Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke

b. 1952 (age 74) Schenectady, New York, USA

Actor Writer

Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke, Jr. (born September 16, 1952) is an American actor and screenwriter who has appeared primarily as a leading man in action, drama, and thriller films. Trained as a boxer in his early years, Rourke had a short stint as a professional boxer in the 1990s. He won a 2009 Golden Globe award and a BAFTA award, and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award for his work in the film The Wrestler. He appears as the main villain Whiplash in Iron Man 2 along with Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, and Sam Rockwell and is also well known for playing Marv in Sin City.

Known For

Angel Heart

Sin City

The Wrestler

Iron Man 2

Filmography

Bring the Law

Jade

Devil's Play

Reverend Beau Jackson

The Roaring Game

The Roaring Game

Faye

Murder at Hollow Creek

Murder at Hollow Creek

Mad Props

The Palace

21 Rubies

Murder Motel

Section 8

WarHunt

The Commando

Hunt Club

Man of God

Night Walk

Take Back

Adverse

Girl

The Legion

Nightmare Cinema

Nightmare Cinema

Projectionist (segment: The Projectionist)

Berlin, I Love You

Berlin, I Love You

Losers

Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers

Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers

Tiger

WEAPONiZED

Professor Clarence Peterson

The Lineup: Boxing's Greatest

Ashby

War Pigs

Colonel Redding

A Hitman in London

A Hitman in London

Blunt Force Trauma

Blunt Force Trauma

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Generation Iron

Generation Iron

Java Heat

The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini

The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini

The Courier

Black November

True Crime: The Movie

Immortals

Iron Man 2

Passion Play

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

Mission Hollywood

The Day Before

Spike's Guys Choice

42nd Street: River to River

42nd Street: River to River

Star Movies: Live from the Red Carpet

Mentoring Mickey Rourke

The Wrestler

Randy 'The Ram' Robinson

Killshot

The Informers

The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan

The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan

Piilokamerapäälliköt

Variety Screening Series

Game of the Century

Stormbreaker

Sin City

Domino

Man on Fire

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Spun

The Follow

Picture Claire

The Endless Story of Hollywood

Get Carter

Animal Factory

Jan the Actress

Shades

Paul S. Sullivan

Out in Fifty

Buffalo '66

Thursday

Thicker Than Blood

Thicker Than Blood

Father Frank Larkin

The Rainmaker

Double Team

Another 9½ Weeks

Another 9½ Weeks

Champions Forever: The Latin Legends

Champions Forever: The Latin Legends

1996 Actor Writer

Butch 'Bullet' Stein

Exit in Red

Mickey Rourke, Actor or Boxer?

1996 Self Actor

Sorpresa, ¡Sorpresa!

The Theory of Obstacles

1996 Self Actor

F.T.W.

1994 Actor Writer

The Last Outlaw

The Last Outlaw

White Sands

Goles son amores

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

Harley Davidson

Desperate Hours

Desperate Hours

Michael Bosworth

Wild Orchid

Johnny Handsome

Johnny Handsome

Johnny Mitchell

Francesco

Homeboy

1988 Actor Writer

Raffaella Carrá Show

Angel Heart

Barfly

A Prayer for the Dying

A Prayer for the Dying

9½ Weeks

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