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.
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- 2025 · Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks as Self
- 2025 · Devil's Play as Reverend Beau Jackson
- 2024 · Murder at Hollow Creek as Ruslan Petrovic
- 2023 · Murder Motel as Dino
- 2023 · Hunt Club as Virgil
- 2022 · Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Section 8 as Earl Atherton
- 2022 · The Commando as Johnny
- 2020 · The Legion as Corbulo
- 2019 · Berlin, I Love You as Jim
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Gremlin
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Self
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Gremlin (archive footage)
- 2018 · Nightmare Cinema as The Projectionist
- 2015 · Blunt Force Trauma as Zorringer
- 2015 · War Pigs as Major A.J. Redding
- 2015 · A Hitman in London as Vogel
- 2014 · Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Marv
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Dead in Tombstone as Lucifer
- 2013 · The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini as Self
- 2012 · The Courier as Maxwell
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Immortals as King Hyperion
- 2010 · Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' as Self
- 2010 · The Expendables as Tool
- 2010 · Iron Man 2 as Ivan Vanko
- 2010 · 13 as Jefferson
- 2009 · Alan Carr: Chatty Man as Self
- 2008 · Killshot as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
- 2008 · The Informers as Peter
- 2008 · The Wrestler as Randy
- 2008 · Projectorparishilton as Self - Guest
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Darrius Sayle
- 2005 · Domino as Ed Mosbey
- 2005 · Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' as Self
- 2005 · Sin City as Marv
- 2004 · Man on Fire as Jordan Kalfus
- 2003 · Once Upon a Time in Mexico as Billy Chambers
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · Spun as The Cook
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 2001 · The Pledge as Jim Olstad
- 2000 · Animal Factory as Jan the Actress
- 2000 · Get Carter as Cyrus Paice
- 1999 · Shergar as Gavin O'Rourke
- 1998 · Point Blank as Rudy Ray
- 1998 · Buffalo '66 as The Bookie
- 1997 · The Rainmaker as Bruiser Stone
- 1997 · Exit in Red as Ed Altman
- 1997 · Double Team as Stavros
- 1996 · Bullet as Butch 'Bullet' Stein
- 1995 · Fall Time as Florence
- 1993 · Raw as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1992 · White Sands as Gorman Lennox
- 1991 · Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man as Harley Davidson
- 1989 · Wild Orchid as James Wheeler
- 1989 · Francesco as Francesco
- 1987 · A Prayer for the Dying as Martin Fallon
- 1987 · Angel Heart as Harry Angel
- 1986 · Nine 1/2 Weeks as John
- 1985 · Year of the Dragon as Stanley White
- 1981 · Body Heat as Teddy Lewis
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1979 · 1941 as Reese
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- Future · Mascots as
- 2024 · Like Tears in Rain as Self
- 2024 · Faye as Self
- 2024 · Not Another Church Movie as Devil
- 2024 · Jade as Tork
- 2024 · Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self
- 2024 · Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live as Self - Housemate
- 2024 · Celebrity Big Brother as Self - Housemate
- 2024 · Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream as Self - Housemate
- 2024 · Mad Props as Self
- 2023 · 21 Rubies as Mickey Mandovanis
- 2023 · The Palace as Bill Crush
- 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 · Belmondo l'influenceur as Self
- 2019 · Night Walk as Gary
- 2019 · Losers as Self
- 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 · Ashby as Ashby Holt
- 2014 · Hollywood Banker as Self
- 2013 · Generation Iron as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Java Heat as Malik
- 2012 · Black November as Tom Hudson
- 2012 · Sunset Strip as Self
- 2012 · I Am Bruce Lee as Self
- 2011 · David Haye versus as Self
- 2011 · Passion Play as Nate
- 2010 · One Night in Vegas as Self
- 2010 · The Day Before as Self
- 2009 · 42nd Street: River to River as Self
- 2009 · Within the Ring as Self
- 2009 · La Traversée du désir as Self
- 2008 · Hyung as Jack
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Edmund
- 2001 · Picture Claire as Eddie
- 2001 · The Follow as Husband
- 2001 · The Hire as Husband
- 2001 · They Crawl as Tiny Frakes
- 1999 · Shades as Paul S. Sullivan
- 1998 · Thursday as Kasarov
- 1998 · Thicker Than Blood as Father Frank Larkin
- 1997 · Another 9 1/2 Weeks as John Gray
- 1994 · F.T.W. as Frank T. Wells
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Graff
- 1990 · Desperate Hours as Michael Bosworth
- 1989 · Johnny Handsome as Johnny Handsome
- 1988 · Homeboy as Johnny Walker
- 1987 · Barfly as Henry Chinaski
- 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
- 1980 · Heaven's Gate as Nick Ray
- 1980 · City in Fear as Tony Pate
- Future · The Roaring Game as
- Future · Hollywood Heist as
- 1980 · Fade to Black as Richie
- Future · A Walking Miracle as Jack
- 1994 · Meet Mickey Rourke as Self
- 1980 · Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case as John Rideout
- 1980 · Act of Love as Joseph Cybulkowski
- Future · Merchandise as Patrick
- Future · Bring the Law as Gargos
- Future · The Mob Priest as Jared McKendry
- Future · She's Still Here as Father Scott
- 2009 · WWE WrestleMania XXV as Self
- 1999 · Out in Fifty as Jack Bracken
- 1976 · Love in the Hamptons as Swede