Mickey Rourke
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 cumulated 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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Filmography of
Mickey Rourke
Self
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Devil
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Self
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Tork
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Reverend Beau Jackson
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Mickey Mandovanis
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Bill Crush
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Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Virgil
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Earl Atherton
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Major Johnson
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Johnny
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Paralyzed Man
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Patrick / Jack
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Kaden
... 2021
Self
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Sheriff
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Corbulo
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Gary
... 2019
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Frank Donovan
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Self - The Narrator (voice)
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The Projectionist
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Professor Clarence Peterson
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Zorringer
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Major A.J. Redding
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Ashby Holt
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Vogel
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Self
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Lucifer
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Narrator (voice)
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Malik
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Tom Hudson
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Maxwell
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Self
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... 2012
King Hyperion
... 2011
Nate
... 2011
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Self
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Tool
... 2010
Ivan Vanko
... 2010
Jefferson
... 2010
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Self
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Self
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Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
... 2008
Peter
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Jack
... 2008
Randy
... 2008
Darrius Sayle
... 2006
Ed Mosbey
... 2005
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Marv
... 2005
Jordan Kalfus
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Edmund
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The Cook
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Eddie
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Husband
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Tiny Frakes
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Jim Olstad
... 2001
Jan the Actress
... 2000
Cyrus Paice
... 2000
Paul S. Sullivan
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Jack Bracken
... 1999
Gavin O'Rourke
... 1999
Kasarov
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Father Frank Larkin
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Rudy Ray
... 1998
The Bookie
... 1998
Bruiser Stone
... 1997
Ed Altman
... 1997
John Gray
... 1997
Stavros
... 1997
Butch 'Bullet' Stein
... 1996
Florence
... 1995
Frank T. Wells
... 1994
Self
... 1994
Graff
... 1993
Gorman Lennox
... 1992
Harley Davidson
... 1991
Michael Bosworth
... 1990
James Wheeler
... 1989
Johnny Handsome
... 1989
Francesco
... 1989
Johnny Walker
... 1988
Martin Fallon
... 1987
Henry Chinaski
... 1987
Harry Angel
... 1987
John
... 1986
Capt. Stanley White
... 1985
Charlie
... 1984
The Motorcycle Boy
... 1983
Aurelio D'Amato
... 1983
Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
... 1982
Teddy Lewis
... 1981
Nick Ray
... 1980
John Rideout
... 1980
Richie
... 1980
Joseph Cybulkowski
... 1980
Tony Pate
... 1980
Reese
... 1979
Swede
... 1976
Patrick
Jared McKendry
Father Scott
Ruslan Petrovic
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