourke

TV Shows(24)

Movies(125)