Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke is an American actor whose early films include Diner, Rumble Fish and 9½ Weeks. These performances established him as a leading man associated with troubled and volatile characters. He later stepped away from his established film career to pursue professional boxing.

After returning to acting, he appeared in Sin City and played Randy Robinson in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler. That performance earned a BAFTA for leading actor and an Academy Award nomination, drawing on a screen presence shaped by both physical intensity and vulnerability.