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Mickey Rourke
Known for: ActingPhilip 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 90
Iron Man 2
+2
as Ivan Vanko 
The Expendables
+6
as Tool 
Rumble Fish
as The Motorcycle Boy 
Man on Fire
+1
as Jordan Kalfus 
Sin City
+4
as Marv 
Wild Orchid
as James Wheeler 
Double Team
+2
as Stavros 
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
+6
as Marv 
Year of the Dragon
as Stanley White 
The Wrestler
as Randy 
Body Heat
+2
as Teddy Lewis 
Nine 1/2 Weeks
+1
as John 
The Rainmaker
+1
as Bruiser Stone 
Domino
as Ed Mosbey 
Thursday
as Kasarov 
Girl
as Sheriff 
Immortals
as King Hyperion 
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
+2
as Harley Davidson 
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
+6
as Billy Chambers 
Take Back
as Patrick / Jack 
Get Carter
+3
as Cyrus Paice 
Angel Heart
+1
as Harry Angel 
The Pledge
+4
as Jim Olstad 
The Courier
+2
as Maxwell 
Jade
+6
as Tork 
Buffalo '66
+1
as The Bookie 
War Pigs
+2
as Major A.J. Redding 
Section 8
+3
as Earl Atherton 
Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live
as Self - Housemate 
13
as Jefferson 
The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Charlie 
The Commando
as Johnny 
The Palace
as Bill Crush 
The Informers
as Peter 
Point Blank
as Rudy Ray 
Berlin, I Love You
+3
as Jim 
Adverse
+6
as Kaden 
Nightmare Cinema
+2
as The Projectionist 
Night Walk
+4
as Gary 
Killshot
+2
as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas 
White Sands
as Gorman Lennox 
Barfly
as Henry Chinaski 
Stormbreaker
as Darrius Sayle 
Passion Play
as Nate 
Animal Factory
+5
as Jan the Actress 
Johnny Handsome
as Johnny Handsome 
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
as John Gray 
Dead in Tombstone
+2
as Lucifer 
Desperate Hours
+1
as Michael Bosworth 
Fall Time
as Florence 
I Am Bruce Lee
+3
as Self 
WarHunt
+2
as Major Johnson 
Weaponized
+6
as Professor Clarence Peterson 
The Roaring Game
+1
as The Plow King 
A Prayer for the Dying
as Martin Fallon 
Diner
+2
as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell 
Mad Props
+1
as Self 
The Legion
as Corbulo 
The Last Outlaw
+2
as Graff 
Blunt Force Trauma
as Zorringer 
Ashby
+1
as Ashby Holt 
A Hitman in London
+7
as Vogel 
Hunt Club
+2
as Virgil 
Bring the Law
+1
as Gargos 
Spun
+3
as The Cook 
Java Heat
as Malik 
Faye
as Self 
Not Another Church Movie
+2
as Devil 
Man of God
+2
as Paralyzed Man 
Devil's Play
as Reverend Beau Jackson 
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
as Self - The Narrator (voice) 
Masked and Anonymous
as Edmund 
Homeboy
+4
as Johnny Walker 
Fade to Black
+3
as Richie 
Murder at Hollow Creek
+2
as Ruslan Petrovic 
Chuck Zito: An American Story
as Self 
Murder Motel
as Dino 
Eureka
as Aurelio D'Amato 
Like Tears in Rain
as Self 
Picture Claire
as Eddie 
Act of Love
as Joseph Cybulkowski 
Francesco
as Francesco 
Sunset Strip
+3
as Self 
Generation Iron
+2
as Narrator (voice) 
Black November
+2
as Tom Hudson 
42nd Street: River to River
as Self 
Bisping
+1
as Self 
Shades
+1
as Paul S. Sullivan