
Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke, Jr. (born September 16, 1952) is an American actor and screenwriter who has appeared primarily as a leading man in action, drama, and thriller films.
Trained as a boxer in his early years, Rourke had a short stint as a professional boxer in the 1990s. He won a 2009 Golden Globe award and a BAFTA award, and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award for his work in the film The Wrestler. He appears as the main villain Whiplash in Iron Man 2 along with Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, and Sam Rockwell and is also well known for playing Marv in Sin City.
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Body Heat | Teddy Lewis | 1981 |
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Diner | Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell | 1982 |
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Eureka | 1983 | |
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Rumble Fish | The Motorcycle Boy | 1983 |
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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Harley | 1991 |
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Buffalo '66 | Bookmacher | 1998 |
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Get Carter | Cyrus Paice | 2000 |
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The Pledge | Jim Olstad | 2001 |
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Picture Claire | Eddie | 2001 |
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Spun | The Cook | 2002 |
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Billy | 2003 |
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Man on Fire | Jordan | 2004 |
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Sin City | Marv | 2005 |
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Domino | Ed Mosbey | 2005 |
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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker | Darrius Sayle | 2006 |
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The Wrestler | Randy Robinson | 2008 |
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13 | Jefferson | 2010 |
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Iron Man 2 | Ivan Vanko / Whiplash | 2010 |
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The Expendables | Tool | 2010 |
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Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' | Himself | 2010 |
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Immortals | King Hyperion | 2011 |
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Java Heat | Malik | 2013 |
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Marv | 2013 |