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Mickey Rourke comments

Phillip Andre Rourke Jr
Born:
(now 55 years old)
Currently:
Actor

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Mickey Rourke is a SAG award-winning, BAFTA Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor who has appeared primarily as a leading man in action, drama and thriller films.

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  • 1979
    film debut with a small role in Steven Spielberg's film 1941
    1 !
  • 1981
    Divorced Debra Feuer
    -3 !
  • 1982
    starred in the cult classic Diner
    4 !
  • 1983
    starred in Francis Ford Coppola's follow-up to The Outsiders, the coming-of-age tale, Rumble Fish
    5 !
  • 1986
    role alongside Kim Basinger in the controversial, sexually themed box-office hit 9½ Weeks
    4 !
  • 1990
    Starred in Wild Orchid, a critically panned film, which gained him a nomination for a Razzie award
    -3 !
  • 1991
    Returned to boxing and was undefeated in 8 fights, with six wins (4 by knock-out) and two draws
    1 !
  • 1992
    June 26: Married his Wild Orchid co-star Carré Otis
    1 !
  • 1994
    January 10: arrested for spousal abuse
    -3 !
  • 1994
    March 1: suffered a number of injuries, including a broken nose, toe, ribs, a split tongue, and a compressed cheekbone
    -2 !
  • 1995
    retired from boxing and returned to acting
    0 !
  • 1996
    had reconstructive surgery in order to mend his injuries from boxing and was later called "almost unrecognizable"
    -5 !
  • 1998
    March 1: Part in The Thin Red Line ends up on the editing room floor
    -2 !
  • 1998
    October 1: Divorced Carre Otis
    -3 !
  • 2005
    comeback in mainstream Hollywood circles with a lead role (Marv) in Sin City
    3 !
  • 2007
    arrested on DUI charges in Miami Beach
    -2 !
  • 2008
    lead in The Wrestler, winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival
    5 !
  • 2010
    April 26: played the lead villain Ivan Vanko in Iron Man 2 opposite Robert Downey Jr
    6 !

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