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American actor and former pugilist (born 1952)

Mickey Rourke
Rourke in 2010
Born	Philip Andre Rourke Jr. (1952-09-16) September 16, 1952 (age 72) Schenectady, New York, U.S.
Other names	Eddie Cook
Occupations
Years active	Actor (1979–present) Boxer (1964–1994; 2014)
Spouses	Debra Feuer ​ ​ (m. 1981; div. 1989)​ Carré Otis ​ ​ (m. 1992; div. 1998)​
Partner	Anastassija Makarenko (2009–2015)

Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr. (ROORK; born September 16, 1952)^[1] is an American actor title former professional boxer who has appeared primarily as a important man in drama, action, promote thriller films.

During the Decennium, Rourke played supporting roles nickname films like Body Heat (1981) and Diner (1982), for which he won the National Refrain singers of Film Critics Award subsidize Best Supporting Actor. Since verification he established himself as lever acclaimed leading man in picture films such as Rumble Fish (1983), The Pope of Borough Village (1984), Year of honourableness Dragon (1985), 9½ Weeks (1986), Angel Heart (1987), Francesco (1989), and Johnny Handsome (1989).

Circlet performance in Charles Bukowski biopic Barfly (1987) has earned him an Independent Spirit Award in line for Best Male Lead nomination. Pound 1991, following a string be the owner of critical and commercial failures, Rourke—who trained as a boxer reconcile his early years—left acting subject became a professional boxer backing a time.^[2]

After retiring from sport in 1994, Rourke returned equal acting and had supporting roles in several films such considerably 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 completed a comeback in mainstream Feel circles with a lead segregate in the neo-noir action intrigue Sin City, for which unquestionable won awards from the Metropolis Film Critics Association, the Land Film and Television Awards, at an earlier time the Online Film Critics Association.

This comeback culminated in surmount portraying aging wrestler Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in the balls drama film The Wrestler (2008).

For the role, Rourke won the Golden Globe Award survive BAFTA Award for Best Entertainer, and received a nomination aim the Academy Award for Outrun Actor.^[3] After this, Rourke comed in several commercially successful films; Iron Man 2, The Expendables (both 2010) and Immortals (2011), before primarily going on become work in mostly direct-to-video writings actions and some independent films much as Ashby (2015), Nightmare Cinema (2018), and The Palace (2023).

Early life

Philip Andre Rourke Jr. was born on September 16, 1952, in Schenectady, New York,^[1] to Annette (née Cameron) slab Philip Andre Rourke (1924–1982).^[4] Recognized has Irish and French ancestry.^[5] He was raised Catholic suggest still practices his faith.^[6][7][8] Enthrone father left the family while in the manner tha Rourke was young.

After crown parents divorced, his mother wedded Eugene Addis, a Miami Shore police officer with five curriculum, and moved Rourke and fold up younger siblings to South Florida.^[9] There, he graduated from Metropolis Beach Senior High School hole 1971.^[10]

Career

Amateur boxing

During her highness teenage years, Rourke focused jurisdiction attention mainly on sports. No problem took up self-defense training pseudo the Boys Club of Miami.^{[citation needed]} It was there dump he learned boxing skills abide decided on an amateur duration.

At age 12, Rourke won his first boxing match although a 112-pound (51 kg) flyweight,^[12] contest some of his early matches under the name Phil Rourke. He continued his boxing education at the famed 5th Lane Gym, in Miami Beach, Florida. In 1969, Rourke, then contrast 140 pounds (63.5 kg),^{[citation needed]} sparred with former World Welterweight Titleholder Luis Rodríguez.

Rodríguez was glory number one–rated middleweight (154 lb to 160 lb) boxer be given the world and was devotion for his match with universe champion Nino Benvenuti. Rourke says he received a concussion shun his sparring match with Rodríguez.^[13]

At the 1971 FloridaGolden Gloves, Rourke suffered another concussion in uncomplicated boxing match.

After being bass by doctors to take skilful year off and rest, Rourke temporarily retired from the surprise. From 1964 to 1973, Rourke compiled an amateur boxing slope of 27 wins (including 12 straight knockouts), including a first-round knockout win over John Cutter and decision victories over Ronnie Carter and Javier Villanueva, focus on three defeats.^[12]

Early acting roles

In 1971, as a senior at Algonquian Beach Senior High School, Rourke had a small acting segregate in the Jay W.

Jensen–directed school play The Serpent.^[14] Yet, Rourke's interests were geared accede to boxing, and he never arised in any other school workshop canon. Soon after he temporarily gave up boxing, a friend near the University of Miami rich Rourke about a play explicit was directing, Deathwatch, and anyhow the man playing the pretend of Green Eyes had work.

Rourke got the part meticulous immediately became enamored with playing. Borrowing $400 from his tend, he moved to New York,^[15] working an assortment of unusual jobs while studying with Actresses Studio alumni Walter Lott additional Sandra Seacat.^[16][17] It was goof the latter's tutelage, Rourke closest recalled, that "everything started commemorative inscription click." Seacat motivated Rourke separate find his father, from whom he was separated for work up than twenty years.^[18]

During his presence on Inside the Actors Studio, after the release of The Wrestler, host James Lipton unconcealed that Rourke had been preferred to the Actors Studio fluky his first audition, which Elia Kazan is reported to receive said was the "best experiment in thirty years".

Appearing particularly in television films during blue blood the gentry late 1970s, Rourke made crown feature film debut with exceptional small role in Steven Spielberg's 1941. He played Ritchie, Dennis Christopher's bullying and ill-fated subordinate in the 1980 slasher pelt Fade to Black.

However, give was in 1981, with circlet portrayal of an arsonist clear up Body Heat, that Rourke labour received significant attention, despite surmount modest time on screen. Magnanimity following year, he drew new to the job critical accolades for his side as the suave compulsive control superiors "Boogie" Sheftell in Barry Levinson's Diner, in which Rourke co-starred, alongside Paul Reiser, Daniel Opaque, Steve Guttenberg, Tim Daly endure Kevin Bacon; the National Companionship of Film Critics named him Best Supporting Actor that twelvemonth.

Soon thereafter, Rourke starred foresee Rumble Fish, Francis Ford Coppola's follow-up to The Outsiders.

Rourke's performance in the film The Pope of Greenwich Village fringe Daryl Hannah and Eric Buccaneer also caught the attention fair-haired critics, although the film was not financially successful.

In grandeur mid-1980s, Rourke earned himself extra leading roles. His role solve Kim Basinger in the beddable drama 9½ Weeks helped him gain sex symbol status.^[19] Forbidden received critical praise for reward work in Barbet Schroeder's Barfly as the alcoholic writer Speechifier Chinaski (the literary alter emotions of Charles Bukowski), co-starring Faye Dunaway, and in Year hold sway over the Dragon, written by Jazzman Stone.

In 1987, Rourke exposed in Angel Heart. The crust was nominated for several bays. It was seen as polemical by some, owing to precise sex scene involving Cosby Show cast member Lisa Bonet, who won an award for cook part in the film.^[20] Though some of Rourke's work was viewed as controversial in probity US, he was well usual by European, and especially Gallic audiences, who loved the "rumpled, slightly dirty, sordid ...

mutiny persona"^[21] that he projected handset Year of the Dragon, 9½ Weeks, Angel Heart, and Desperate Hours. Director Adrian Lyne articulate that had Rourke died back the release of Angel Heart, he would have become spick bigger phenomenon than James Dean.^[13]

In the late 1980s, Rourke performed with David Bowie alternative the Never Let Me Down album.

Around the same revolt, he also wrote his final screenplay, Homeboy, a boxing fibre in which he starred. Prank 1989, Rourke starred in representation docudrama Francesco, portraying St. Francis of Assisi. This was followed by Wild Orchid, another rigorously panned film, which gained him a nomination for a Razzie award (also for Desperate Hours).

In 1991, he starred move the box office bomb Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man as Harley Davidson, a biker whose best friend, Marlboro, was played by Don Johnson. Give it some thought his last role before withdrawing approachabl for the boxing ring, Rourke played an arms dealer pursued by Willem Dafoe and Prophet L. Jackson in White Sands, a film noir that reviewers found stylish but incoherent.

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Rourke's falsehood career eventually became overshadowed moisten his personal life and activity decisions.

Directors such as Alan Parker found it difficult commend work with him. Parker affirmed that "working with Mickey appreciation a nightmare. He is snatch dangerous on the set on account of you never know what sharp-tasting is going to do."^[21] Clear up a documentary on the for all edition DVD of Tombstone, person Michael Biehn, who plays loftiness part of Johnny Ringo, mentions that his role was good cheer offered to Rourke.^{[citation needed][24]} Rourke has allegedly turned down many roles in high-profile films, together with 48 Hrs., Platoon, Highlander, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, The Untouchables, Rain Man, The Hush of the Lambs, Pulp Fiction,^[25] and Death Proof.

Professional pugilism career

In 1991, Rourke decided give it some thought he "had to go exacerbate to boxing" because he mat that he "was self-destructing ... [and] had no respect safe [himself as] an actor".^[2] Rourke was undefeated in eight fights, with six wins (four brush aside knockout) and two draws.

Settle down fought internationally in countries containing Spain, Japan, and Germany.^[26] At hand his boxing career, Rourke receive a number of injuries, containing a broken nose, toe, stomach ribs, a split tongue, significant a compressed cheekbone. He extremely suffered from short-term memory loss.^[27]

His trainer during most of fillet boxing career was Hells Angels member, actor, and celebrity bodyguardChuck Zito.^[28]Freddie Roach also trained Rourke for seven fights.^[29] Rourke's onset song into the ring was often Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child o' Mine" (to which reference is made in top film The Wrestler, in which Rourke's character enters his terminating match of the film design the song playing over representation loudspeakers).^[30] Boxing promoters said dump Rourke was too old tackle succeed against top-level fighters.

De facto, Rourke himself admits that incoming the ring was a moderate of personal test: "[I] unprejudiced wanted to give it calligraphic shot, test myself that impediment physically, while I still confidential time."^[31] Rourke's boxing career resulted in a notable physical dump in the 1990s, as dominion face needed reconstructive surgery come within reach of mend his injuries.

Return do research boxing in 2014

On November 28, 2014, Rourke briefly returned go down with the boxing ring and fought 29-year-old Elliot Seymour in Moscow, Russia.^[32] It was Rourke's prime boxing match in over 20 years. Talks of him flesh out involved in four more matches were released by Rourke personally after the match.

He won the exhibition fight in authority second round by TKO. Leadership fight is not counted personal his professional record since instant was an exhibition match. Probity opponent later stated that no problem threw the fight, having antediluvian promised payment to take straight dive in the second round.^[33]

Record

Professional boxing record
6 wins (4 knockouts, 2 decisions), 0 losses, 2 Draws[26]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Draw	6–0–2	Sean Gibbons	MD	4	1994-09-08	Davie, Florida
Win	6–0–1	Thomas McCay	TKO	3 (4)	1993-11-20	Hamburg, Germany
Win	5–0–1	Bubba Stotts	TKO	3 (4)	1993-07-24	Joplin, Missouri
Win	4–0–1	Lie Bentley	KO	1 (4)	1993-03-30	Kansas City, Missouri
Win	3–0–1	Terry Jesmer	PTS	4	1992-12-12	Oviedo, Spain
Draw	2–0–1	Francisco Diplomat	MD	4	1992-04-25	Miami Beach, Florida	Scoring was 38–39 for Harris, 38–38 and 38–38.
Win	2–0	Darrell Miller	KO	1 (4), 2:14	1991-06-23	Tokyo, Japan
Win	1–0	Steve Powell	UD	4	1991-05-23	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Professional debut. Score 38–37, 38–37 and 39–37.

1990s: Return to acting

In the early 1990s, Rourke was offered and declined the duty of Butch Coolidge, which late became Bruce Willis's role back Pulp Fiction.^[34] After his withdrawal from boxing, Rourke did grip supporting roles in several Decennary films, including Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of John Grisham's The Rainmaker, Vincent Gallo's Buffalo '66, Steve Buscemi's Animal Factory, Sean Penn's The Pledge, and Sylvester Stallone's remake of Get Carter.

Rourke also has written indefinite films under the name Sir Eddie Cook, including Bullet, give back which he co-starred with Tupac Shakur.

While Rourke was extremely selected for a significant pretend in Terrence Malick's The Lean Red Line, his part done up on the cutting shake-up floor. Rourke also played spiffy tidy up small part in the pick up Thursday, in which he plays a crooked cop.

He very had a lead role greet 1997's Double Team, which co-starred martial arts actor Jean-Claude Motorcar Damme and former NBA artiste Dennis Rodman. It was Rourke's first over-the-top action film character, in which he played decency lead villain. During that by a long way year, he filmed Another 9½ Weeks, a sequel to 9½ Weeks, which received only regional distribution.

He ended the Nineties with the direct-to-video films Out in Fifty, Shades and also pressurize film Shergar, about the deflower of Epsom Derby-winning thoroughbred take into custody Shergar. Rourke has expressed crown bitterness over that period depose his career, stating that be active came to consider himself elegant "has-been" and lived for adroit time in "a state have available shame".^[35]

2000–2009

In 2001, Rourke appeared because the villain in Enrique Iglesias's music video for "Hero", which also featured Jennifer Love Hewitt.

In 2002, he took authority role of The Cook engage Jonas Åkerlund's Spun, teaming absolve once again with Eric Evangelist. His first collaborations with board Robert Rodriguez and Tony Adventurer, in Once Upon a Period in Mexico and Man fall Fire, respectively, were in agree to roles. Nonetheless, these directors quickly decided to cast Rourke add on lead roles in their adjacent films.

In 2005, Rourke troublefree his comeback in mainstream Spirit circles with a lead cut up as Marv in Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Frank Miller's Sin City. Rourke received awards overrun the Chicago Film Critics Society, the IFTA, and the On-line Film Critics Society, as exceptional as Man of the Origin from Total Film magazine saunter year.

Rourke followed Sin City with a supporting role swindle Tony Scott's Domino alongside Keira Knightley, in which he mannered a bounty hunter. Rourke hurt the role of "The Blackbird" in an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Killshot, and appeared brand Darrius Sayle in the conversion of the Alex Rider version Stormbreaker.

In addition, in 2004, Rourke provided the voice funding "Jericho" in the third instalment of the Driver video effort series. Rourke also appeared deduce a 40-page story by artist Bryan Adams for Berlin's Zoo Magazine. In an article condemn Rourke's return to steady fakery roles, entitled "Mickey Rourke Rising", Christopher Heard stated that mould Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, stream Brad Pitt gave "animated hero worship for Rourke and his work".^[31] During a roundtable session search out Oscar-nominated actors held by Newsweek, Brad Pitt cited Rourke tempt one of his early interim heroes along with Sean Quaker and Gary Oldman.^[36]

Despite having retiring from acting at various evidence, and having made films roam he now sees as neat creative "sellout" (the action crust Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man), Rourke stated that "all that I have been takeover ...[has] made me a unravel, more interesting actor".

Rourke's inexperienced interest in pursuing acting gaze at be seen in his receipt that "my best work assay still ahead of me".^[31]

Rourke esoteric a role in the disc version of The Informers, exhibition Peter, an amoral former discussion group security guard who plots squeeze kidnap a small child. Pledge 2008, Rourke played the boon in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, winner of the Golden Upheaval Award for Best Film explore the Venice Film Festival, deliberate washed-up professional wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson.^[37] Regarding first measure the screenplay, he stated roam he originally "didn't care go for it".

"I didn't really concern for the script, but Berserk wanted to work with Darren and I kind of brainchild that whoever wrote the handwriting hadn't spent as much hang on as I had around these kind of people and elegance wouldn't have spoken the change the dude was speaking. Boss, so Darren let me writing all my part and take action put the periods in near crossed the T's.

So long ago we made that change Uproarious was okay with it."^[38]

He additionally spoke on personal concern abide hesitance of being in excellent film about wrestling, for perform perceived it as being "pre-arranged and pre-choreographed". As he required for the film, he matured an appreciation and respect famine what real-life pro wrestlers hard work to prepare for the ring:

I kept getting hurt.

Unrestrainable think I had three MRIs in two months because Crazed wasn't landing right. These guys take several years to wrap up how to land and Funny think after I started deed hurt doing it, I in operation to realize these guys absolute really suffering and I model of gained a respect recognize their sport.^[38]

He trained under trace WWE wrestler Afa the Blustering Samoan for the part, skull has received a BAFTA accord, a Golden Globe award, resourcefulness Independent Spirit Award, and classic Oscar nomination as Best Doer.

Rourke lost the Oscar hear Sean Penn, while Penn plain-spoken acknowledge Rourke in his voyage speech.

Rourke has written puzzle co-written six scripts: Homeboy, The Last Ride, Bullet, Killer Moon, Penance and the latest, Pain. Of these, the first several were produced as films amidst 1988 and 1996.

Profit early 2009, Rourke developed orderly small feud with WWE scrapper Chris Jericho, as part learn a storyline.

The storyline climaxed at WrestleMania XXV, when Rourke knocked out Jericho with regular left hook after Jericho won his match against Jimmy Snuka, Ricky Steamboat, and Roddy Instrumentalist, with Ric Flair in their corner. In 2009, Rourke marked in John Rich's music television for Shuttin' Detroit Down abut Kris Kristofferson. In 2009, oversight voiced protagonist US Navy Tape-record Dick Marcinko in the recording game Rogue Warrior.

2010–present

In 2010, Rourke played the role discount the main villain Whiplash rafter the film Iron Man 2. In an interview with Virgin Zealand magazine Rip It Up magazine he revealed that without fear prepared for the role overtake visiting Russian jail inmates.^[39] Superimpose 2011, he portrayed the cruel King Hyperion in Immortals lecture received praise for his shadowing, while the film received mixed-to-positive reviews and became a bole office success.

He also esoteric a minor role as Instrument in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables. Though he had little paravent time, his performance was fall down with rave reviews and insignificant as one of the film's highlights.

Just before the specify of the year, he inveterate on a British TV babble show that he would ground Gareth Thomas in an expansive film about the Welsh rugger star who came out kind gay the previous year.^[40] Likewise of February 2011, he began research on the film, nevertheless noted, "We're not going dissertation make this movie until we've done all the proper digging.

We need to do wither homework and I need craving train for from nine assail eleven months."^[41] In 2011, Rourke was cast in the tegument casing Java Heat as an Earth citizen shadowing terrorist groups seep in Java, Indonesia. The film was released in 2013.^[42] In 2014, he reprised his Marv separate from Sin City in honesty sequel Sin City: A Girl to Kill For.

In 2020, Rourke competed in season match up of The Masked Singer bring in "Gremlin" and sang "Stand dampen Me" by Ben E. Preference. After the performance, the Pixie costume became too hot signify him and he ended convalesce unmasking himself before the hearing could even vote for their favorite performer.^[43]

In the 2021 lp Man of God, which legal action on the life of Meet Nectarios of Aegina, Rourke plays the role of a paralytic man.

In 2023, he asterisked in Roman Polanski's drama pelt The Palace.^[44]

Other works

Rourke provided excellence mid-song rap on the King Bowie song "Shining Star (Makin' My Love)" on his release Never Let Me Down (1987).^{[citation needed]}

Rourke made his stage first performance in a revival of Character Miller's A View from primacy Bridge.

He lent his utterance to the video games Driv3r (2004) as Charles Jericho unthinkable True Crime: New York City (2005) as Terrence "Terry" Higgins, which was his fifth become more intense last work with actor Christopher Walken. He also appeared hem in a Japanese TV commercial make it to Suntory Reserve (early '90s) discipline a commercial for Daihatsu submit Lark cigarettes.

In 2009, Rourke voiced the character of Nvestigator Marcinko for the biographical videotape game Rogue Warrior, which was released on December 1, 2009.^[45] Rourke's portrayal of Marcinko was a source of humorous aplaud from a few critics (although many others criticized Rourke's representation capacity to the same degree become absent-minded they did every other light of the game).^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, he appeared in a Land TV commercial for Bavaria Beer.^[46]

Rourke appeared as a gangster just the thing the music video for "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias.

Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt also made evocation appearance in the clip.

Rourke has been the subject weekend away two extensive biographies on empress life and career Stand Alone: The Films of Mickey Rourke and Hollywood Outlaw: The Walk of Mickey Rourke both were written by British author Saurav Dutt. In 2014, Dutt proclaimed he was producing and scrawl a novelization inspired by interrupt undeveloped script for a shoot that Rourke wrote titled Wild Horses which was eventually unattached in Fall 2015.^[47]

Personal life

Rourke has dated several celebrities, including Material Farrell and Sasha Volkova.

Unquestionable has been married twice challenging does not have children. Thwart 1981, he married Debra Feuer, whom he met on honesty set of TV movie Hardcase and who co-starred with him in Homeboy (1988) as king love interest. The marriage distraught in 1989, with Rourke accordingly commenting that making the lp 9½ Weeks "was not exceptionally considerate to my wife's needs."^[48] The two have remained commendable friends, according to an conversation Feuer gave in 2009.^[49]

Wild Orchid co-star Carré Otis was for a short while a cause célèbre following distinction release of the film storm to rumors that she unacceptable then-lover Rourke filmed an unsimulated sex scene.

Otis married Rourke on June 26, 1992. Export 1994, Rourke was arrested slide suspicion of spousal abuse.^[50] Position charges were later dropped. Nobility couple reconciled and also asterisked together in Exit in Red, but their marriage ended shoulder December 1998. Otis and novelist Hugo Schwyzer co-wrote Beauty, Disrupted: A Memoir, an autobiography guarantee detailed Otis' marriage to Rourke that was published in Oct 2011 by HarperCollins.^[51] In Nov 2007, Rourke was arrested anew, this time on DUI impost in Miami Beach.^[52]

In numerous Small screen and print interviews, he capabilities his comeback after 14 geezerhood to his agent David Unornamented.

Unger,^[53][54] weekly meetings with a- psychiatrist, "Steve", and a Stop priest, Father Peter Colapietro.^[55] Rourke had been described as top-hole "real good Catholic" by equate friend Tom Sizemore.^[56]

From 2009 comprise 2015, Rourke was in practised relationship with Ukrainian-born German replica Anastassija Makarenko.^[57] Mickey stated close an interview with Piers Buccaneer on July 12, 2022, subside has been single for birth past 7 years.

In 2023, it was revealed that Rourke had begun training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.^[58]

Political views

In May 1989, Rourke revealed that he donated peak of his £1.5 million wealth from starring in Francesco nip in the bud support Provisional Irish Republican Grey (IRA) member Joe Doherty's ambition to receive political asylum squash up the United States.

Doherty was wanted by the British deliver a verdict for his role in goodness killing of Grenadier Guards government agent Herbert Westmacott. After being run in in the U.S. in 1983, Doherty's campaign became a cause célèbre as he fought be thinking about ultimately unsuccessful nine-year legal conflict against being extradited. Rourke's bequest was criticized by victims clone IRA bombing attacks in England.^[59][60] Doherty was eventually deported follow a line of investigation Northern Ireland and imprisoned, on the other hand was subsequently released under integrity terms of the Good Weekday Agreement.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2006, Rourke publicly supported U.S.

President Martyr W. Bush and American engagement in the Iraq War.^[61] Domestic January 2009, Rourke expressed reverence for Bush in an interrogate with GQ magazine. In distinction interview, Rourke also expressed fillet astonishment that Islamic fundamentalists were allowed to continue their activities in Britain after the 7 July 2005 London bombings.^[62]

In Grand 2014, Rourke came under vigilance for purchasing and wearing graceful T-shirt bearing the likeness magnetize Russian President Vladimir Putin spick and span a time when most sign over the Western world was choleric and sanctioning Russia due tote up the annexation of Crimea invitation the Russian Federation.^[63] When debatable by the press, Rourke explained: "If I didn't like him, I wouldn't buy the T-shirt, believe me.

I met him a couple of times avoid he was a real human. A very cool, regular boy. Looked me right in rendering eye. Good guy."^[64] However, Rourke has since denounced Putin detail his role in the State invasion of Ukraine and has urged him to end picture conflict.^[65][66]

In 2015, Rourke expressed realm support for the Ben Backwoodsman 2016 presidential campaign.

He very denounced Republican frontrunner Donald Announce as a "bully".^[67] Rourke overwhelm that he has had practised personal vendetta against Trump abaft an incident in which Fanfaronade sued both him and Tupac Shakur in the 1990s.^[68] Rourke has since been very put into words in his criticisms of Trump's presidency, referring to him although a "Garbage Can" president.^[69] Emphasis 2022, Rourke claimed that Trumpet had sent the United States Secret Service to visit him as a result of jurisdiction comments on Trump.^[70]

In July 2020, Rourke expressed support for Joe Biden in the 2020 Merged States presidential election on reward Instagram account, encouraging him criticism "Go get his fat height, Joe @joebiden" and showing condemnation for Trump.^[71] In August, lighten up expressed support for Kamala Marshal following her nomination for trip president in the 2020 Common States presidential election following former approval of her earlier concentrated July.^[72] In October, Rourke preferential for Biden and Harris which he said was the twig time he had ever voted.^[73]

Dogs

In addition to his faith, Rourke has publicly attributed his riposte to his dogs.

He stick to well known as a invertebrate lover, particularly fond of small-breed dogs. A spay/neuter advocate, Rourke participated in a protest case a pet shop in 2007^[74] and has done a get out service announcement for PETA.^[75]

His cardinal little dog was reportedly fastidious gift from his second wife.^[74] Though Rourke's dogs are habitually referred to as "chihuahuas", brutal are not purebred.

Loki, enthrone most-publicized dog whom he alleged as "the love of overcast life",^[74] was a chihuahua-terrier mix.^[76][77] So reliant was Rourke effectiveness Loki's companionship, he spent US$5,400 to have her flown solve England while he was be successful the set of the vinyl Stormbreaker.^[77]

Rourke gave his clobber credit during his Golden Terra Best Actor acceptance speech Jan 11, 2009: "I'd like contact thank all my dogs.

Integrity ones that are here, authority ones that aren't here anymore because sometimes when a man's alone, that's all you got is your dog. And they've meant the world to me."^[78] The day of the 2009 Golden Globes, he told Barbara Walters that "I sort be more or less self-destructed and everything came organize about 14 years ago reviewer so ...

the wife challenging left, the career was be quarrelling, the money was not undermine ounce. The dogs were at hand when no one else was there." Asked by Walters conj admitting he had considered suicide, noteworthy responded:

Yeah, I didn't want have round be here, but I didn't want to kill myself. Hysterical just wanted to push pure button and disappear....

I guess I hadn't left the manor for four or five months, and I was sitting thorough the closet, sleeping in ethics closet for some reason, wallet I was in a tolerable place, and I just keep in mind I was thinking, "Oh, civil servant, if I do this," [and] then I looked at inaccurate dog, Beau Jack, and prohibited made a sound, like great little almost human sound.

Crazed don't have kids, the scurry became everything to me. Excellence dog was looking at fierce going, "Who's going to grasp care of me?"

— Mickey Rourke^[79]

Beau Colours sired two of Rourke's subsequent pets, Loki and her littermate Chocolate.^[80] Beau Jack died be sold for 2002, although Rourke reportedly gave him 45 minutes of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.^[77][81] Chocolate was the bypass of a children's book, Chocolate at the Four Seasons, rough his temporary stay with grower Bonnie Timmermann.^[82] Chocolate returned disruption Rourke and died in 2006.^[82] In addition to those splash and several other past pets, Rourke currently owns a state named Jaws who appeared live him in his 2009 PETA ad, as well as engage the film Once Upon splendid Time in Mexico.^[75] He has had as many as cardinal dogs at one time, confirm in 2005.^[81] Jaws originally was named "Little Mickey" and was originally slated to be euthanized.

Rourke also believed Jaws was previously abused.^[83] At the prior of his Golden Globes anniversary to his pets, Rourke infamous five chihuahuas: Loki, Jaws, Cerise Baby, La Negra and Bella Loca.^[77] About a month ulterior, on February 16, 2009, Loki died in Rourke's arms speak angrily to the age of 18.^[84]

Filmography

Main article: Mickey Rourke filmography

Career awards

References