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.
120 movies · 27 shows
Bring the Law
2026·6.8
The Roaring Game
2026·0.0
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
2025·8.0
Devil's Play
2025·5.5
Like Tears in Rain
2024·7.7
Faye
2024·6.4
Not Another Church Movie
2024·3.3
Jade
2024·4.9
Murder at Hollow Creek
2024·2.0
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024·2.0
Mad Props
2024·6.0
21 Rubies
2023·10.0
The Palace
2023·5.4
Murder Motel
2023·6.3
Hunt Club
2023·4.3
Section 8
2022·6.1
WarHunt
2022·5.0
The Commando
2022·5.7
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
2022·5.0
Man of God
2021·7.0
Take Back
2021·5.9
Adverse
2021·4.8
Bisping
2021·5.9
Girl
2020·6.0
Belmondo l'influenceur
2020·8.4
The Legion
2020·6.2
Berlin, I Love You
2019·4.8
Night Walk
2019·4.6
Tiger
2018·6.4
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
2018·6.2
Nightmare Cinema
2018·5.8
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018·5.5
Weaponized
2016·3.7
Blunt Force Trauma
2015·5.0
War Pigs
2015·4.8
Ashby
2015·6.2
A Hitman in London
2015·4.2
Hollywood Banker
2014·6.4
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014·6.4
Dead in Tombstone
2013·5.0
Generation Iron
2013·6.7
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini
2013·7.1
Java Heat
2013·5.2
Black November
2012·5.0
The Courier
2012·4.8
Sunset Strip
2012·7.3
I Am Bruce Lee
2012·7.6
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012·7.6
Immortals
2011·6.1
Passion Play
2011·4.7
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010·8.0
One Night in Vegas
2010·6.3
The Expendables
2010·6.3
Iron Man 2
2010·6.9
13
2010·5.8
42nd Street: River to River
2009·2.0
Within the Ring
2009·6.0
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009·7.8
La Traversée du désir
2009·5.7
Killshot
2008·5.8
The Informers
2008·4.8
Hyung
2008·0.0
The Wrestler
2008·7.5
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
2007·0.0
Stormbreaker
2006·5.2
Domino
2005·5.9
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005·8.0
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
2005·8.0
Sin City
2005·7.5
Man on Fire
2004·7.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003·6.3
Masked and Anonymous
2003·5.2
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003·5.0
Spun
2003·6.6
Picture Claire
2001·5.6
The Follow
2001·6.9
They Crawl
2001·4.5
The Pledge
2001·6.6
Animal Factory
2000·6.3
Get Carter
2000·5.2
Shades
1999·6.0
Out in Fifty
1999·3.7
Shergar
1999·6.4
Thursday
1998·6.9
Thicker Than Blood
1998·7.1
Point Blank
1998·4.5
Buffalo '66
1998·7.1
The Rainmaker
1997·7.0
Exit in Red
1997·4.0
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
1997·4.6
Double Team
1997·5.3
Bullet
1996·6.2
Fall Time
1995·4.8
F.T.W.
1994·4.7
Meet Mickey Rourke
1994·3.0
The Last Outlaw
1993·5.4
White Sands
1992·5.9
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991·6.3
Desperate Hours
1990·5.4
Wild Orchid
1989·5.3
Johnny Handsome
1989·6.4
Francesco
1989·6.6
Homeboy
1988·5.0
A Prayer for the Dying
1987·5.9
Barfly
1987·6.9
Angel Heart
1987·7.1
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986·6.1
Year of the Dragon
1985·6.8
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984·6.3
Rumble Fish
1983·7.0
Eureka
1983·5.3
Diner
1982·6.8
Body Heat
1981·7.0
Heaven's Gate
1980·6.7
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980·5.9
Fade to Black
1980·5.6
Act of Love
1980·6.0
City in Fear
1980·5.7
1941
1979·5.8
Love in the Hamptons
1976·0.0