Mickey Rourke

Acting · Born 1952-09-16 in 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…

Filmography

• Sin City as Marv
• Rumble Fish as The Motorcycle Boy
• Angel Heart as Harry Angel
• The Rainmaker as Bruiser Stone
• The Wrestler as Randy
• Buffalo '66 as The Bookie
• Man on Fire as Jordan Kalfus
• Body Heat as Teddy Lewis
• Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Marv
• Johnny Handsome as Johnny Handsome

TV

• The Masked Singer as Gremlin
• The Masked Singer as Self
• The Masked Singer as Gremlin (archive footage)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
• Alan Carr: Chatty Man as Self
• V Graham Norton as Self
• GMTV as Self