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