Mickey Rourke
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Raw
Self (archive footage)
1993
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Film
Iron Man 2
Ivan Vanko
2010
Series
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
The Masked Singer
Gremlin
2019
Series
The Masked Singer
Self
2019
Series
The Masked Singer
Gremlin (archive footage)
2019
Film '72
Self
1971
Film
Man on Fire
Jordan Kalfus
2004
Series
GMTV
Self
1993
Film
The Expendables
Tool
2010
Film
Sin City
Marv
2005
Film
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Marv
2014
Series
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Film
Nine 1/2 Weeks
John
1986
Series
The Word
1990
Film
Immortals
King Hyperion
2011
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
2001
Film
The Wrestler
Randy
2008
Film
Body Heat
Teddy Lewis
1981
Film
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Billy Chambers
2003
Series
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Self
2009
Film
The Rainmaker
Bruiser Stone
1997
Film
Angel Heart
Harry Angel
1987
Series
The Hire
Husband
2001
Film
Get Carter
Cyrus Paice
2000
Film
Rumble Fish
The Motorcycle Boy
1983
Film
The Pledge
Jim Olstad
2001
Film
1941
Reese
1979
Film
Double Team
Stavros
1997
Film
Buffalo '66
The Bookie
1998
Film
Wild Orchid
James Wheeler
1989
Film
Thursday
Kasarov
1998
Film
Heaven's Gate
Nick Ray
1980
Film
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
2003
Series
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
13
Jefferson
2010
Series
Projectorparishilton
Self - Guest
2008
Film
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Harley Davidson
1991
Film
Johnny Handsome
Johnny Handsome
1989
Film
The Informers
Peter
2008
Film
The Palace
Bill Crush
2023
Film
Killshot
Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
2008
Film
Year of the Dragon
Stanley White
1985
Film
Domino
Ed Mosbey
2005
Film
The Courier
Maxwell
2012
Film
Bring the Law
Gargos
2026
Film
Section 8
Earl Atherton
2022
Film
The Commando
Johnny
2022
Film
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
John Gray
1997
Film
Stormbreaker
Darrius Sayle
2006
Film
Girl
Sheriff
2020
Film
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Charlie
1984
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
Jade
Tork
2024
Film
Eureka
Aurelio D'Amato
1983
Film
White Sands
Gorman Lennox
1992
Film
Passion Play
Nate
2011
Series
Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live
Self - Housemate
2024
Film
Barfly
Henry Chinaski
1987
Film
Spun
The Cook
2003
Film
Bullet
Butch 'Bullet' Stein
1996
Film
War Pigs
Major A.J. Redding
2015
Film
Man of God
Paralyzed Man
2021
Film
Ashby
Ashby Holt
2015
Series
Celebrity Big Brother
Self - Housemate
2024
Film
Berlin, I Love You
Jim
2019
Film
Nightmare Cinema
The Projectionist
2018
Film
The Legion
Corbulo
2020
Film
Animal Factory
Jan the Actress
2000
Film
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
Self - The Narrator (voice)
2018
Series
Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream
Self - Housemate
2024
Film
Diner
Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
1982
Film
Belmondo l'influenceur
Self
2020
Film
Desperate Hours
Michael Bosworth
1990
Film
A Prayer for the Dying
Martin Fallon
1987
Film
Masked and Anonymous
Edmund
2003
Film
Point Blank
Rudy Ray
1998
Film
Take Back
Patrick / Jack
2021
Film
Dead in Tombstone
Lucifer
2013
Film
WarHunt
Major Johnson
2022
Film
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
Self
2005
Film
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Series
Losers
Self
2019
Film
Hunt Club
Virgil
2023
Film
Fade to Black
Richie
1980
Film
I Am Bruce Lee
Self
2012
Film
Weaponized
Professor Clarence Peterson
2016
Series
The Day Before
Self
2010
Film
Blunt Force Trauma
Zorringer
2015
Film
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self
2024
Film
Out in Fifty
Jack Bracken
1999
Film
The Last Outlaw
Graff
1993
Film
Java Heat
Malik
2013
Film
The Roaring Game
The Plow King
2026
Film
A Hitman in London
Vogel
2015
Film
Mad Props
Self
2024
Film
F.T.W.
Frank T. Wells
1994
Film
Night Walk
Gary
2019
Film
Homeboy
Johnny Walker
1988
Film
Faye
Self
2024
Film
Not Another Church Movie
Devil
2024
Film
Francesco
Francesco
1989
Film
3 Days Rising
Willy T
Film
Hollywood Banker
Self
2014
Film
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Self
2010
Film
WWE WrestleMania XXV
Self
2009
Film
La Traversée du désir
Self
2009
Film
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
John Rideout
1980
Film
Murder at Hollow Creek
Ruslan Petrovic
2024
Film
Devil's Play
Reverend Beau Jackson
2025
Film
Fall Time
Florence
1995
Film
National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist
Film
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Self
2007
Film
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Adverse
Kaden
2021
Film
Picture Claire
Eddie
2001
Hyung
Jack
2008
Film
The Follow
Husband
2001
Film
Murder Motel
Dino
2023
She's Still Here
Father Scott
Film
Sunset Strip
Self
2012
Film
Black November
Tom Hudson
2012
Merchandise
Patrick
Film
Love in the Hamptons
Swede
1976
The Mob Priest
Jared McKendry
Film
Exit in Red
Ed Altman
1997
Film
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Self
2025
Film
Bisping
Self
2021
Film
City in Fear
Tony Pate
1980
Film
They Crawl
Tiny Frakes
2001
Film
Tiger
Frank Donovan
2018
Film
Act of Love
Joseph Cybulkowski
1980
Film
Thicker Than Blood
Father Frank Larkin
1998
Film
Like Tears in Rain
Self
2024
Film
Generation Iron
Narrator (voice)
2013
Film
One Night in Vegas
Self
2010
David Haye versus
Self
2011
Film
Within the Ring
Self
2009
Film
Shades
Paul S. Sullivan
1999
A Walking Miracle
Jack
Film
Meet Mickey Rourke
Self
1994
Film
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
2022
Film
Shergar
Gavin O'Rourke
1999
Film
42nd Street: River to River
Self
2009
Film
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini
Self
2013
Film
21 Rubies
Mickey Mandovanis
2023