Mickey Rourke
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 16, 1952 in Schenectady, New York, USA
- Active Years
- 1971–2026 (56 Years)
- Total Credits
- 163 credits in database
Acting Born Sep 16, 1952 Schenectady, New York, USA 163 credits
Biography
Philip Andre Mickey Rourke Jr. is an American actor and former boxer who was born on September 16, 1952, in Schenectady, New York. He has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films, and also played supporting roles during the early 1980s. His acting credits include Body Heat, Diner, Rumble Fish, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Year of the Dragon, 9 and a Half Weeks, Barfly, and Angel Heart. He has one hundred fifty-four known acting credits according to movie database records and is also known by the names Philip Andre Rourke, Jr. and Sir Eddie.
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Career overview
Philip Andre Mickey Rourke Jr. was born on September 16, 1952, in Schenectady, New York. He is an American actor and former boxer who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films.
During the start of the 1980s, Rourke played supporting roles in films such as Body Heat in 1981 and Diner in 1982. He then transitioned to portraying leading roles, including The Motorcycle Boy in Rumble Fish in 1983, Charlie Moran in The Pope of Greenwich Village in 1984, Captain Stanley White in Year of the Dragon in 1986, and John Gray in 9½ Weeks also in 1986.
Rourke received critical praise for his work in the Charles Bukowski biopic Barfly and the horror mystery Angel Heart, both released in 1987. In 1991, his career followed a string of critical and commercial failure.
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Career timeline
Bring the LawThe Roaring Game
Devil's PlayLong Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Celebrity Big BrotherCelebrity Big Brother: Late and LiveFayeJadeCelebrity Big Brother: Live Stream
The PalaceHunt ClubMurder Motel21 Rubies
Il était une fois Champs-ÉlyséesSection 8The CommandoThe Commando · Executive ProducerWarHunt
AdverseTake BackTake Back · Executive ProducerMan of GodBisping
Belmondo l'influenceurGirlThe Legion
The Masked SingerThe Masked SingerThe Masked SingerBerlin, I Love YouLosers
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying SaucersNightmare CinemaNightmare Cinema · Co-Executive ProducerHollywood: No Sex, Please!Tiger
House of Time · ThanksWeaponized
AshbyBlunt Force TraumaA Hitman in LondonWar Pigs
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonLate Night with Seth MeyersSin City: A Dame to Kill ForHollywood Banker
Dead in TombstoneJava HeatGeneration IronThe Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini
Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenI Am Bruce LeeThe CourierBlack NovemberSunset Strip
ImmortalsPassion PlayDavid Haye versus
Iron Man 2The Expendables13Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'One Night in Vegas
Alan Carr: Chatty ManLa Traversée du désirWWE WrestleMania XXVWithin the Ring42nd Street: River to River
ProjectorparishiltonThe WrestlerKillshotThe InformersHyung
The Graham Norton ShowFrancis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Stormbreaker
Sin CityDominoOn Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
Man on Fire
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Jimmy Kimmel Live!The Ellen DeGeneres ShowOnce Upon a Time in MexicoCelebrity Naked Ambition
V Graham Norton
Friday Night with Jonathan RossThe HireThe PledgePicture ClaireThey Crawl
Get CarterAnimal Factory
Out in FiftyShadesShergar
ThursdayBuffalo '66Point BlankThicker Than Blood
The RainmakerDouble TeamAnother 9 1/2 WeeksExit in Red
BulletBullet · WriterBullet · Music Supervisor
Full Filmography
163 titles- Bring the Law (2026) as Gargos
- The Roaring Game (2026) as The Plow King
- Devil's Play (2025) as Reverend Beau Jackson
- Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks (2025) as Self
- Celebrity Big Brother (2024) as Self - Housemate
- Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live (2024) as Self - Housemate
- Faye (2024) as Self
- Jade (2024) as Tork
- Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream (2024) as Self - Housemate
- Mad Props (2024) as Self
- Not Another Church Movie (2024) as Devil
- Like Tears in Rain (2024) as Self
- Chuck Zito: An American Story (2024) as Self
- Murder at Hollow Creek (2024) as Ruslan Petrovic
- The Palace (2023) as Bill Crush
- Hunt Club (2023) as Virgil
- Murder Motel (2023) as Dino
- 21 Rubies (2023) as Mickey Mandovanis
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Section 8 (2022) as Earl Atherton
- The Commando (2022) as Johnny
- The Commando (2022) Executive Producer
- WarHunt (2022) as Major Johnson
- Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man (2022)
- Adverse (2021) as Kaden
- Take Back (2021) as Patrick / Jack
- Take Back (2021) Executive Producer
- Man of God (2021) as Paralyzed Man
- Bisping (2021) as Self
- Belmondo l'influenceur (2020) as Self
- Girl (2020) as Sheriff
- The Legion (2020) as Corbulo
- The Masked Singer (2019) as Gremlin
- The Masked Singer (2019) as Self
- The Masked Singer (2019) as Gremlin (archive footage)
- Berlin, I Love You (2019) as Jim
- Losers (2019) as Self
- Night Walk (2019) as Gary
- Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers (2018) as Self - The Narrator (voice)
- Nightmare Cinema (2018) as The Projectionist
- Nightmare Cinema (2018) Co-Executive Producer
- Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
- Tiger (2018) as Frank Donovan
- House of Time (2016) Thanks
- Weaponized (2016) as Professor Clarence Peterson
- Ashby (2015) as Ashby Holt
- Blunt Force Trauma (2015) as Zorringer
- A Hitman in London (2015) as Vogel
- War Pigs (2015) as Major A.J. Redding
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) as Marv
- Hollywood Banker (2014) as Self
- Dead in Tombstone (2013) as Lucifer
- Java Heat (2013) as Malik
- Generation Iron (2013) as Narrator (voice)
- The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini (2013) as Self
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
- I Am Bruce Lee (2012) as Self
- The Courier (2012) as Maxwell
- Black November (2012) as Tom Hudson
- Sunset Strip (2012) as Self
- Immortals (2011) as King Hyperion
- Passion Play (2011) as Nate
- David Haye versus (2011) as Self
- Iron Man 2 (2010) as Ivan Vanko
- The Expendables (2010) as Tool
- 13 (2010) as Jefferson
- Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' (2010) as Self
- One Night in Vegas (2010) as Self
- The Day Before (2010) as Self
- Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009) as Self
- La Traversée du désir (2009) as Self
- WWE WrestleMania XXV (2009) as Self
- Within the Ring (2009) as Self
- 42nd Street: River to River (2009) as Self
- Projectorparishilton (2008) as Self - Guest
- The Wrestler (2008) as Randy
- Killshot (2008) as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
- The Informers (2008) as Peter
- Hyung (2008) as Jack
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' (2007) as Self
- Stormbreaker (2006) as Darrius Sayle
- Sin City (2005) as Marv
- Domino (2005) as Ed Mosbey
- On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' (2005) as Self
- Man on Fire (2004) as Jordan Kalfus
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) as Billy Chambers
- Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Spun (2003) as The Cook
- Masked and Anonymous (2003) as Edmund
- V Graham Norton (2002) as Self
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) as Self
- The Hire (2001) as Husband
- The Pledge (2001) as Jim Olstad
- Picture Claire (2001) as Eddie
- They Crawl (2001) as Tiny Frakes
- The Follow (2001) as Husband
- Get Carter (2000) as Cyrus Paice
- Animal Factory (2000) as Jan the Actress
- Out in Fifty (1999) as Jack Bracken
- Shades (1999) as Paul S. Sullivan
- Shergar (1999) as Gavin O'Rourke
- Thursday (1998) as Kasarov
- Buffalo '66 (1998) as The Bookie
- Point Blank (1998) as Rudy Ray
- Thicker Than Blood (1998) as Father Frank Larkin
- The Rainmaker (1997) as Bruiser Stone
- Double Team (1997) as Stavros
- Another 9 1/2 Weeks (1997) as John Gray
- Exit in Red (1997) as Ed Altman
- Bullet (1996) as Butch 'Bullet' Stein
- Bullet (1996) Writer
- Bullet (1996) Music Supervisor
- Fall Time (1995) as Florence
- Meet Mickey Rourke (1994) as Self
- F.T.W. (1994) as Frank T. Wells
- Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Guest
- Raw (1993) as Self (archive footage)
- GMTV (1993) as Self
- The Last Outlaw (1993) as Graff
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self
- White Sands (1992) as Gorman Lennox
- Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991) as Harley Davidson
- The Word (1990)
- Desperate Hours (1990) as Michael Bosworth
- Johnny Handsome (1989) as Johnny Handsome
- Wild Orchid (1989) as James Wheeler
- Francesco (1989) as Francesco
- Homeboy (1988) as Johnny Walker
- Homeboy (1988) Screenplay
- Angel Heart (1987) as Harry Angel
- Barfly (1987) as Henry Chinaski
- A Prayer for the Dying (1987) as Martin Fallon
- Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) as John
- WWE Pay Per View (1985)
- Year of the Dragon (1985) as Stanley White
- The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) as Charlie
- Rumble Fish (1983) as The Motorcycle Boy
- Eureka (1983) as Aurelio D'Amato
- Diner (1982) as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
- Body Heat (1981) as Teddy Lewis
- Heaven's Gate (1980) as Nick Ray
- Fade to Black (1980) as Richie
- City in Fear (1980) as Tony Pate
- Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980) as John Rideout
- Act of Love (1980) as Joseph Cybulkowski
- 1941 (1979) as Reese
- Love in the Hamptons (1976) as Swede
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- 3 Days Rising as Willy T
- National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist
- The Mob Priest as Jared McKendry
- She's Still Here as Father Scott
- Merchandise as Patrick
- A Walking Miracle as Jack
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Mickey Rourke best known for?
Mickey Rourke is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Bring the Law (2026), The Roaring Game (2026), Murder at Hollow Creek (2024), The Palace (2023).
When and where was Mickey Rourke born?
Mickey Rourke was born on September 16, 1952 in Schenectady, New York, USA.
How many credits does Mickey Rourke have?
Mickey Rourke has accumulated over 163 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1971 to 2026.
What is Mickey Rourke's background in cinema and television?
Philip Andre Mickey Rourke Jr. is an American actor and former boxer who was born on September 16, 1952, in Schenectady, New York. He has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films, and also played supporting roles during the early 1980s. His acting credits include Body Heat, Diner, Rumble...
Mickey Rourke by the numbers
163credits
133films
30TV series
1971–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self — aged about 21
- Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 50
- I Am Bruce Lee (2012) as Self — aged about 59
- The Masked Singer (2019) as Gremlin — aged about 66
- The Masked Singer (2019) as Self — aged about 66
- The Masked Singer (2019) as Gremlin (archive footage) — aged about 66
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