Mickey Rourke
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 16, 1952
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- A Walking Miracle
A Walking Miracle TBA
as Jack
- She's Still Here
She's Still Here TBA
as Father Scott
- The Mob Priest
The Mob Priest TBA
as Jared McKendry
- Merchandise
Merchandise TBA
as Patrick
National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist TBA
Actor
3 Days Rising 2026
as Willy T
Bring the Law 2026
as Gargos
The Roaring Game 2026
as The Plow King
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks 2025
as Self
Devil's Play 2025
as Reverend Beau Jackson
Like Tears in Rain 2024
as Self
Faye 2024
as Self
Not Another Church Movie 2024
as Devil
Jade 2024
as Tork
Chuck Zito: An American Story 2024
as Self
Murder at Hollow Creek 2024
as Ruslan Petrovic
Mad Props 2024
as Self
21 Rubies 2023
as Mickey Mandovanis
The Palace 2023
as Bill Crush
Murder Motel 2023
as Dino
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man 2023
Actor
Hunt Club 2023
as Virgil
Section 8 2022
as Earl Atherton
WarHunt 2022
as Major Johnson
The Commando 2022
as Johnny, Executive Producer
Man of God 2021
as Paralyzed Man
Take Back 2021
as Patrick / Jack, Executive Producer
kid 90 2021
as Self
Adverse 2021
as Kaden
Bisping 2021
as Self
Girl 2020
as Sheriff
Belmondo l'influenceur 2020
as Self
The Legion 2020
as Corbulo
Berlin, I Love You 2019
as Jim
Night Walk 2019
as Gary
Tiger 2018
as Frank Donovan
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers 2018
as Self - The Narrator (voice)
Nightmare Cinema 2018
as The Projectionist, Co-Executive Producer
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! 2018
Actor
Weaponized 2016
as Professor Clarence Peterson
House of Time 2016
Thanks
Blunt Force Trauma 2015
as Zorringer
War Pigs 2015
as Major A.J. Redding
Ashby 2015
as Ashby Holt
A Hitman in London 2015
as Vogel
Hollywood Banker 2014
as Self
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 2014
as Marv
Dead in Tombstone 2013
as Lucifer
Generation Iron 2013
as Narrator (voice)
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini 2013
as Self
Java Heat 2013
as Malik
Black November 2012
as Tom Hudson
The Courier 2012
as Maxwell
Sunset Strip 2012
as Self
I Am Bruce Lee 2012
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012
as (archive footage)
Immortals 2011
as King Hyperion
Passion Play 2011
as Nate
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' 2010
as Self
One Night in Vegas 2010
as Self
The Expendables 2010
as Tool
Iron Man 2 2010
as Ivan Vanko
13 2010
as Jefferson
42nd Street: River to River 2009
as Self
Within the Ring 2009
as Self
WWE WrestleMania XXV 2009
as Self
La Traversée du désir 2009
as Self
The Wrestler 2008
as Randy
Killshot 2008
as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
The Informers 2008
as Peter
- Hyung
Hyung 2008
as Jack
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' 2007
as Self
Stormbreaker 2006
as Darrius Sayle
Domino 2005
as Ed Mosbey
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' 2005
as Self (archive footage)
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' 2005
as Self
Sin City 2005
as Marv
Man on Fire 2004
as Jordan Kalfus
Once Upon a Time in Mexico 2003
as Billy Chambers
Masked and Anonymous 2003
as Edmund
Celebrity Naked Ambition 2003
as Self (archive footage)
Spun 2003
as The Cook
Picture Claire 2001
as Eddie
The Follow 2001
as Husband
They Crawl 2001
as Tiny Frakes
The Pledge 2001
as Jim Olstad
Animal Factory 2000
as Jan the Actress
Get Carter 2000
as Cyrus Paice
Shades 1999
as Paul S. Sullivan
Out in Fifty 1999
as Jack Bracken
Shergar 1999
as Gavin O'Rourke
Thursday 1998
as Kasarov
Thicker Than Blood 1998
as Father Frank Larkin
Point Blank 1998
as Rudy Ray
Buffalo '66 1998
as The Bookie
The Rainmaker 1997
as Bruiser Stone
Exit in Red 1997
as Ed Altman
Another 9 1/2 Weeks 1997
as John Gray
Double Team 1997
as Stavros
Bullet 1996
as Butch 'Bullet' Stein, Writer, Music Supervisor
Fall Time 1995
as Florence
F.T.W. 1994
as Frank T. Wells
Meet Mickey Rourke 1994
as Self
The Last Outlaw 1993
as Graff
White Sands 1992
as Gorman Lennox
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man 1991
as Harley Davidson
Desperate Hours 1990
as Michael Bosworth
Wild Orchid 1989
as James Wheeler
Johnny Handsome 1989
as Johnny Handsome
Francesco 1989
as Francesco
Homeboy 1988
as Johnny Walker, Screenplay
A Prayer for the Dying 1987
as Martin Fallon
Barfly 1987
as Henry Chinaski
Angel Heart 1987
as Harry Angel
Nine 1/2 Weeks 1986
as John
Year of the Dragon 1985
as Stanley White
The Pope of Greenwich Village 1984
as Charlie
Rumble Fish 1983
as The Motorcycle Boy
Eureka 1983
as Aurelio D'Amato
Diner 1982
as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
Body Heat 1981
as Teddy Lewis
Heaven's Gate 1980
as Nick Ray
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case 1980
as John Rideout
Fade to Black 1980
as Richie
Act of Love 1980
as Joseph Cybulkowski
City in Fear 1980
as Tony Pate
1941 1979
as Reese
Love in the Hamptons 1976
as Swede
Credits from TMDB.