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.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
(Marv)
Sin City
(Marv)
Rumble Fish
(The Motorcycle Boy)
Johnny Handsome
(Johnny Handsome)
Iron Man 2
(Ivan Vanko)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
(Billy Chambers)
Angel Heart
(Harry Angel)
Nine 1/2 Weeks
(John)
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
(Harley Davidson)
Get Carter
(Cyrus Paice)
Heaven's Gate
(Nick Ray)
Barfly
(Henry Chinaski)
Wild Orchid
(James Wheeler)
The Last Outlaw
(Graff)
Year of the Dragon
(Stanley White)
The Pledge
(Jim Olstad)
Masked and Anonymous
(Edmund)
Desperate Hours
(Michael Bosworth)
The Rainmaker
(Bruiser Stone)
Spun
(The Cook)
The Pope of Greenwich Village
(Charlie)
The Wrestler
(Randy)
Buffalo '66
(The Bookie)
Man on Fire
(Jordan Kalfus)
F.T.W.
(Frank T. Wells)
Homeboy
(Johnny Walker)
Animal Factory
(Jan the Actress)
Thursday
(Kasarov)
The Expendables
(Tool)
Stormbreaker
(Darrius Sayle)
Double Team
(Stavros)
A Prayer for the Dying
(Martin Fallon)
Domino
(Ed Mosbey)
Fade to Black
(Richie)
Picture Claire
(Eddie)
Fall Time
(Florence)
Diner
(Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell)
Body Heat
(Teddy Lewis)
Bullet
(Butch 'Bullet' Stein)
The Follow
(Husband)
Killshot
(Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas)
Eureka
(Aurelio D'Amato)
Immortals
(King Hyperion)
13
(Jefferson)
Passion Play
(Nate)
The Informers
(Peter)
Section 8
(Earl Atherton)
Hollywood Heist
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
(John Gray)
Shades
(Paul S. Sullivan)
White Sands
(Gorman Lennox)
Exit in Red
(Ed Altman)
Point Blank
(Rudy Ray)
I Am Bruce Lee
(Self)
City in Fear
(Tony Pate)
Francesco
(Francesco)
Out in Fifty
(Jack Bracken)
The Courier
(Maxwell)
Murder Motel
(Dino)
Dead in Tombstone
(Lucifer)
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini
(Self)
Within the Ring
(Self)
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
(Self)
The Palace
(Bill Crush)
They Crawl
(Tiny Frakes)
Meet Mickey Rourke
(Self)
Generation Iron
(Narrator (voice))
Java Heat
(Malik)
Murder at Hollow Creek
(Ruslan Petrovic)
Berlin, I Love You
(Jim)
Bisping
(Self)
Hollywood Banker
(Self)
Black November
(Tom Hudson)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
((archive footage))
WWE WrestleMania XXV
(Self)
A Hitman in London
(Vogel)
Sly
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Ashby
(Ashby Holt)
Not Another Church Movie
(Devil)
Thicker Than Blood
(Father Frank Larkin)
21 Rubies
(Mickey Mandovanis)
Mad Props
(Self)
War Pigs
(Major A.J. Redding)
Hunt Club
(Virgil)
Blunt Force Trauma
(Zorringer)
Love in the Hamptons
(Swede)
Bring the Law
(Gargos)
The Wheels of Heaven
(Reverend Beau Jackson)
Faye
(Self)
Weaponized
(Professor Clarence Peterson)
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
(John Rideout)
Hyung
(Jack)
1941
(Reese)
Act of Love
(Joseph Cybulkowski)
Shergar
(Gavin O'Rourke)
Tiger
(Frank Donovan)
Sunset Strip
(Self)
Nightmare Cinema
(The Projectionist)
La Traversée du désir
(Self)
The Mob Priest
(Jared McKendry)
Merchandise
(Patrick)
One Night in Vegas
(Self)
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
(Self - The Narrator (voice))
Night Walk
(Gary)
Adverse
(Kaden)
Take Back
(Patrick / Jack)
The Legion
(Corbulo)
WarHunt
(Major Johnson)
Girl
(Sheriff)
Man of God
(Paralyzed Man)
The Commando
(Johnny)
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
(Self)
42nd Street: River to River
(Self)
Belmondo l'influenceur
(Self)
She's Still Here
(Father Scott)
Jade
(Tork)
The Roaring Game
Chuck Zito: An American Story
(Self (archive footage))
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
(Self)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(Self)
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
(Self)
V Graham Norton
(Self)
The Masked Singer
(Gremlin)
The Masked Singer
(Self)
The Masked Singer
(Gremlin (archive footage))
GMTV
(Self)
Wetten, dass..?
(Self)
Losers
(Self)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Projectorparishilton
(Self - Guest)
David Haye versus
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
The Hire
(Husband)
WWE Raw
(Self (archive footage))
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Spécial cinéma
(Self)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
(Self (archive footage))
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self - Guest)
The Day Before
(Self)