Rourke, who became interested in sports at a young age, won his first boxing match when he was only 12 years old. The young athlete, who won 20 of the 26 boxing matches he fought between 1964 and 1972, was injured in the middle of a match in Florida in 1971 and decided to quit boxing with the advice of doctors.
Mickey Rourke, also known as Philip Andre Rourke, Jr., was born on September 16, 1952, in Schenectady, New York. Rourke, who moved to Florida with his mother after his parents divorced when he was seven years old, grew up here with his mother, sister, and stepfather.
Rourke, who became interested in sports at a young age, won his first boxing match when he was only 12 years old. The young athlete, who won 20 of the 26 boxing matches he fought between 1964 and 1972, was injured in the middle of a match in Florida in 1971 and decided to quit boxing with the advice of doctors. In the same year, while he was still studying at Miami Beach High School, he had his first acting experience by participating in the school play The Serpent.
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.
Rourke, who had his first cinema experience in master director Steven Spielberg's 1979 film 1941, improved his acting skills by appearing in many films until 1985. The film that made the young actor famous was the erotic / drama 9½ Weeks, starring Kim Basinger. Rourke, who became known as a sex symbol with the role he played in this movie, took part in many important productions such as Barfly, Angel Heart, and Year of the Dragon after 9½ Weeks. However, over time, his acting career began to take precedence over his personal life and alcohol and drug problems, bringing the young actor to the point of ending his cinema career.
Rourke, who announced that he decided to quit acting in 1991 and returned to boxing to get his life back on track, continued his boxing life professionally between 1991 and 1994. He had to quit boxing soon due to the blows he received and the injuries he suffered during this period; He also underwent major plastic surgery on his injured face. Due to the failure of the surgery, permanent scars were left on his face.
Rourke, who returned to acting at the end of the 90s, could not achieve the former glorious rise of his career for a long time. Among the films he starred in during this period, the best ones were Bullet, Double Team, and Animal Factory.
The second big rise in Mickey Rourke's career was Sin City, adapted from Frank Miller's comic book of the same name. Sin City, directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Bruce Wills, Clive Owen, and Jessica Alba, brought the star actor Saturn, Chicago Film Critics and Online Film Critics Society awards.
After Sin City, shot in 2005, Rourke starred in Domino the same year and Stormbreaker in 2006. In 2008, he played the leading role in The Wrestler, which can be described as the pinnacle of his career. The successful actor, who won 13 awards, including many prestigious awards such as the Golden Globe, Oscar, and Bafta, with his role in the movie in which he played a former American Wrestler named Robin Ramzinski, managed to enter the IMDB top 250 list thanks to this movie.
Rourke, who starred in the comic book adaptations 13 and Iron Man II after Sin City, lastly appeared in The Expendables, which was described as a star mix and starred legendary actors such as Jet Li, Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, and Bruce Willis.
Rourke, who has been married twice, first married Debra Feuer, who is also an actress, in 1981. The actor, who divorced his wife in 1989 after the completion of the movie 9½ Weeks, made his second marriage to Carre Otis in 1992. This marriage, which did not last long, ended in divorce in 1998.