Mini Biography
Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke, Jr. (born September 16, 1952) is an American actor, screenwriter and retired boxer, who has appeared primarily as a leading man in action, drama, and thriller films.
During the 1980s, Rourke starred in Diner, Rumble Fish, and the erotic drama 9½ Weeks, and received critical praise for his work in Barfly and Angel Heart. In 1991, Rourke, who had trained as a boxer in his early years, left acting and became a professional boxer for a period. He had supporting roles in several later films, including The Rainmaker, Buffalo '66, The Pledge, Get Carter, Once Upon a Time in Mexico and Man on Fire.
In 2005, Rourke made his comeback in mainstream Hollywood circles with a lead role in 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. In the 2008 film The Wrestler, Rourke portrayed a past-his-prime wrestler, and garnered a 2009 Golden Globe award, a BAFTA award, and a nomination for an Academy Award.
In 2010, he appeared in the blockbusters Iron Man 2 and The Expendables.
Filmography
2013 Mobster: A Call for the New Order (pre-production)
Don Viktor Hoza (rumored)
2013/II The Storm (pre-production)
Press Gibson (rumored)
2013 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (filming)
Marv
2013 Dead in Tombstone (video) (post-production)
Satan
2013 Java Heat
Malik
2012 Black November
Tom Hudson
2012 The Courier
Maxwell
2011 Immortals
King Hyperion
2011/I Black Gold
Craig Hudson
2010 Passion Play
Nate Poole
2010 The Expendables
Tool
2010 Iron Man 2
Ivan Vanko
2010 13
Jefferson
2009 Rogue Warrior (Video Game)
Dick Marcinko (voice)
2008 Killshot
Armand 'Blackbird' Degas
2008 The Informers
Peter
2008 The Wrestler
Randy 'The Ram' Robinson
2006 Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
Darrius Sayle
2005 True Crime: New York City (Video Game)
Terrence Higgins (voice)
2005 Domino
Ed Moseby
2005 Sin City
Marv
2004 Driv3r (Video Game)
Jericho (voice)
2004 Man on Fire
Jordan
2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Billy
2003 Masked and Anonymous
Edmund
2002 Spun
The Cook
2001 Picture Claire
Eddie
2001 The Follow (short)
Husband
2001 They Crawl
Tiny Frakes
2001 The Pledge
Jim Olstad
2000 Get Carter
Cyrus Paice
2000 Animal Factory
Jan the Actress
1999 Shades
Paul S. Sullivan
1999 Shergar
Gavin O'Rourke
1999 Out in Fifty
Jack Bracken
1998 Thursday
Kasarov
1998 Thicker Than Blood (TV movie)
Father Frank Larkin
1998 Point Blank
Rudy Ray
1998 Buffalo '66
The Bookie
1997 The Rainmaker
Bruiser Stone
1997 Another Nine & a Half Weeks
John Gray
1997 Double Team
Stavros
1996 Bullet
Butch 'Bullet' Stein
1996 Exit in Red
Ed Altman
1995 Fall Time
Florence
1994 F.T.W.
Frank T. Wells
1993 The Last Outlaw (TV movie)
Graff
1992 White Sands
Gorman Lennox
1991 Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Harley Davidson
1990 Desperate Hours
Michael Bosworth
1989 Wild Orchid
James Wheeler
1989 Johnny Handsome
John 'Johnny Handsome' Sedley / Johnny Mitchell
1989 Francesco
Francesco
1988 Homeboy
Johnny Walker
1987 Barfly
Henry Chinaski
1987 A Prayer for the Dying
Martin Fallon
1987 Angel Heart
Harry Angel
1986 Nine 1/2 Weeks
John
1985 Year of the Dragon
Stanley White
1984 The Pope of Greenwich Village
Charlie
1983 Rumble Fish
The Motorcycle Boy
1983 Eureka
Aurelio D'Amato
1982 Diner
Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
1981 Hardcase (TV movie)
Perk Dawson
1981 Body Heat
Teddy Lewis
1980 Heaven's Gate
Nick Ray
1980 Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (TV movie)
John Rideout
1980 Fade to Black
Richie
1980 Act of Love (TV movie)
Joseph Cybulkowski
1980 City in Fear (TV movie)
Tony Pate
1979 1941
Reese
1976 Love in the Hamptons (video short)
Swede
