Mickey Rourke

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Graham Norton Show

Raw

Late Show with David Letterman

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

All Movies (126)

• Bring the Law2026 · as Gargos
• The Roaring Game2026 · as The Plow King
• Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks2025 · as Self
• Devil's Play2025 · as Reverend Beau Jackson
• Like Tears in Rain2024 · as Self
• Faye2024 · as Self
• Not Another Church Movie2024 · as Devil
• Jade2024 · as Tork
• Murder at Hollow Creek2024 · as Ruslan Petrovic
• Chuck Zito: An American Story2024 · as Self
• Mad Props2024 · as Self
• 21 Rubies2023 · as Mickey Mandovanis
• The Palace2023 · as Bill Crush
• Murder Motel2023 · as Dino
• Hunt Club2023 · as Virgil
• Section 82022 · as Earl Atherton
• WarHunt2022 · as Major Johnson
• The Commando2022 · as Johnny
• Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man2022
• Man of God2021 · as Paralyzed Man
• Take Back2021 · as Patrick / Jack
• Adverse2021 · as Kaden
• Bisping2021 · as Self
• Girl2020 · as Sheriff
• Belmondo l'influenceur2020 · as Self
• The Legion2020 · as Corbulo
• Berlin, I Love You2019 · as Jim
• Night Walk2019 · as Gary
• Tiger2018 · as Frank Donovan
• Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers2018 · as Self - The Narrator (voice)
• Nightmare Cinema2018 · as The Projectionist
• Hollywood: No Sex, Please!2018
• Weaponized2016 · as Professor Clarence Peterson
• Blunt Force Trauma2015 · as Zorringer
• War Pigs2015 · as Major A.J. Redding
• Ashby2015 · as Ashby Holt
• A Hitman in London2015 · as Vogel
• Hollywood Banker2014 · as Self
• Sin City: A Dame to Kill For2014 · as Marv
• Dead in Tombstone2013 · as Lucifer
• Generation Iron2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini2013 · as Self
• Java Heat2013 · as Malik
• Black November2012 · as Tom Hudson
• The Courier2012 · as Maxwell
• Sunset Strip2012 · as Self
• I Am Bruce Lee2012 · as Self
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Immortals2011 · as King Hyperion
• Passion Play2011 · as Nate
• Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'2010 · as Self
• One Night in Vegas2010 · as Self
• The Expendables2010 · as Tool
• Iron Man 22010 · as Ivan Vanko
• 132010 · as Jefferson
• 42nd Street: River to River2009 · as Self
• Within the Ring2009 · as Self
• WWE WrestleMania XXV2009 · as Self
• La Traversée du désir2009 · as Self
• Killshot2008 · as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
• The Informers2008 · as Peter
• Hyung2008 · as Jack
• The Wrestler2008 · as Randy
• Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'2007 · as Self
• Stormbreaker2006 · as Darrius Sayle
• Domino2005 · 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
• Sin City2005 · as Marv
• Man on Fire2004 · as Jordan Kalfus
• Once Upon a Time in Mexico2003 · as Billy Chambers
• Masked and Anonymous2003 · as Edmund
• Celebrity Naked Ambition2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Spun2003 · as The Cook
• Picture Claire2001 · as Eddie
• The Follow2001 · as Husband
• They Crawl2001 · as Tiny Frakes
• The Pledge2001 · as Jim Olstad
• Animal Factory2000 · as Jan the Actress
• Get Carter2000 · as Cyrus Paice
• Shades1999 · as Paul S. Sullivan
• Out in Fifty1999 · as Jack Bracken
• Shergar1999 · as Gavin O'Rourke
• Thursday1998 · as Kasarov
• Thicker Than Blood1998 · as Father Frank Larkin
• Point Blank1998 · as Rudy Ray
• Buffalo '661998 · as The Bookie
• The Rainmaker1997 · as Bruiser Stone
• Exit in Red1997 · as Ed Altman
• Another 9 1/2 Weeks1997 · as John Gray
• Double Team1997 · as Stavros
• Bullet1996 · as Butch 'Bullet' Stein
• Fall Time1995 · as Florence
• F.T.W.1994 · as Frank T. Wells
• Meet Mickey Rourke1994 · as Self
• The Last Outlaw1993 · as Graff
• White Sands1992 · as Gorman Lennox
• Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man1991 · as Harley Davidson
• Desperate Hours1990 · as Michael Bosworth
• Wild Orchid1989 · as James Wheeler
• Johnny Handsome1989 · as Johnny Handsome
• Francesco1989 · as Francesco
• Homeboy1988 · as Johnny Walker
• A Prayer for the Dying1987 · as Martin Fallon
• Barfly1987 · as Henry Chinaski
• Angel Heart1987 · as Harry Angel
• Nine 1/2 Weeks1986 · as John
• Year of the Dragon1985 · as Stanley White
• The Pope of Greenwich Village1984 · as Charlie
• Rumble Fish1983 · as The Motorcycle Boy
• Eureka1983 · as Aurelio D'Amato
• Diner1982 · as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
• Body Heat1981 · as Teddy Lewis
• Heaven's Gate1980 · as Nick Ray
• Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case1980 · as John Rideout
• Fade to Black1980 · as Richie
• Act of Love1980 · as Joseph Cybulkowski
• City in Fear1980 · as Tony Pate
• 19411979 · as Reese
• Love in the Hamptons1976 · as Swede
• National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist—
• The Mob Priest— · as Jared McKendry
• Merchandise— · as Patrick
• She's Still Here— · as Father Scott
• A Walking Miracle— · as Jack
• 3 Days Rising— · as Willy T

All TV Shows (28)

• Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream2024 · as Self - Housemate
• Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live2024 · as Self - Housemate
• Celebrity Big Brother2024 · as Self - Housemate
• Il était une fois Champs-Élysées2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Losers2019 · as Self
• The Masked Singer2019 · as Gremlin
• The Masked Singer2019 · as Self
• The Masked Singer2019 · as Gremlin (archive footage)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• David Haye versus2011 · as Self
• The Day Before2010 · as Self
• Alan Carr: Chatty Man2009 · as Self
• Projectorparishilton2008 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• V Graham Norton2002 · as Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001 · as Self
• The Hire2001 · as Husband
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• Raw1993 · as Self (archive footage)
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• WWE Pay Per View1985
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self