Mickey Rourke
Birthday: 1952-09-16
Place of Birth: Schenectady, New York, USA
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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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
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Sin City
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Rumble Fish
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Johnny Handsome
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Iron Man 2
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
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Angel Heart
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Nine 1/2 Weeks
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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
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Get Carter
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Heaven's Gate
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Barfly
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Wild Orchid
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The Last Outlaw
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Year of the Dragon
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The Pledge
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Masked and Anonymous
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Desperate Hours
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The Rainmaker
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Spun
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The Pope of Greenwich Village
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The Wrestler
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Buffalo '66
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Man on Fire
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F.T.W.
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Homeboy
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Animal Factory
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Thursday
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The Expendables
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Stormbreaker
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Double Team
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A Prayer for the Dying
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Domino
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Fade to Black
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Picture Claire
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Fall Time
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Diner
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Body Heat
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Bullet
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The Follow
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Killshot
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Eureka
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Immortals
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Passion Play
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The Informers
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Section 8
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Hollywood Heist
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Another 9 1/2 Weeks
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Shades
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White Sands
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Exit in Red
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Point Blank
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City in Fear
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Francesco
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Out in Fifty
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The Courier
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Murder Motel
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The Palace
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They Crawl
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Generation Iron
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Java Heat
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Mad Props
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Blunt Force Trauma
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Love in the Hamptons
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Bring the Law
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Devil's Play
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Faye
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Weaponized
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Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
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1941
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Act of Love
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Shergar
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Tiger
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Nightmare Cinema
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La Traversée du désir
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The Mob Priest
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Merchandise
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One Night in Vegas
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Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
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Night Walk
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Adverse
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Take Back
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The Legion
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WarHunt
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Girl
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Man of God
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The Commando
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Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
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42nd Street: River to River
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She's Still Here
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Jade
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The Roaring Game
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Chuck Zito: An American Story
Follows multi-talented and versatile Chuck Zito: Boxer, martial arts expert, bodyguard, stunt man, a...
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Like Tears in Rain
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A Walking Miracle
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Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Chronicles Michael, an acclaimed actor blacklisted by Hollywood for most of his career, exploring hi...
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Mascots
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