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Mickey Rourke

Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr. ( ; born September 16, 1952) 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), for which he won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor. Since then he established himself as an acclaimed leading man in drama films such as ''Rumble Fish'' (1983), ''The Pope of Greenwich Village'' (1984), ''Year of the Dragon'' (1985), ''9½ Weeks'' (1986), ''Angel Heart'' (1987), ''Francesco'' (1989), and ''Johnny Handsome'' (1989). His performance in Charles Bukowski biopic ''Barfly'' (1987) has earned him an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead nomination. 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), ''Spun'' (2002), ''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 mostly direct-to-video productions and some independent films such as ''Ashby'' (2015), ''Nightmare Cinema'' (2018), and ''The Palace'' (2023). Provided by Wikipedia