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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

155

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-09-16 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Schenectady, New York, USA

Also Known As

Philip Andre Rourke, Jr.

Sir Eddie Cook

Marielito

미키 루크

Міккі Рурк

میکی رورک

میکی رورکه

Mickey Rourke

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

Sin City

2005

Sin City

as

Marv

Rumble Fish

1983

Rumble Fish

as

The Motorcycle Boy

Johnny Handsome

1989

Johnny Handsome

as

Johnny Handsome

Iron Man 2

2010

Iron Man 2

as

Ivan Vanko

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

2003

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

as

Billy Chambers

Angel Heart

1987

Angel Heart

as

Harry Angel

Nine 1/2 Weeks

1986

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as

John

Get Carter

2000

Get Carter

as

Cyrus Paice

Heaven's Gate

1980

Heaven's Gate

as

Nick Ray

Barfly

1987

Barfly

as

Henry Chinaski

Wild Orchid

1989

Wild Orchid

as

James Wheeler

The Last Outlaw

1993

The Last Outlaw

as

Graff

Year of the Dragon

1985

Year of the Dragon

as

Stanley White

The Pledge

2001

The Pledge

as

Jim Olstad

Desperate Hours

1990

Desperate Hours

as

Michael Bosworth

The Rainmaker

1997

The Rainmaker

as

Bruiser Stone

Spun

2003

Spun

as

The Cook

The Wrestler

2008

The Wrestler

as

Randy

Buffalo '66

1998

Buffalo '66

as

The Bookie

Man on Fire

2004

Man on Fire

as

Jordan Kalfus

Homeboy

1988

Homeboy

as

Johnny Walker

F.T.W.

1994

F.T.W.

as

Frank T. Wells

Animal Factory

2000

Animal Factory

as

Jan the Actress

Thursday

1998

Thursday

as

Kasarov

The Expendables

2010

The Expendables

as

Tool

Stormbreaker

2006

Stormbreaker

as

Darrius Sayle

Double Team

1997

Double Team

as

Stavros

A Prayer for the Dying

1987

A Prayer for the Dying

as

Martin Fallon

Domino

2005

Domino

as

Ed Mosbey

Fade to Black

1980

Fade to Black

as

Richie

Picture Claire

2001

Picture Claire

as

Eddie

Fall Time

1995

Fall Time

as

Florence

Diner

1982

Diner

as

Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell

Body Heat

1981

Body Heat

as

Teddy Lewis

Bullet

1996

Bullet

as

Butch 'Bullet' Stein

The Follow

2001

The Follow

as

Husband

Killshot

2008

Killshot

as

Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas

Eureka

1983

Eureka

as

Aurelio D'Amato

Immortals

2011

Immortals

as

King Hyperion

13

2010

13

as

Jefferson

Passion Play

2011

Passion Play

as

Nate

The Informers

2008

The Informers

as

Peter

Section 8

2022

Section 8

as

Earl Atherton

Another 9 1/2 Weeks

1997

Another 9 1/2 Weeks

as

John Gray

Shades

1999

Shades

as

Paul S. Sullivan

White Sands

1992

White Sands

as

Gorman Lennox

Exit in Red

1997

Exit in Red

as

Ed Altman

Point Blank

1998

Point Blank

as

Rudy Ray

I Am Bruce Lee

2012

I Am Bruce Lee

as

Self

City in Fear

1980

City in Fear

as

Tony Pate

Francesco

1989

Francesco

as

Francesco

Out in Fifty

1999

Out in Fifty

as

Jack Bracken

The Courier

2012

The Courier

as

Maxwell

Murder Motel

2023

Murder Motel

as

Dino

Dead in Tombstone

2013

Dead in Tombstone

as

Lucifer

Within the Ring

2009

Within the Ring

as

Self

The Palace

2023

The Palace

as

Bill Crush

They Crawl

2001

They Crawl

as

Tiny Frakes

Generation Iron

2013

Generation Iron

as

Narrator (voice)

Java Heat

2013

Java Heat

as

Malik

Murder at Hollow Creek

2024

Murder at Hollow Creek

as

Ruslan Petrovic

Bisping

2021

Bisping

as

Self

Black November

2012

Black November

as

Tom Hudson

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as

(archive footage)

Sly

2023

Sly

as

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ashby

2015

Ashby

as

Ashby Holt

21 Rubies

2023

21 Rubies

as

Mickey Mandovanis

Thicker Than Blood

1998

Thicker Than Blood

as

Father Frank Larkin

Mad Props

2024

Mad Props

as

Self

War Pigs

2015

War Pigs

as

Major A.J. Redding

Hunt Club

2023

Hunt Club

as

Virgil

Blunt Force Trauma

2015

Blunt Force Trauma

as

Zorringer

Devil's Play

2025

Devil's Play

as

Reverend Beau Jackson

Faye

2024

Faye

as

Self

Weaponized

2016

Weaponized

as

Professor Clarence Peterson

Hyung

2008

Hyung

as

Jack

1941

1979

1941

as

Reese

Act of Love

1980

Act of Love

as

Joseph Cybulkowski

Shergar

1999

Shergar

as

Gavin O'Rourke

Tiger

2018

Tiger

as

Frank Donovan

Sunset Strip

2012

Sunset Strip

as

Self

Nightmare Cinema

2018

Nightmare Cinema

as

The Projectionist

Merchandise

Merchandise

as

Patrick

The Mob Priest

The Mob Priest

as

Jared McKendry

Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers

2018

Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers

as

Self - The Narrator (voice)

Night Walk

2019

Night Walk

as

Gary

Adverse

2021

Adverse

as

Kaden

Take Back

2021

Take Back

as

Patrick / Jack

The Legion

2020

The Legion

as

Corbulo

WarHunt

2022

WarHunt

as

Major Johnson

Girl

2020

Girl

as

Sheriff

Man of God

2021

Man of God

as

Paralyzed Man

The Commando

2022

The Commando

as

Johnny

She's Still Here

She's Still Here

as

Father Scott

Jade

2024

Jade

as

Tork

Chuck Zito: An American Story

2024

Chuck Zito: An American Story

as

Self (archive footage)

The Masked Singer

The Masked Singer

as

Gremlin (archive footage)

GMTV

GMTV

as

Self

Losers

Losers

as

Self

Projectorparishilton

Projectorparishilton

as

Self - Guest

The Hire

The Hire

as

Husband

Raw

Raw

as

Self (archive footage)

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as

Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as

Self - Guest

Celebrity Big Brother

Celebrity Big Brother

as

Self - Housemate

Honest Trailers

Honest Trailers

as

Ivan Vanko (archive footage)

Production

Crew

Directing