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Mickey Rourke

Acting Born Sep 16, 1952 Schenectady, New York, USA 24 credits

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 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.

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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Raw

as Self (archive footage)

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Late Show with David Letterman

as Self - Guest
Film

Iron Man 2

as Ivan Vanko

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
  • Raw (1993) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
  • Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Guest
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
  • Iron Man 2 (2010) as Ivan Vanko
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self
  • Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
  • The Masked Singer (2019) as Gremlin
  • The Masked Singer (2019) as Self
  • The Masked Singer (2019) as Gremlin (archive footage)
  • Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
  • GMTV (1993) as Self
  • V Graham Norton (2002) as Self
  • WWE Pay Per View (1985)
  • Man on Fire (2004) as Jordan Kalfus
  • The Expendables (2010) as Tool
  • Sin City (2005) as Marv
  • Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) as John
  • 13 (2010) as Jefferson
  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) as Self