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  • Mickey Rourke

    Birthday: September 16, 1956

    Mickey Rourke originally aspired to careers as a pro baseball player and - later - a championship boxer, but did a 180 away from the ring and cut his chops as an actor instead. Rourke launched his career with small roles in 1941 (1979) and Heaven's Gate (1981) before gaining broader notice as a pyro expert in Body Heat (1981) and one of the raunchier leads in Barry Levinson's ...more
    • 2008
    • Independent Spirit Awards
    • Best Actor
    • The Wrestler
    • nom
    • 2005
    • Chicago Film Critics Association
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
    • Sin City
    • win
    • 2005
    • Online Film Critics Association
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
    • Sin City
    • win
    • 1987
    • Independent Spirit Awards
    • Best Actor
    • Barfly
    • nom


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