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 cumulated 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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The Palace
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Murder Motel
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Section 8
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Bisping
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Berlin, I Love You
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Hollywood Banker
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2014

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Marv
2014

Dead in Tombstone
Lucifer
2013

Generation Iron
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The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini
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2013

Java Heat
Malik
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Black November
Tom Hudson
2012

The Courier
Maxwell
2012

I Am Bruce Lee
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2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
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2012

Immortals
King Hyperion
2011

Passion Play
Nate
2011

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Self
2010

The Expendables
Tool
2010

Iron Man 2
Ivan Vanko
2010

13
Jefferson
2010
Within the Ring
Self
2009

Killshot
Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
2008

The Informers
Peter
2008

The Wrestler
Randy
2008

Stormbreaker
Darrius Sayle
2006

Domino
Ed Mosbey
2005

Sin City
Marv
2005

Man on Fire
Jordan Kalfus
2004

Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Billy Chambers
2003

Masked and Anonymous
Edmund
2003

Spun
The Cook
2003

Picture Claire
Eddie
2001

The Follow
Husband
2001

They Crawl
Tiny Frakes
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The Pledge
Jim Olstad
2001

Animal Factory
Jan the Actress
2000

Get Carter
Cyrus Paice
2000

Shades
Paul S. Sullivan
1999

Out in Fifty
Jack Bracken
1999

Thursday
Kasarov
1998

Point Blank
Rudy Ray
1998

Buffalo '66
The Bookie
1998

The Rainmaker
Bruiser Stone
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Exit in Red
Ed Altman
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Another 9 1/2 Weeks
John Gray
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Double Team
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Fall Time
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Frank T. Wells
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Meet Mickey Rourke
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The Last Outlaw
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White Sands
Gorman Lennox
1992

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Harley Davidson
1991

Desperate Hours
Michael Bosworth
1990

Wild Orchid
James Wheeler
1989

Johnny Handsome
Johnny Handsome
1989

Francesco
Francesco
1989

Homeboy
Johnny Walker
1988

A Prayer for the Dying
Martin Fallon
1987

Barfly
Henry Chinaski
1987

Angel Heart
Harry Angel
1987

Nine 1/2 Weeks
John
1986

Year of the Dragon
Stanley White
1985

The Pope of Greenwich Village
Charlie
1984

Rumble Fish
The Motorcycle Boy
1983

Eureka
Aurelio D'Amato
1983

Diner
Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
1982

Body Heat
Teddy Lewis
1981

Heaven's Gate
Nick Ray
1980

Fade to Black
Richie
1980
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Devil's Play
Reverend Beau Jackson
2025

Faye
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Not Another Church Movie
Devil
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Mad Props
Self
2024

21 Rubies
Mickey Mandovanis
2023

Sly
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023

Hunt Club
Virgil
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WarHunt
Major Johnson
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The Commando
Johnny
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Man of God
Paralyzed Man
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Take Back
Patrick / Jack
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Adverse
Kaden
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Girl
Sheriff
2020

The Legion
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Tiger
Frank Donovan
2018

Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
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Weaponized
Professor Clarence Peterson
2016

Blunt Force Trauma
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2015

War Pigs
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2015

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Ashby Holt
2015

A Hitman in London
Vogel
2015

Sunset Strip
Self
2012

One Night in Vegas
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2010

WWE WrestleMania XXV
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2009

La Traversée du désir
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2009
Hyung
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2008

Shergar
Gavin O'Rourke
1999

Thicker Than Blood
Father Frank Larkin
1998

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
John Rideout
1980

Act of Love
Joseph Cybulkowski
1980

1941
Reese
1979

Love in the Hamptons
Swede
1976
Bring the Law
Gargos
The Mob Priest
Jared McKendry
Merchandise
Patrick
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Self
2025

Like Tears in Rain
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2024

Jade
Tork
2024

Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self (archive footage)
2024

Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream
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2024

Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live
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2024

Celebrity Big Brother
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2024

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
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2022

Belmondo l'influenceur
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2020

Losers
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2019

42nd Street: River to River
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2009

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
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2005
She's Still Here
Father Scott
The Roaring Game
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The Masked Singer
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The Masked Singer
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2019

Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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2014

Honest Trailers
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2012
David Haye versus
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2011

The Day Before
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man
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Projectorparishilton
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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2003

V Graham Norton
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2002

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
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2001

The Hire
Husband · (1 episode)
2001

Raw
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1993

GMTV
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1993

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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1992

Wetten, dass..?
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1981

City in Fear
Tony Pate
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Spécial cinéma
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1974