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Mickey Rourke

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Biography

Mickey Rourke has had quite a career. He has moved back and forth from boxer to actor, and back again. Rourke has been called…more

Born

9/16/1956, Schenectady, New York, USA

Birth Name

Philip Andre Rourke Jr.

Gender

Male

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Guest Star (14)

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- UFC on Fox
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Velasquez vs. Dos Santos
    11/12/11
- 30 For 30
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 20 One Night in Vegas
    9/7/10
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 25 David Beckham, Jackie Chan, Mickey Rourke, Roxy Music.
    7/16/10
  - S 16: Ep 5 Mickey Rourke, Jason Manford, Will Young, The Cure.
    2/20/09
  - S 8: Ep 10 Mickey Rourke, Zoe Lucker, Goran Visnjic, Jay Kay, Jamiroquai.
    5/27/05
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 260 Episode #3.260
    7/6/10
  - S 3: Ep 73 Episode #3.073
    11/30/09
  - S 3: Ep 29 Episode #3.029
    10/9/09
  - S 3: Ep 28 Episode #3.028
    10/8/09
  - S 3: Ep 9 Episode #3.009
    9/16/09
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- Bellator Fighting Championships
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 1 XIII
    4/8/10
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Guest Star
  - S 15: Ep 14 Mickey Rourke
    8/31/09
- Alan Carr: Chatty Man
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    7/19/09
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 58: Ep 0123 January 23, 2009
    1/23/09
  - S 57: Ep 253 December 18, 2008
    12/18/08
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 16: Ep 65 Show #3040
    12/23/08
  - S 12: Ep 128 Show #2347
    4/12/05
  - S 2: Ep 27 Show #0246
    10/4/94
- The Graham Norton Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 5 Episode 47
    10/30/08
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 30 Kirsten Dunst/Babyface/Mickey Rourke
    10/14/05
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 138 Mickey Rourke, Danica Patrick, & 3 Doors Down
    10/12/05
- At The Movies
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 23 13th July, 2005
    7/13/05
- Film '72
  Himself
  - S 31: Ep 1 2nd December 2003
    12/2/03
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- WWE Pay-Per-View
  Himself
  - S 25: Ep 3 Wrestlemania 25
    4/5/09

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- During his boxing career, Mickey had his nose broken twice, required nose surgery five times, and also received a smashed cheekbone.
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- Rourke had to complete three months of training with a cage fighter to prepare for his role in The Wrestler.
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- Rourke stated that The Pope of Greenwich Village was his favorite movie.
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- Mickey: (On spending money) I ain't never seen no Brinks truck at a funeral and there ain't gonna be one at mine.
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- Rourke: I think Joe (his brother) left me something. His spirit. As long as I can work with people I'm excited about working with, it will be okay. I just can't work for the pay cheque.
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- Mickey: (On hitting rock bottom) You wake up one day and everything is gone. Your respectability, your money, everyone you care about. You're alone. You call up and try to get a table at a restaurant, and you can't. It went on for a long time. It's a dark hole, where I would pray to God. I mean, literally, on my knees, where I would say, 'Please can you just send me a little bit of daylight?' I always thought it would go away. There would be a little bit of hope, but then boom, it was black again.
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