Global InformationMickey Rourke information
Mickey Rourke | |
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 Rourke in 2010 | |
| Born | Philip Andre Rourke Jr. September 16, 1952 Schenectady, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Eddie Cook |
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| Years active | Actor (1979–present) Boxer (1964–1994); (2014) |
| Spouses | Debra Feuer
(m. 1981; div. 1989)Carré Otis
(m. 1991; div. 1999) |
| Partner | Anastassija Makarenko (2009–2015) |
Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr. (/rʊərk/; born September 16, 1952)[1] is an American actor and former professional boxer who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films.
During 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 (1985) 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.[2]
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.[3] 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.
- ^ "Rourke's arrest report for November 17, 2007" (PDF). TMZ. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 29, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
- ^ "Rourke mania: Darren Aronofsky directs portrait of aging wrestler". Film Journal. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original on March 26, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
- ^ Wloszczyna, Susan (December 16, 2008). "'Wrestler' role puts Rourke back in awards ring". USA Today. Retrieved January 13, 2009.