Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke of its true name Philip Andre Rourke junior is an actor, scenario writer and former American boxer, born the September 16th 1956 with Schenectady, New York (the United States).

Biography

Its cinematographic career began in the years 1980 with inter alia: 1941, the Year of the dragon , 9 weeks 1/2 (which also launched the career of Kim Basinger) and Angel Heart . Mickey Rourke was considered, at its beginnings, like a formidable hope. One compared it with a Marlon Brando, in particular thanks to his physique of boxer, sport which it practices for a very long time, and its voice angelica. It turned with largest Coppola, Alan Parker, Michael Cimino and Barbet Schroeder.

In 1984, it holds one of the first roles in the Pope of Greenwich Village. Although he is regarded as a small film worship, in particular by Johnny Depp and all the staff of HBO, he was a commercial failure. In 1985, in the Year of the dragon, it interprets a a little racist captain of police force wanting éradiquer the triads Chinese of New York, with a John Lone as a gangster chief. But it is 9 weeks 1/2, which revealed it with the general public in 1986. Starting from this pseudo-erotic film, an image of sex symbol sticks to him with the skin. It will reject it completely. He even sought to break it by interpreting a role of pillar of bar, poet and writer of genious cursed by the life in Barfly of Barbet Schroeder. This film tends to be copied on the autobiographical life of Charles Bukowski, of which he was the principal scenario writer. In 1987, In Angel Heart, Mickey Rourke interprets there with masterliness a role of detective of 1955, in the search of Johnny Favorite which, in fact, proves to be him even. The whole handled by worrying and enigmatic Louis Cyphre, who is not other than the devil in person come to seek its heart… the role is interpreted by a Robert de Niro masterly of perversity. In this film, Mickey is regarded by the critics as at the top of his Article In Harley Davidson and the man with the santiags, Mickey has as a partner Don Johnson, hero of Miami Vice. This film finishes sitting its notoriety but décridibilise its work of actor. Its career sank with the beginning of the year 1990 after failure commercial resounding, films not very interesting and a life a little dissolue. Its marriage with the actress Carré Otis, whom it met on the Wild Orchis in 1990, turned badly. The latter carried felt sorry for violences conjuguale. They divorced in 1998. Of his relations of the time, one could count the rappor Tupac Shakur with whom it turned Bullet, the gangster John Gotti, of which it attended the lawsuit, and the famous French swindler Christophe Rocancourt. Its Borderline behavior made that it was rejetté mediums cinematographic and realizers. Like Alan Parker which says of him, at that time, which Mickey is a nightmare on the spot of turning because one never knows what it will make, it is " incontrolable". Moreover, Its artistic choices like wild Orchidé to end up discrediting it completely.

Mickey Rourke then tried a career of professional boxer in 1991 under the nickname el marielito . Its trainer was the Hell' S angels Frank Zito. In spite of the legend, Mickey Rourke was an excellent professional boxer: 8 engagements and as many victories, including 5 KB and no one. Its strategy was to dispute 16 combat pro before contributing for the world title. Its first combat brought back 250$ to him. At the end of its second year of boxing, it gained more 1000000 $. In spite of that, it was too old to consider combat of greater scale with more dangerous adversaries. It stopped its career in 1995. Following that, it had to undergo many surgical operations of the face because it was almost disfigured: torn language, broken nose, crushed knobs… Its face remains marked. At the end of its career of boxer, it touched the bottom of the ruined hole, divorced. He recognized that he had tried this career because he had ended up being hated as an actor. It was a self-destroying attempt at challenge of oneself. From statute of sex symbol, it passes to that of misadventure missed by Quasimodo. He then undertook a therapy to cure his bad inclinations.

For its return to the career of actor, it was pointed out in secondary roles of quality as in Animal Factory , Get Carter but especially in the fim of Robert Rodriguez It was once in Mexico . Thanks to the realizers who decided to give him his chance again. Its career knows a revival. Since 2005, thanks to films like Sin City and Domino , the first roles are entrusted to him. It becomes again an actor with success for cinema industry. This back in favor, near the producers, is due to the fact that it is confined only with one type of role, that of anti-hero a little in margin of the system. These are roles that it makes only effleurer consciously, since it does not play any more but in large productions. In addition, it is tested with the work of scenario writer under the pseudonym Sir Eddie Cook , in particular for Bullet , F.T.W and Johnny beautiful mouth .

With the the United States, its character of rebellious, marginal actor with the screen as at the city, is very variously appreciated and transfers with the polemic. Whereas in France, its work is appreciated more and less prone to controversy. Paradoxically, it is an enthusiastic support of the republican and G.W Bush. It is resulting from a Christian Irish family.

Catalog of films

Scenario writer

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  • 1988: Homeboy
  • 1996 : Bullet

External bonds

  • Mickey Rourke on Internet Movie Database
  • Results as a boxer

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