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 We
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.
Born
Sep 16, 1952
Schenectady, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
127 acting
7 crew
Popularity
3.2
Known For
Iron Man 2
2010
as Ivan Vanko
The Expendables
2010
as Tool
Man on Fire
2004
as Jordan Kalfus
Sin City
2005
as Marv
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Marv
Immortals
2011
as King Hyperion
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
as John
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
as Billy Chambers
Wild Orchid
1989
as James Wheeler
The Rainmaker
1997
as Bruiser Stone
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