This is a filmography of Mickey Rourke. This list includes information about
films starring Mickey Rourke, notes, awards, his television works, trivia,
highest-grossing films, critical acclaim of Mickey's films, shows where Mickey
Rourke appeared, roles he turned down, etc. You can also find information about
his other work and previous collaborations. A recently published
book, Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Mickey Rourke Movies by Dan
Rempala, explores life lessons provided by Rourke's films.
Mickey Rourke began his career in the film 1941, directed by Steven Spielberg.
Later, Rourke starred in television films and made brief appearances in
feature films. He made his breakthrough performance in the film Diner. Later,
his career continued with popular films such as 9½ Weeks, The Pope of Greenwich
Village, Rumble Fish, Year of the Dragon, Barfly, Angel Heart and many
more. Rourke also starred in a film about Francis of Assisi called
Francesco. In the early 1990s, he returned to boxing and didn't star in
many films. He also turned down many roles that proved to be fortuitous for
other actors. In the 2000s, he returned to prominence and won a Saturn Award for
his performance in Sin City. Rourke has worked with well-known actors including
Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken.
Mickey starred in theater films, direct-to-video films and television
works. He also wrote some of his films under the name "Sir" Eddie Cook. Rourke
also made cameo appearances in some of his films like The Pledge or They Crawl.
Filmography Career awards
Critical acclaim = Rotten Tomatoes=
You can find below only films of Mickey Rourke which ranked as "fresh" in the
site Rotten Tomatoes. = Metacritic=
This list includes only "green" films of M. Rourke in Metacritic.
Previous collaborations During his career, Rourke worked with
directors including Steven Spielberg, Lawrence Kasdan, Francis Ford Coppola,
Barry Levinson, Stuart Rosenberg, Nicolas Roeg, Michael Cimino, Adrian
Lyne, Alan Parker, Mike Hodges, Barbet Schroeder, Walter Hill, Tsui Hark,
Terrence Malick, Jonas Åkerlund, Wong Kar-wai, Tony Scott, Robert Rodriguez
and John Madden, as well as actors-turned-directors Sean Penn,
Vincent Gallo and Steve Buscemi. Rourke also starred in the films which also
stars popular actors including Kim Basinger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Helena
Bonham Carter, Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Tupac Shakur, Bruce Willis, Benicio del
Toro, Alicia Silverstone, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Nicholson, Willem Dafoe,
Johnny Depp, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Robert De Niro
and so on. Rourke worked with actor Christopher Walken 5 times. They starred
together in the films Heaven's Gate, Homeboy, Man on Fire, Domino and voice
acting in video game True Crime: New York City.
Christopher Walken stated to the Film Comment on August, 1992 that destiny to
make Homeboy with Mickey Rourke: Other works
Mickey Rourke made his stage debut in a revival of Arthur Miller's "A View From
the Bridge". Rourke also lent his voice to the video games Driv3r as Jericho and
True Crime: New York City as Terrence "Terry" Higgins, which was the his fifth
and last work with actor Christopher Walken. He also appeared in a Japanese
TV commercial for Suntory Reserve, a commercial for Daihatsu and Lark
cigarettes, and a commercial for DirecTV. More recently, in 2009, Rourke
voiced the character of Dick Marcinko for the biographical video game Rogue
Warrior, which was released on December 1, 2009. Ironically, Rourke's portrayal
of Marcinko was a source of humorous praise from a few critics.
Rourke appeared as a gangster in the music video for "Hero" by Enrique
Iglesias. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt also made an appearance in the clip.
Rourke also provided the mid-song rap on the David Bowie song "Shining Star" on
his album Never Let Me Down. References
General Specific
External links Mickey Rourke filmography at the
Internet Movie Database