Name	Angelina Jolie
Birth name	Angelina Jolie Voight
Birth date	June 04, 1975
Birth place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Citizenship	United States, Cambodia, Sarajevo (honorary)
Occupation	Actress, director, writer, producer, humanitarian
Years active	1982; 1991–present
Spouse	Jonny Lee Miller (1996–1999)Billy Bob Thornton (2000–2003)
Partner	Brad Pitt (2005–present) (engaged)
Children	6
Parents	Jon VoightMarcheline Bertrand
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Angelina Jolie ( , born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress and director. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by ''Forbes'' in 2009 and 2011. Jolie promotes humanitarian causes, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Special Envoy and former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She has been cited as the world's "most beautiful" woman, a title for which she has received substantial media attention.—and received further critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas ''A Mighty Heart'' (2007) and ''Changeling'' (2008), which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Jolie made her directorial debut with the wartime drama ''In the Land of Blood and Honey'' (2011).

Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, Jolie now lives with actor Brad Pitt, in a relationship notable for fervent media attention. Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, and three biological children, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne.

Early life and family

Born in Los Angeles, California, Jolie is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. She is the sister of actor James Haven, niece of singer-songwriter Chip Taylor, and goddaughter of actors Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell. On her father's side, Jolie is of German and Slovak descent, and on her mother's side, she is of primarily French Canadian, Dutch, and German ancestry. Like her mother, Jolie has stated that she is part Iroquois; her only known Native ancestor was a Huron woman born in 1649.

After her parents' separation in 1976, Jolie and her brother lived with their mother, who abandoned her acting ambitions to focus on raising her children. As a child, Jolie regularly saw movies with her mother and later explained that this had inspired her interest in acting; she had not been influenced by her father. When she was six years old, her mother and stepfather, filmmaker Bill Day, moved the family to Palisades, New York; they returned to Los Angeles five years later. She then decided she wanted to act and enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she trained for two years and appeared in several stage productions.

At the age of 14, Jolie dropped out of her acting classes and aspired to become a funeral director. She began working as a fashion model, modeling mainly in Los Angeles, New York, and London. During this period, she wore black clothing, experimented with knife play, and went out moshing with her live-in boyfriend. Two years later, after the relationship had ended, she rented an apartment above a garage a few blocks from her mother's home.

Jolie suffered episodes of suicidal depression throughout her teens and early twenties. later commenting, "I collected knives and always had certain things around. For some reason, the ritual of having cut myself and feeling the pain, maybe feeling alive, feeling some kind of release, it was somehow therapeutic to me." She also began experimenting with drugs; by the age of 20, she had tried "just about every drug possible," including heroin.

Jolie has had a difficult relationship with her father. Due to Voight's marital infidelity and the resulting breakup of her parents' marriage, she was estranged from her father for many years. They reconciled and he appeared with her in ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001), but their relationship again deteriorated. In August of that year, Voight claimed his daughter had "serious mental problems" on ''Access Hollywood''. In response, Jolie released a statement in which she indicated that she no longer wished to pursue a relationship with her father. She explained that because she had adopted her son Maddox, she did not think it was healthy for her to associate with Voight. In the wake of her beloved mother's death from ovarian cancer on January 27, 2007, Jolie again reconciled with her father after a six-year estrangement.

Career

Early work: 1982; 1991–1997

When she was seven years old, Jolie had a small part in ''Lookin' to Get Out'' (1982), a movie co-written by and starring her father, Jon Voight. She committed to acting at the age of 16, but initially found it difficult to pass auditions, often being told that she was "too dark." The movie failed to make a profit at the box office, but developed a cult following after its video release.

She next appeared in the 1996 comedy ''Love Is All There Is'', a modern-day loose adaptation of ''Romeo and Juliet'' set among two rival Italian family restaurant owners in The Bronx, New York. In the road movie ''Mojave Moon'' (1996) she played a young woman who falls for Danny Aiello's middle-aged character, while he develops feelings for her mother, played by Anne Archer. That same year, Jolie also portrayed Margret "Legs" Sadovsky, one of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond in the film ''Foxfire'' after they beat up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote about her performance, "It took a lot of hogwash to develop this character, but Jolie, Jon Voight's knockout daughter, has the presence to overcome the stereotype. Though the story is narrated by Maddy, Legs is the subject and the catalyst."

In 1997, Jolie starred with David Duchovny in the thriller ''Playing God'', set in the Los Angeles underworld. The movie was not well-received by critics; Roger Ebert noted that "Angelina Jolie finds a certain warmth in a kind of role that is usually hard and aggressive; she seems too nice to be [a criminal's] girlfriend, and maybe she is." She then appeared in the television film ''True Women'' (1997), a historical romantic drama set in the American West and based on the book by Janice Woods Windle. That year, she also appeared as a stripper in the music video for "Anybody Seen My Baby?" by the Rolling Stones.

Breakthrough: 1998–2000

Jolie's career prospects began to improve after she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in TNT's ''George Wallace'' (1997). She portrayed Cornelia Wallace, the second wife of Alabama Governor George Wallace, played by Gary Sinise. The film was very well-received by critics and won, among other awards, the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film. Jolie also received an Emmy Award nomination for her performance.

In 1998, Jolie starred in HBO's ''Gia'', portraying supermodel Gia Carangi. The film chronicled the destruction of Carangi's life and career as a result of her addiction to heroin, and her decline and death from AIDS in the mid-1980s. Vanessa Vance from Reel.com noted, "Angelina Jolie gained wide recognition for her role as the titular Gia, and it's easy to see why. Jolie is fierce in her portrayal—filling the part with nerve, charm, and desperation—and her role in this film is quite possibly the most beautiful train wreck ever filmed." For the second consecutive year, Jolie won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award. She also won her first Screen Actors Guild Award.

In accordance with Lee Strasberg's method acting, Jolie preferred to stay in character in between scenes during many of her early films, and as a result had gained a reputation for being difficult to deal with. While shooting ''Gia'', she told her then-husband Jonny Lee Miller that she would not be able to phone him: "I'd tell him: 'I'm alone; I'm dying; I'm gay; I'm not going to see you for weeks.'" After ''Gia'' wrapped in 1997, Jolie announced that she had given up acting for good, because she felt that she had "nothing else to give." She separated from Miller and moved to New York, where she enrolled at New York University to study filmmaking and attend writing classes; she later described it as "just good for me to collect myself." Encouraged by her Golden Globe Award win for ''George Wallace'' and the positive critical reception of ''Gia'', she resumed her career. Jolie won the Breakthrough Performance Award from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

In 1999, she starred in the comedy-drama ''Pushing Tin'', alongside John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. The film received a mixed reception from critics, and Jolie's character—Thornton's seductive wife—was particularly criticized. ''The Washington Post'' wrote, "Mary (Angelina Jolie) [is] a completely ludicrous writer's creation of a free-spirited woman who weeps over hibiscus plants that die, wears lots of turquoise rings and gets real lonely when Russell spends entire nights away from home." She then co-starred with Denzel Washington in ''The Bone Collector'' (1999), an adaptation of a crime novel by Jeffery Deaver. Jolie played a police officer haunted by her cop father's suicide, who reluctantly helps Washington track down a serial killer. The movie grossed $151 million worldwide, but was a critical failure. The ''Detroit Free Press'' concluded, "Jolie, while always delicious to look at, is simply and woefully miscast."

Jolie next took the supporting role of the sociopathic mental patient Lisa Rowe in ''Girl, Interrupted'' (1999), an adaptation of author Susanna Kaysen's memoir of the same name. While Winona Ryder played the main character in what was hoped to be a comeback for her, the film instead marked Jolie's final breakthrough in Hollywood. She won her third Golden Globe Award, her second Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. ''Variety'' noted, "Jolie is excellent as the flamboyant, irresponsible girl who turns out to be far more instrumental than the doctors in Susanna's rehabilitation."

In 2000, Jolie appeared in her first summer blockbuster, ''Gone In 60 Seconds'', in which she played Sarah "Sway" Wayland, the ex-girlfriend of car thief Nicolas Cage. The role was small, and ''The Washington Post'' criticized that "all she does in this movie is stand around, cooling down, modeling those fleshy, pulsating muscle-tubes that nest so provocatively around her teeth." She later explained that the film had been a welcome relief after the emotionally heavy role of Lisa Rowe. It became her highest grossing movie up until then, earning $237 million internationally.

International success: 2001–present

Although highly regarded for her acting abilities, Jolie's films to date had often not appealed to a wide audience, but ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001) made her an international superstar. An adaptation of the popular ''Tomb Raider'' videogame, Jolie was required to learn an English accent and undergo extensive martial arts training to play the title role of Lara Croft. She was generally praised for her physical performance, but the movie generated mostly negative reviews. ''Slant'' commented, "Angelina Jolie was born to play Lara Croft but [director] Simon West makes her journey into a game of Frogger." The movie was an international success nonetheless, earning $275 million worldwide, and launched her global reputation as a female action star.

Jolie then starred opposite Antonio Banderas as his mail-order bride in ''Original Sin'' (2001), a thriller based on the novel ''Waltz into Darkness'' by Cornell Woolrich. The film was a major critical failure, with ''The New York Times'' noting, "The story plunges more precipitously than Ms. Jolie's neckline." In 2002, she starred in ''Life or Something Like It'' as an ambitious television reporter who is told that she will die in a week. The film was poorly received by critics, though Jolie's performance received positive reviews. CNN's Paul Clinton wrote, "Jolie is excellent in her role. Despite some of the ludicrous plot points in the middle of the film, this Academy Award-winning actress is exceedingly believable in her journey towards self-discovery and the true meaning of fulfilling life."

Jolie reprised her role as Lara Croft in ''Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life'' (2003), which established her among Hollywood's highest-paid actresses. The sequel was not as lucrative as the original, earning $156 million at the international box office. She appeared in the music video for Korn's "Did My Time," which was used to promote the film. She next starred in ''Beyond Borders'' (2003), as a socialite who joins aid workers in Africa and Asia. The film reflected Jolie's real-life interest in promoting humanitarian relief, but it was critically and financially unsuccessful. The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote, "Jolie, as she did in her Oscar-winning role in ''Girl, Interrupted'', can bring electricity and believability to roles that have a reality she can understand. She can also, witness the ''Lara Croft'' films, do acknowledged cartoons. But the limbo of a hybrid character, a badly written cardboard person in a fly-infested, blood-and-guts world, completely defeats her."

In 2004, Jolie starred alongside Ethan Hawke in the thriller ''Taking Lives''. She portrayed an FBI profiler summoned to help Montreal law enforcement hunt down a serial killer. The movie received mixed reviews and ''The Hollywood Reporter'' concluded, "Angelina Jolie plays a role that definitely feels like something she has already done, but she does add an unmistakable dash of excitement and glamour." She also provided the voice of the angelfish Lola in the DreamWorks animated movie ''Shark Tale'' (2004), and had a brief appearance in ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'' (2004), a science fiction adventure film shot entirely with actors in front of a bluescreen. That same year, Jolie played Olympias in ''Alexander'', about the life of Alexander the Great. The film failed domestically, which director Oliver Stone attributed to disapproval of the depiction of Alexander's bisexuality, but it succeeded internationally, with revenue of $139 million outside the United States.

Jolie then starred opposite Brad Pitt in the 2005 action-comedy ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'', which tells the story of a bored married couple, John and Jane Smith, who find out that they are both secret assassins. The film received mixed reviews, but was generally lauded for the chemistry between the two leads. The ''Star Tribune'' noted, "While the story feels haphazard, the movie gets by on gregarious charm, galloping energy and the stars' thermonuclear screen chemistry." The movie earned $478 million worldwide, making it the seventh-highest grossing film of 2005.

Jolie next appeared in Robert De Niro's ''The Good Shepherd'' (2006), a film about the early history of the CIA, as seen through the eyes of Edward Wilson, an officer based on James Jesus Angleton and played by Matt Damon. Jolie played the supporting role of Margaret "Clover" Russell, Wilson's neglected wife. According to the ''Chicago Tribune'', "Jolie ages convincingly throughout, and is blithely unconcerned with how her brittle character is coming off in terms of audience sympathy."

In 2007, Jolie made her directorial debut with the documentary ''A Place in Time'', which captures daily life in 27 locations around the world during a single week. The film was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival and was intended for distribution to high schools through the National Education Association. Jolie then starred as Mariane Pearl in the documentary-style drama ''A Mighty Heart'' (2007). Based on Pearl's memoir of the same name, the film chronicles the kidnapping and murder of her husband, ''The Wall Street Journal'' reporter Daniel Pearl, in Pakistan. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' described Jolie's performance as "well-measured and moving," played "with respect and a firm grasp on a difficult accent." Jolie was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance. She also played Grendel's mother in the animated epic ''Beowulf'' (2007), which was created through the motion capture technique.

Jolie co-starred alongside James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman in the 2008 action movie ''Wanted'', an adaptation of Mark Millar's graphic novel of the same name. The film received predominately favorable reviews and proved an international success, earning $342 million worldwide. She also provided the voice of Master Tigress in the DreamWorks animated movie ''Kung Fu Panda'' (2008). With revenue of $632 million internationally, it became the third-highest grossing film of 2008. That same year, Jolie took on the lead role in Clint Eastwood's drama ''Changeling''. Based in part on the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, the film stars Jolie as Christine Collins, who is reunited with her kidnapped son in 1928 Los Angeles—only to realize the boy is an impostor. The ''Chicago Tribune'' noted, "Jolie really shines in the calm before the storm, the scenes [...] when one patronizing male authority figure after another belittles her at their peril." Jolie received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award.

Jolie next starred in the 2010 thriller ''Salt'', her first film in two years. She starred alongside Liev Schreiber as CIA agent Evelyn Salt, who goes on the run after she is accused of being a KGB sleeper agent. Originally written as male, the character Salt underwent a gender change after a Colombia Pictures executive suggested Jolie for the role to director Phillip Noyce. The film was an international success with revenue of $294 million. It received mixed to positive reviews, with Jolie's performance earning praise; ''Empire'' remarked, "When it comes to selling incredible, crazy, death-defying antics, Jolie has few peers in the action business." She also starred opposite Johnny Depp in ''The Tourist'' (2010), which was a major critical failure. Peter Travers wrote, "Depp and Jolie hit career lows, producing the chemistry of high-fashion zombies." After a slow start at the domestic box office, the film went on to gross $278 million worldwide. Jolie received a controversial Golden Globe Award nomination, which was speculated to have been given merely to ensure her high-profile presence at the awards ceremony.

In 2011, Jolie reprised her voice role as Master Tigress in the animated DreamWorks sequel ''Kung Fu Panda 2''. It became the fourth-highest grossing film of 2011 and Jolie's highest grossing film to date, earning $666 million at the international box office. She also made her directorial feature debut with ''In the Land of Blood and Honey'' (2011), a love story between a Serb soldier and a Bosniak prisoner of war, set during the 1992–95 Bosnian War. Jolie, who had twice visited Bosnia-Herzegovina in her capacity as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, explained that she made the film to rekindle attention for the survivors of a war that took place in recent history. The film, which Jolie also scripted and co-produced, aroused both praise and criticism in the Balkans; the response from Bosniak war-victims advocacy organizations was "overwhelmingly positive," while a Serb war prisoners group decried the film for its alleged anti-Serb bias. Sarajevo's regional government named Jolie an honorary citizen of the capital for raising awareness of the war. ''In the Land of Blood and Honey'' won the Stanley Kramer Award from the Producers Guild of America, which honors films that highlight provocative social issues. It also received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Jolie will play the Disney villain Maleficent in the upcoming film of the same name, where the character's background story will be revealed.

Humanitarian work

Jolie stated that she first became personally aware of worldwide humanitarian crises while filming ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001) in Cambodia. She contacted the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for information on international trouble spots. To learn more about the conditions in these areas, Jolie began visiting refugee camps around the world. In February 2001, she went on her first field visit, an 18-day mission to Sierra Leone and Tanzania; she later expressed her shock at what she had witnessed. In the following months, she returned to Cambodia for two weeks and met with Afghan refugees in Pakistan. She covered all costs related to her missions and shared the same rudimentary working and living conditions as UNHCR field staff on all of her visits. Jolie was named a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva on August 27, 2001.

Since then, Jolie has been on field missions around the world and met with refugees and internally displaced persons in more than 30 countries. Asked what she hoped to accomplish, she stated, "Awareness of the plight of these people. I think they should be commended for what they have survived, not looked down upon." Jolie aims to visit what she terms "forgotten emergencies," crises that media attention has shifted away from. She is noted for not shying away from traveling to areas that are at war: she visited the Darfur region of Sudan during the Darfur conflict in 2004; Chad during its civil war in 2007; Iraq during the Second Gulf War in 2007 and 2009; Afghanistan during the ongoing war in 2008 and 2011; and Libya during the Libyan revolution in 2011.

After more than a decade of service as Goodwill Ambassador, Jolie was promoted to the rank of Special Envoy of High Commissioner António Guterres on April 17, 2012. As Special Envoy, she represents the UNHCR and High Commissioner António Guterres at the diplomatic level and works to facilitate long-term solutions for people displaced by large-scale crises, such as Afghanistan and Somalia. "This is an exceptional position reflecting an exceptional role she has played for us," said a UNHCR spokesman.

In addition to her work with the UNHCR, Jolie uses her public profile to promote humanitarian causes through the mass media. Her early field visits were chronicled in her book ''Notes from My Travels'', which was published in conjunction with the release of her film ''Beyond Borders'' (2003). She filmed a 2005 MTV special, ''The Diary of Angelina Jolie & Dr. Jeffrey Sachs in Africa'', portraying her and noted economist Dr. Jeffrey Sachs on a trip to a remote group of villages in Western Kenya. Jolie has also regularly released public service announcements promoting World Refugee Day and other causes.

Over time, Jolie became more involved in promoting humanitarian causes on a political level. She has regularly attended World Refugee Day in Washington, D.C., and she was an invited speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2005 and 2006. She also began lobbying humanitarian interests in the U.S. capital, where she met with members of Congress at least 20 times between 2003 and 2006, during which she pushed for several bills to aid refugees and vulnerable children in the Third World and the United States. She explained in 2006, "As much as I would love to never have to visit Washington, that's the way to move the ball." In 2007, she became a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Jolie has established several charitable organizations. In 2003, she founded the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation—named the Maddox Jolie Project until 2007—which is dedicated to community development and environmental conservation in Cambodia's northwestern province Battambang. In 2006, she partnered with the Global Health Committee to establish the Maddox Chivan Children's Center, a daycare facility for children afflicted and affected by HIV in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. That same year, she and her partner Brad Pitt founded the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, to aid humanitarian causes worldwide. In 2007, Jolie and noted economist Dr. Gene Sperling founded the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, which funds education programs for children affected by man-made or natural disasters. In 2008, she collaborated with the Microsoft Corporation to establish Kids in Need of Defense, a pro bono movement of law firms, corporate law departments, NGOs and volunteers committed to providing legal counsel to unaccompanied immigrant children in the U.S. In 2010, she established the Jolie Legal Fellows Programme, which recruits lawyers to support governmental child protection efforts in Haiti.

Jolie has received wide recognition for her humanitarian work. In 2002, she received the inaugural Humanitarian Award by the Church World Service's Immigration and Refugee Program. In 2003, she was the first recipient of the Citizen of the World Award by the United Nations Correspondents Association. In 2005, she was awarded the Global Humanitarian Award by the UNA-USA. On July 31, 2005, King Norodom Sihamoni awarded Jolie Cambodian citizenship for her conservation work in the country. In 2007, Jolie received the Freedom Award by the International Rescue Committee. In 2011, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres presented Jolie with a gold pin reserved for the most long-serving staff, in recognition of her decade as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.

Personal life

Relationships

Jolie had a serious boyfriend for two years from the age of 14. Her mother allowed them to live together in her home, of which Jolie later said, "I was either going to be reckless on the streets with my boyfriend or he was going to be with me in my bedroom with my mom in the next room. She made the choice, and because of it, I continued to go to school every morning and explored my first relationship in a safe way." She has compared the relationship to a marriage in its emotional intensity, and said that the breakup compelled her to dedicate herself to her acting career at the age of 16.

During filming of ''Hackers'' (1995), Jolie had a romance with British actor Jonny Lee Miller, her first lover since the relationship in her early teens. Jolie and Miller separated in September 1997 and divorced on February 3, 1999. They remained on good terms, and Jolie later explained, "It comes down to timing. I think he's the greatest husband a girl could ask for. I'll always love him, we were simply too young."

Jolie had a brief relationship with model-actress Jenny Shimizu on the set of ''Foxfire'' (1996). She later said, "I would probably have married Jenny if I hadn't married my husband. I fell in love with her the first second I saw her." Shimizu claimed in 2005 that her relationship with Jolie had lasted many years and continued even while Jolie was romantically involved with other people. In 2003, asked if she was bisexual, Jolie responded, "Of course. If I fell in love with a woman tomorrow, would I feel that it's okay to want to kiss and touch her? If I fell in love with her? Absolutely! Yes!"

After a two-month courtship, Jolie married actor Billy Bob Thornton on May 5, 2000, in Las Vegas. They met on the set of ''Pushing Tin'' (1999), but did not pursue a relationship at that time as Thornton was engaged to actress Laura Dern. As a result of their frequent public declarations of passion and gestures of love—most famously wearing one another's blood in vials around their necks—their marriage became a favorite topic of the entertainment media. Jolie and Thornton announced the adoption of a son from Cambodia in March 2002, but abruptly separated three months later. Their divorce was finalized on May 27, 2003. Asked about the sudden dissolution of their marriage, Jolie stated, "It took me by surprise, too, because overnight, we totally changed. I think one day we had just nothing in common. And it's scary but... I think it can happen when you get involved and you don't know yourself yet."

In early 2005, Jolie was involved in a well-publicized Hollywood scandal when she was accused of being the reason for the divorce of actors Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. She and Pitt were alleged to have started an affair during filming of ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005). She denied this on several occasions, but later admitted that they "fell in love" on the set. She explained in 2005, "To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife." Pitt and Jolie announced their engagement in April 2012, after seven years together. The couple—dubbed "Brangelina" by the entertainment media—are the subject of worldwide media coverage.

Children

On March 10, 2002, Jolie adopted her first child, seven-month-old Maddox Chivan, from an orphanage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He was born as Rath Vibol on August 5, 2001, in a local village. Jolie applied for adoption after she had visited Cambodia twice, while filming ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001) and on a UNHCR field mission. The adoption process was halted in December 2001 when the U.S. government banned adoptions from Cambodia amid allegations of child trafficking. Once the adoption was finalized, she took custody of Maddox in Namibia, where she was filming ''Beyond Borders'' (2003). Although Jolie and her then-husband Billy Bob Thornton announced the adoption together, she in fact adopted Maddox as a single parent.

Jolie adopted a daughter, six-month-old Zahara Marley, from an orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 6, 2005. Zahara was born as Yemsrach on January 8, 2005, in Awasa. At the time of the adoption, Zahara was wrongly believed to be an AIDS orphan and it was unknown whether she herself had contracted HIV, but she later tested negative. Shortly after they returned to the United States, Zahara was hospitalized for dehydration and malnutrition. In November 2007, media outlets reported that Zahara's biological mother wanted her daughter back, but she denied these reports, saying she thought Zahara was "very fortunate" to have been adopted by Jolie.

Jolie was accompanied by her partner Brad Pitt when she traveled to Ethiopia to take custody of Zahara. She later indicated that she and Pitt had made the decision to adopt from Ethiopia together. In December 2005, Pitt's publicist announced that Pitt was seeking to adopt Maddox and Zahara. To reflect this, Jolie filed a request to legally change her children's surnames from Jolie to Jolie-Pitt, which was granted on January 19, 2006. The adoptions were finalized soon after.

In an attempt to avoid the media frenzy surrounding their relationship, Jolie and Pitt went to Namibia for the birth of their first biological child. On May 27, 2006, Jolie gave birth to a daughter, Shiloh Nouvel, in Swakopmund. Pitt confirmed that their newborn daughter would have a Namibian passport. The couple decided to sell the first pictures of Shiloh through the distributor Getty Images themselves, rather than allowing paparazzi to make these valuable photographs. ''People'' paid a reported $4.1 million for the North American rights, while ''Hello!'' obtained the British rights for a reported $3.5 million. All profits were donated to charities serving African children.

On March 15, 2007, Jolie adopted a son, three-year-old Pax Thien, from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Jolie adopted Pax as a single parent, because Vietnam's adoption regulations do not allow unmarried couples to co-adopt. The rights for the first post-adoption images of Pax were sold to ''People'' for a reported $2 million, as well as to ''Hello!'' for an undisclosed amount. In April, Jolie filed a request to legally change her son's surname from Jolie to Jolie-Pitt, which was approved on May 31, 2007. Pitt's adoption of Pax was finalized in the United States on February 21, 2008.

At the Cannes Film Festival in May 2008, Jolie confirmed that she was expecting twins. For the two weeks she spent in a seaside hospital in Nice, France, reporters and photographers camped outside on the promenade. She gave birth to a son, Knox Léon, and a daughter, Vivienne Marcheline, on July 12, 2008. The rights for the first images of Knox and Vivienne were jointly sold to ''People'' and ''Hello!'' for a reported $14 million—the most expensive celebrity pictures ever taken. The proceeds were donated to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.

In the media

During the first decade of her career, Jolie—who does not employ a publicist or an agent—maintained a "wild child" persona in her communication with the media. She openly discussed her love life, including her bisexuality and her interest in BDSM. After she kissed her brother during the Academy Awards in 2000, their close relationship became the subject of tabloid media speculation, which she dismissed. She spoke about her experiences with drugs and depression, and recalled the time, in 1997, when she almost hired a hitman to kill her, as well as the three days, just before her marriage to Billy Bob Thornton, that she was sectioned at UCLA's psychiatric ward. ''Esquire'' in 2004, American ''FHM'' and British ''Harper's Bazaar'' in 2005, ''People'' and ''Hello!'' in 2006, ''Empire'' in 2007, and ''Vanity Fair'' in 2009. Jolie's extensive collection of tattoos has often been addressed by interviewers. She has fourteen known tattoos, among which the Latin proverb "quod me nutrit me destruit" (what nourishes me destroys me), the Tennessee Williams quote "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages," two sak yant designs featuring a prayer of protection and a twelve-inch-by-eight-inch tiger, and six sets of geographical coordinates indicating the origins of her children. Over time, she has covered or lasered several of her tattoos, including the name of her second husband, "Billy Bob", and the Chinese characters "死" (death) and "勇" (courage).

Today, Jolie is one of the best-known celebrities around the world. According to the Q Score, in 2000, subsequent to her Oscar win, 31% of respondents in the United States said Jolie was familiar to them; by 2006 she was familiar to 81% of Americans. In a 2006 global industry survey by ACNielsen in 42 international markets, Jolie, together with her partner Brad Pitt, was found to be the favorite celebrity endorser for brands and products worldwide. She was the face of St. John and Shiseido from 2006 to 2008, and in 2011 had an endorsement deal with Louis Vuitton reportedly worth $10 million—a record for a single advertising campaign. She was among the ''Time'' 100, a list of the most influential people in the world as assembled by ''Time'', in 2006 and 2008. ''Forbes'' named her Hollywood's highest-paid actress in 2009 and 2011, with estimated annual earnings of $27 million and $30 million respectively, and she topped the magazine's Celebrity 100, a ranking of the world's most powerful celebrities, in 2009. ''People'' named her one of 2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age.

Filmography

+ Actor
Title	Year	Role	Notes
''Lookin' to Get Out''	1982	Tosh	As Angelina Jolie Voight
''Cyborg 2''	1993	Casella "Cash" Reese	Direct-to-video film
''Without Evidence''	1995	Jodie Swearingen
! scope="row"	1995	Kate "Acid Burn" Libby
''Love Is All There Is''	1996	Gina Malacici
''Mojave Moon''	1996	Eleanor "Elie" Rigby
! scope="row"	1996	Margret "Legs" Sadovsky
''True Women''	1997	Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods	TV film
! scope="row"	1997	Cornelia Wallace
! scope="row"	1997	Claire
''Gia''	1998	Gia Carangi	TV filmGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television FilmSatellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film	1998	Gloria McNeary
''[[Playing by Heart">Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
! scope="row"	1998	Gloria McNeary
''[[Playing by Heart''	1998	Joan
''Pushing Tin''	1999	Mary Bell
''''	1999	Amelia Donaghy
! scope="row"	1999	Lisa Rowe
! scope="row"	2000	Sara "Sway" Wayland
''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider''	2001	Lara Croft
! scope="row"	2001	Julia Russell/Bonny Castle
''Life or Something Like It''	2002	Lanie Kerrigan
''Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life''	2003	Lara Croft
''Beyond Borders''	2003	Sarah Jordan
! scope="row"	2004	Illeana Scott
''Shark Tale''	2004	Lola	Voice
''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''	2004	Francesca "Franky" Cook
! scope="row"	2004	Olympias
! scope="row"	2005	Jane Smith	Nominated— ''''	2006	Margaret "Clover" Russell
''''	2007	[[Mariane Pearl">32nd People's Choice Awards
''''	2006	Margaret "Clover" Russell
''''	2007	[[Mariane Pearl	Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performance of the YearNominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female LeadNominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the YearNominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress – Motion PictureNominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Leading Female Actor
! scope="row"	2007	Grendel's mother
''Kung Fu Panda''	2008		Voice
! scope="row"	2008	Fox	People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Action StarNominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Female PerformanceNominated—People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Movie Star
! scope="row"	2008	Christine Collins	Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaSaturn Award for Best ActressNominated—Academy Award for Best ActressNominated—	2010	Evelyn Salt	Nominated—[[37th People's Choice Awards
''''	2010	Elise Clifton-Ward	Nominated—[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy">BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
! scope="row"	2010	Evelyn Salt	Nominated—[[37th People's Choice Awards
''''	2010	Elise Clifton-Ward	Nominated—[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
''Kung Fu Panda 2''	2011	Master Tigress	Voice

+ Director
Title	Year	Notes
''A Place in Time''	2007	Documentary
''In the Land of Blood and Honey''	2011	Also writer and producerNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Foreign Motion PictureProducers Guild of America Stanley Kramer AwardNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language FilmNominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing – Motion Picture

Selected awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
1998	Emmy Award
1998	Golden Globe Award		''George Wallace''
1998		Breakthrough Performance	''Playing by Heart''
1998	Emmy Award		''Gia''
1999	Golden Globe Award		''Gia''
1999	Screen Actors Guild Award		''Gia''
2000	Academy Award
2000	Golden Globe Award		''Girl, Interrupted''
2000	Screen Actors Guild Award		''Girl, Interrupted''
2008	Golden Globe Award		''''
2008	Screen Actors Guild Award		''''
2009	Academy Award
2009	BAFTA Award		''Changeling''
2009	Golden Globe Award	Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama	''Changeling''
2009	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Leading Female Actor	''Changeling''
2011	Golden Globe Award
2012	Golden Globe Award		''In the Land of Blood and Honey''
2012	Producers Guild of America Award		''In the Land of Blood and Honey''

Bibliography

''Notes from My Travels''. Pocket Books. 2003. ISBN 0-7434-7023-0.

"Justice for Darfur". ''The Washington Post''. February 28, 2007.

"A Year for Accountability". ''The Economist''. November 15, 2007.

"The 2009 TIME 100: Somaly Mam". ''Time''. April 30, 2009.

"The Case Against Omar al-Bashir". ''Time''. June 5, 2009.

"Justice Delayed Is Not Justice Denied". ''Newsweek''. December 10, 2009

References

Further reading

McFay, Edgar. ''Angelina Jolie: Angel in Disguise''. Icon Press, 2005. ISBN 1-894864-25-5.

Wolf, Naomi. "The Power of Angelina". ''Harper's Bazaar''. June 8, 2009.

External links

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, official homepage at UNHCR.org

Journey Through Eastern Congo, multimedia journal narrated by Jolie

Interviews with Angelina Jolie by Charlie Rose

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birth date	1967
birth place	Wellington, New Zealand }}

Andrew Dominik (born 1967) is a New Zealand-born Australian film director and screenwriter. He has directed two films so far: ''Chopper'' and ''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford''.

Early life and career

Dominik has lived in Australia since he was 2 years old and graduated from Melbourne's Swinburne Film School in 1988.

''Chopper'' (2000)

His career in films began in 2000 when he directed ''Chopper'' based on notorious Australian criminal Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read, starring Eric Bana and Simon Lyndon. ''Chopper'' received generally positive reviews, and Bana in particular was widely praised for his intense portrayal of Chopper. The Australian Film Institute awarded the film with Best Director (Dominik), Best Actor (Bana), and Best Supporting Actor (Lyndon).

''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'' (2007)

His next film was ''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'', starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck, based on the novel of the same name which he came across in a second-hand bookstore. The film explores the peculiar relationship between Jesse James and his eventual assassin Robert Ford. Pitt was a big fan of Dominik's first feature ''Chopper'', and had hoped to collaborate with the filmmaker in the future, especially when Pitt had the chance to work with ''Chopper'' star Eric Bana in ''Troy''. Pitt contacted the director, and with a big star interested to lead his new film, Dominik was therefore able to get Warner Bros. to finance the production.

Principal shooting in Canada was completed in 2005, though ''The Assassination'''s 2006 release was delayed to a fall 2007 release, largely due to studio interference with the film's editing process. Dominik and Pitt were pulling for a less quick-paced and more contemplative cut of the film while the studio wanted "less contemplation and more action". There were reportedly more than a dozen edited versions of the film at one time fighting to be the final cut, the longest version being over four hours. The disputes during post-production lasted for over a year before a final version was settled upon. Over an hour of scenes was deleted for the theatrical version, but Dominik remarked he was still very proud of the film the way it is now. The film garnered two Academy Award nominations: Best Cinematography (Deakins) and Best Supporting Actor (Affleck).

''Cogan's Trade'' (2012)

Dominik reteamed with Brad Pitt in their second collaboration (after ''The Assassination of Jesse James'') in a thriller/dark comedy based on George V. Higgins' Boston-set crime novel ''Cogan's Trade''. ''Cogan's Trade'' began shooting in January 2011 and wrapped in May 2011. An American release date is set for March 2012 with distribution handled by The Weinstein Company. The film has been selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

Previously attached projects

In 2003, Paramount Pictures approached Dominik and offered him to direct an adaptation of Alfred Bester's 1953 novel ''The Demolished Man'', but as time passed, the project eventually became stuck in development hell when there were disagreements with the screenplay.

Dominik had also written an adapted screenplay for ''The Killer Inside Me'', an acclaimed noir novel by Jim Thompson, and was at one point considered to direct it, but dropped out. Michael Winterbottom eventually directed the film.

Future projects

One of Dominik's next projects is ''Blonde'', based on Joyce Carol Oates's fictional Marilyn Monroe memoir of the same name, which was scheduled to start shooting in January 2011 but the project was put on hold when he announced his ''Cogan's Trade'' adaptation. Naomi Watts is slated to play Monroe.

Dominik penned a script for an American remake of the 2006 French thriller ''Tell No One''. It is unclear if he will direct the film.

In a 2008 interview, Dominik stated that he has interest in adapting Jim Thompson's ''Pop. 1280'' and Cormac McCarthy's ''Cities of the Plain'', but is having a difficult time putting them into production.

Awards

! Year	! Group	! Award	! Won?	! Film
rowspan="4"		Best Director		rowspan="7"
Best Adapted Screenplay
IF Awards	Best Independent New Filmmaker
Stockholm Film Festival	Bronze Horse
rowspan="3"	Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema	Best Film
	Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
	Venice Film Festival	Golden Lion
rowspan="2"	Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards	Best Foreign Film - English Language
Western Writers of America	Best Western Drama

References

External links

Category:Australian film directors Category:1967 births Category:Living people

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name	Jennifer Aniston
birth name	Jennifer Joanna Aniston
birth date	February 11, 1969
birth place	Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.
occupation	Actress
years active	1989–present
spouse	Brad Pitt (2000–2005)
Partner	Justin Theroux (2011–present)}}

Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress, film director, and producer. Aniston gained worldwide recognition in the 1990s for portraying Rachel Green on the television sitcom ''Friends'', a role which earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Aniston has also enjoyed a successful Hollywood film career. She gained critical acclaim for her performances in the independent films ''She's the One'' (1996), ''Office Space'' (1999), ''The Good Girl'' (2002) and ''Friends with Money'' (2006). She has had her greatest commercial successes with the films ''Bruce Almighty'' (2003), ''The Break-Up'' (2006), ''Marley & Me'' (2008), ''Just Go with It'' (2011) and ''Horrible Bosses'' (2011). Aniston was selected for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.

Early life

Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow. Her father is Greek and a native of Crete, while her mother was born in New York City. One of Aniston's maternal great-grandfathers was an Italian immigrant; her mother's other ancestry is Scottish, Irish, and a small amount of Greek. Aniston has two half-brothers, John Melick, her maternal older half-brother, and Alex Aniston, her younger paternal half-brother. Aniston's godfather was actor Telly Savalas, one of her father's best friends. As a child, Aniston lived in Greece for one year with her family. They later relocated to New York City. Aniston attended the Rudolf Steiner School in New York, and graduated from Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. She worked in Off Broadway productions such as ''For Dear Life'' and ''Dancing on Checker's Grave'', and supported herself with several part-time jobs, which included working as a telemarketer, waitress, and bike messenger. In 1989, Aniston moved back to Los Angeles.

Career

Television

Aniston was cast in her first television role in 1990, starring as a regular on the short-lived series ''Molloy'' and in the TV movie ''Camp Cucamonga''. She also co-starred in ''Ferris Bueller'', a television adaptation of the 1986 movie ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off''. The series, however, was quickly canceled. Aniston then appeared in two more failed television comedy series, ''The Edge'' and ''Muddling Through'', and guest-starred on ''Quantum Leap'', ''Herman's Head'', and ''Burke's Law''. After the string of canceled shows, along with her appearance in the critically derided 1992 horror film, ''Leprechaun'', Aniston reportedly considered giving up acting.

Aniston's plans changed, however, after auditioning for ''Friends'', a sitcom that was set to debut on NBC's 1994–1995 fall lineup. The producers of the show originally wanted Aniston to audition for the role of Monica Geller, but Courteney Cox was considered to be better suited to the role. Thus, Aniston was cast as Rachel Green. She was also offered a spot as a featured player on ''Saturday Night Live'', but turned it down to do ''Friends''. She played the character of Rachel from 1994 until the show ended in 2004.

The program was successful and Aniston, along with her co-stars, gained world-wide reputation among television viewers. Aniston received a salary of $1 million per episode for the last two seasons of ''Friends'', as well as five Emmy nominations (two for Supporting Actress, three for Lead Actress), including a win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. According to the ''Guinness World Book of Records'' (2005), Aniston (along with her female costars) became the highest paid TV actress of all time with her $1 million-per-episode paycheck for the tenth season of ''Friends''.

In 2007, Aniston guest starred in an episode of Courteney Cox Arquette's series ''Dirt'', playing Arquette's rival, Tina Harrod. She appeared in the third episode of Season 3 of NBC's ''30 Rock'' playing Liz Lemon's old college roommate who stalks Jack Donaghy. On July 16, 2009, Aniston received an Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on ''30 Rock''. Aniston was a guest star on the Season 2 premiere of ABC's sitcom ''Cougar Town'', playing a psychiatrist.

Film

While appearing on ''Friends'', Aniston also started segueing into film roles. She made her film debut in 1992's ''Leprechaun'', which was negatively reviewed by critics, but was commercially successful and gained a cult following. Following a four year hiatus from cinema, Aniston returned to film work in 1996, when she played supporting roles in the independent films ''Dream for an Insomniac'', and ''She's the One'', alongside Edward Burns and Cameron Diaz. Aniston's first starring vehicle was the film ''Picture Perfect'' (1997), in which she starred opposite Kevin Bacon and Jay Mohr. While the film received mixed reviews, Aniston's performance was more warmly received, with many critics suggesting that she had screen presence. During the second half of the 1990s she starred in several films such as the ensemble romantic film '''Til There Was You'' (1997) with Dylan McDermott and Sarah Jessica Parker, ''The Thin Pink Line'' (1998), the animated feature ''The Iron Giant'' (1999), and the critically acclaimed comedy ''Office Space'' (1999). She gained critical acclaim for her performances in ''The Object of My Affection'' (1998), a comedy-drama about a woman who falls for a gay man (played by Paul Rudd), and in the low-budget 2002 film ''The Good Girl'', playing an unglamorous cashier in a small town. The latter film opened in relatively few theaters—under 700 in total—taking $14M in the U.S. box office.

Aniston's biggest box office success to date was her appearance in 2003's ''Bruce Almighty'', in which she played the live-in girlfriend of Jim Carrey's title character. Aniston then starred in the 2004 film ''Along Came Polly'' opposite Ben Stiller. In late 2005, Aniston appeared in two major studio films, ''Derailed'' and ''Rumor Has It…''. In 2006, Aniston appeared in the low-budget drama ''Friends with Money'', which was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival and received a limited release. Aniston's next film, ''The Break-Up'', which was released on June 2, grossed approximately $39.17 million during its opening weekend, despite lukewarm reviews. In 2006, Aniston directed a hospital emergency room-set short film called ''Room 10'', starring Robin Wright Penn and Kris Kristofferson as part of ''Glamour'''s Reel Moments film series. Aniston noted that she was inspired to direct by actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who also directed a short film in 2006.

On December 25, 2008, ''Marley & Me'', in which Aniston starred alongside Owen Wilson, was released. It set a record for the largest Christmas Day box office ever with $14.75 million in ticket sales. It earned a total of $51.7 million over the four-day weekend and placed #1 at the box office, a position it maintained for two weeks. The total worldwide gross was $242,717,113. Her next film in wide release, ''He's Just Not That into You'', where she starred opposite Ben Affleck, opened in February 2009. The movie made $27.5 million, ranking #1 at the box office in its opening weekend. While the film received mixed reviews, Aniston, along with Affleck, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Jennifer Connelly, were often praised by critics as being the stand-outs in the film.

In March 2010, Aniston appeared in ''The Bounty Hunter'', which costarred Gerard Butler. While the film received scathing reviews from critics, it was a modest box office success, garnering over $130 million worldwide. A lukewarm box-office reception greeted her next film, ''The Switch'', in which she co-starred with Jason Bateman. The film's opening weekend drew what ''The Hollywood Reporter'' dubbed "a dispiriting $8.4 million". The film received generally mixed reviews, with review site Metacritic showing 13 out of 30 critics delivering a positive verdict.

By June 20, 2010, Aniston's movies had grossed more than $1 billion in the United States and over $1.7 billion worldwide. Aniston's ''Just Go with It'', with Adam Sandler, was released on Valentine's Day weekend in 2011. The story is about a plastic surgeon, played by Sandler, who asks his office manager, played by Aniston, to pose as his wife, to prove his honesty to his much younger girlfriend, played by Brooklyn Decker. Also in 2011, Aniston starred in the comedy movie ''Horrible Bosses'', with Colin Farrell, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jamie Foxx, directed by Seth Gordon. The film focuses on a trio of employees who plot to murder their titular tyrannical supervisors. Aniston played one of the bosses, a sexually aggressive dentist who harasses Charlie Day's character.

In 2012, Aniston appeared in ''Wanderlust'' with Paul Rudd, with whom she co-starred in the 1998 movie ''The Object of My Affection'' and also ''Friends''. The script, bought by Universal Pictures, was written by Rudd, Ken Marino, and David Wain, with the latter also directing the film, and was produced by Judd Apatow. The movie was about a married couple who join a commune after losing their money and deciding modern life is not for them.

Other work

Aniston has appeared in various commercials and music videos. In 1996, she was in Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers music video for "Walls". In 2001, Aniston was in Melissa Etheridge's music video for "I Want To Be In Love". She was cast in a Heineken commercial which was later banned in the U.S. due to branding issues. Aniston has also been in commercials for L'Oreal hair products. In 1995, Aniston and her ''Friends'' co-star Matthew Perry shot a 60-minute instructional video for the release of Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 95. Along with Brad Pitt and Brad Grey, CEO of Paramount Pictures, Aniston founded the film production company Plan B Entertainment in 2002, although she and Grey withdrew in 2005. In 2008, she and partner Kristin Hahn formed the production company Echo Films.

Aniston worked for over a year on a new perfume, which was released on July 21, 2010, at Harrods in London. Original plans called for the perfume to be named ''Lolavie by Jennifer Aniston'', but to avoid confusion with a similarly named perfume, the name was changed to simply ''Jennifer Aniston''. In an interview following the launch, Aniston said that she would also like to create a fragrance for men.

Since 2007, Aniston has worked in a publicity campaign for the drink SmartWater; on March 7, 2011, she released a YouTube video, titled "Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral", for SmartWater, tripling online interest in the product within 24 hours of the release.

Philanthropy

Aniston is a supporter of Friends of El Faro, a grassroots non-profit organization that helps raise money for Casa Hogar Sion, an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico. She has appeared in many TV commercials for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, which she supports. She also hosted September 2008's Stand Up to Cancer show.

In the "It Can't Wait" campaign to free Burma, Aniston directed and starred in a video.

On April 14, 2007, Aniston received GLAAD's Vanguard Award for her contributions to increased visibility and understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. On Earth Day 2010, she joined Courteney Cox, Woody Harrelson, Ben Stiller and others in "The Cove PSA: My Friend is..." an effort to stop the slaughter of dolphins and protect the Japanese people from the toxic levels of mercury found in dolphin meat. Other charities that Aniston has supported include AmeriCares, Clothes Off Our Back, Feeding America, EB Medical Research Foundation, Project A.L.S., OmniPeace, and Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.

Aniston donated $500,000 to Doctors Without Borders, Haitian health care provider Partners in Health and AmeriCares, and also participated in the megastar-studded Hope for Haiti Now telethon.

Personal life

In May 1998, Aniston began dating actor Brad Pitt. They married on July 29, 2000, in a private wedding ceremony in Malibu. For a few years, their marriage was considered the rare Hollywood success. However, the couple announced their separation on January 6, 2005. Pitt and Aniston were seen together publicly after announcing their separation, even at a dinner party for Aniston's 36th birthday, and friends of the couple had declared they were reconciling. Aniston, however, filed for divorce on March 25, 2005. It was finalized on October 2, 2005. During this period there was intense speculation in the media that Pitt had been unfaithful to Aniston with his ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' co-star, Angelina Jolie.

In the following months, the public's reaction towards the divorce was reported in the press. The story became the headline news of media shows such as ''Entertainment Tonight'' and ''Access Hollywood'', and made the front-pages of tabloid magazines for years, continuing till this day. 'Team Aniston' and 'Team Jolie' T-shirts appeared, with 'Team Aniston' shirts out-selling the 'Team Jolie' shirts 4:1. Aniston revealed that her divorce prompted her to reach out to her mother, Nancy, from whom she was estranged for nearly a decade. They initially became estranged when Nancy spoke about her daughter on a television show and later wrote a book entitled, ''From Mother and Daughter to Friends: A Memoir'' (1999). Aniston has also stated she was devastated by the death of her longtime therapist, whose work helped make her separation from Pitt easier. Aniston said her relationship with Pitt, which she does not regret, was "seven very intense years together" and that "it was a beautiful, complicated relationship."

After her divorce, Aniston began a relationship with actor Vince Vaughn, with whom she co-starred in ''The Break-Up''. Relationship troubles were reported in September 2006, followed by a confirmed split in December of that year. In February 2008, she began dating singer John Mayer.

Aniston has had two septoplasties to correct her deviated septum—one which was incorrectly done in 1994 and the second in January 2007.

Aniston is the godmother of Coco Riley Arquette, the daughter of her good friends, actors Courteney Cox and David Arquette.

In the media

In 2007, ''Forbes'' rated Aniston as one of the top 10 richest women in entertainment and estimated her net worth to be about $110 million. Aniston was also included in the annual Star Salary Top 10 of trade magazine ''The Hollywood Reporter'' for 2006. According to ''Forbes'', in October 2007, Aniston was the top-selling celebrity face of the entertainment industry. She was also Hollywood's most profitable actress. Aniston has been on the ''Forbes'' Celebrity 100 list, based on "earnings and fame", every year since 2001, topping the list in 2003. For the year of 2008, ''Forbes'' listed Aniston's earnings as $27 million.

In 2005, Aniston became the first-ever ''GQ'' Woman of the Year. She has appeared on ''People'''s annual list of The Most Beautiful every year since 1995, and came in at #1 in 2004. She also topped the magazine's Best Dressed List in 2006. She has been a regular on ''FHM''s 100 Sexiest Women list since 1996, ranking at #81 in 2010, #24 in 2009 and #27 in 2008. In 2011 ''The Telegraph'' reported the most sought after body parts of the rich and famous revealed by two Hollywood plastic surgeons who carried out a survey among their patients to build up the picture of what the perfect woman would look like. Under the category of the most sought after body shape Aniston was voted in the top three alongside Gisele Bundchen and Penelope Cruz. In the same year, readers of ''Men's Health'' magazine voted Aniston the "Sexiest Woman of All Time".

Although Aniston disliked the hairstyle she wore during her first two years on ''Friends'', "The Rachel" became and remains very popular among women.

Filmography

+ Film
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1993		Tory Reding
1996	''She's the One''	Renee Fitzpatrick
1996	''Dream for an Insomniac''	Allison
1997	'''Til There Was You''	Debbie
1997		Kate Mosley
1998	''''	Clove
1998	''Waiting for Woody''	Herself	Short film
1998	''The Object of My Affection''	Nina Borowski
1999	''Office Space''	Joanna	Cult hit
1999	''''	Annie Hughes	Voice only
2001		Emily Poule
2002	''''	Justine Last	Independent film
2003	''Bruce Almighty''	Grace Connelly
2003		Herself	Cameo appearance
2004	''Along Came Polly''	Polly Prince
2005		Lucinda Harris
2005	''Rumor Has It...''	Sarah Huttinger
2006	''Friends with Money''	Olivia	Independent film
2006	''''	Brooke Meyers
2008		Jenny Grogan
2009		Beth Murphy
2009		Sue Claussen	Independent film. Also Executive Producer
2009	''Love Happens''	Eloise Chandler
2009	''Journey to Sundance''	Herself	Documentary
2010	''''	Nicole Hurly
2010	''''	Kassie Larson	Also Executive Producer
2011	''Just Go with It''	Katherine Murphy
2011	''Horrible Bosses''	Dr. Julia Harris
2012		Linda

+ Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1990	''Molloy''	Courtney	Main role
1990	''Camp Cucamonga''	Ava Schector	Television movie
1990–1991		Jeannie Bueller
1992–1993	''''	Various characters	Main role
1994	''Muddling Through''	Madeline Drego Cooper	Main role
1994–2004	''Friends''	Rachel Green	236 episodes; one of the six main roles
2004		Herself – Hostess	Documentary

+ Television guest appearances
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1992		Kiki Wilson	"Nowhere to Run" (Season 5, Episode 4)
1992–1993	''Herman's Head''	Suzie Brooks	"Twisted Sister" (Season 1, Episode 25) "Jay Is for Jealousy" (Season 3, Episode 8)
1994	''Burke's Law''	Linda Campbell	"Who Killed the Beauty Queen?" (Season 1, Episode 4)
1995	''The Larry Sanders Show''	Herself	"Conflict of Interest" (Season 4, Episode 10)
1998		CPA Suzanne	"Follow the Clams?" (Season 1, Episode 17)
1998		Herself	"Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute: Part 2" (Season 5, Episode 20)
1998	''Disney's Hercules''	Galatea (Voice)	"Dream Date" (Season 1, Episode 27)
1999	''South Park''	Mrs. Stevens – Choir Teacher (Voice)	"Rainforest Shmainforest" (Season 3, Episode 1)
2003	''Freedom: A History of Us''	Jessie Benton	"Wake Up America " (Season 1, Episode 4)
2003	''King of the Hill''	Pepperoni Sue/Stephanie (Voice)
2007		Tina Harrod	"Ita Missa Est" (Season 1, Episode 13)
2008	''30 Rock''	Claire Harper	"The One with the Cast of Night Court" (Season 3, Episode 3)
2010	''Cougar Town''	Glenn

+ Video games
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1996	''Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair''	Laura	Voice

Director

! Year	! Title	Notes
2006	''Room 10''	Short Film
2011	''FIVE''	TV Movie

Producer

! Year	! Title	Notes
2008		Executive producer
2009	''Becoming Icizzle (Video Documentary)''	Executive producer
2010		Executive producer
2011	''FIVE (TV Movie)''	Executive producer

Awards and nominations

Aniston has won multiple awards during her career, and has been recognized for her work in both television and movie productions.

! Year	! Award	! Category	! Title of work	! Result
1996	American Comedy Awards	Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series	Friends
1996	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Friends
1997	Kid's Choice Awards	Favorite Television Actress	Friends
1999	American Comedy Awards	Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series	Friends
1999	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Friends
1999	Kid's Choice Awards	Favorite Television Actress	Friends
2000	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Friends
2000	Satellite Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical	Friends
2000	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Friends
2000	TV Guide Awards	Editor's Choice
2000	Kid's Choice Awards	Favorite Television Actress	Friends
2001	American Comedy Awards	Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series	Friends
2001	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Friends
2001	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Friends
2001	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Female Television Performer	Friends
2001	Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden	Best Foreign TV Personality – Female	Friends
2002	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Friends
2002	Golden Globe Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television	Friends
2002	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Friends
2002	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series	Friends
2002	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Female Television Performer	Friends
2002	Hollywood Film Festival	Actress of the Year
2002	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress – Comedy	Friends
2002	Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden	Best Foreign TV Personality – Female	Friends
2002	Kid's Choice Awards	Favorite Television Actress	Friends
2003	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Friends
2003	Golden Globe Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy	Friends
2003	Satellite Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical	Friends
2003	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Friends
2003	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series	Friends
2003	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Female Lead	The Good Girl
2003	Satellite Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical	The Good Girl
2003	Online Film Critics Society	Best Actress	The Good Girl
2003	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress – Drama/Action Adventure	The Good Girl
2003	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Liplock	The Good Girl
2003	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Liar	The Good Girl
2003	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress – Comedy	Bruce Almighty
2003	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress – Comedy	Friends
2003	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Female Television Performer	Friends
2003	Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden	Best Foreign TV Personality – Female	Friends
2003	Logie Awards	Most Popular Overseas TV Program	Friends
2003	Kid's Choice Awards	Favorite Television Actress	Friends
2004	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Friends
2004	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Friends
2004	Logie Awards	Most Popular Overseas Star	Friends
2004	Logie Awards	Most Popular Overseas TV Program	Friends
2004	MTV Movie Awards	Best Kiss	Bruce Almighty
2004	MTV Movie Awards	Best Dance Sequence	Along Came Polly
2004	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Female Television Performer	Friends
2004	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress – Comedy	Friends
2004	Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden	Best Foreign TV Personality – Female	Friends
2004	Kid's Choice Awards	Favorite Television Actress	Friends
2005	ShoWest Convention Awards	Female Star of the Year
2005	TV Land Awards	Little Screen/Big Screen Star
2006	TV Land Awards	Most Memorable Kiss	Friends
2006	TV Land Awards	Little Screen/Big Screen Star
2006	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Chemistry (shared with Vince Vaughn)	The Break-Up
2006	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress – Comedy	The Break-Up
2007	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Female Movie Star
2007	People's Choice Awards	Favorite On-Screen Match-Up	The Break-Up
2007	TV Land Awards	Little Screen/Big Screen Star
2007	TV Land Awards	Break Up That Was So Bad It Was Good	Friends
2007	GLAAD Media Awards	Vanguard Award
2007	CineVegas International Film Festival	Best Short Film	Room 10
2009	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	30 Rock
2009
2009	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress – Comedy	Marley & Me
2009	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress – Comedy	He's Just Not That Into You
2009	Kid's Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actress	Marley & Me
2010	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actress
2011	MTV Movie Awards	Best Female Performance	Just Go With It
2011	Spike Guys' Choice Awards	Decade of Hotness
2011	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actress	Just Go With It
2011	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Comedic Movie Actress	Just Go With It & Horrible Bosses
2012	Directors Guild of America Award	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television/Mini-Series	FIVE (TV Movie)
2012	The Comedy Awards	Best Actress in Film Comedy	Horrible Bosses
2012	MTV Movie Awards	Best On-Screen Dirtbag	Horrible Bosses

References

External links

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birth name	Philip Andre Rourke, Jr.
birth date	September 16, 1952
birth place	Schenectady, New York
other names	Sir Eddie Cook
occupation	Actor, professional boxer, screenwriter, music supervisor
years active	Actor (1979–present)Boxer (1991–1994) }}

Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke, Jr. (born September 16, 1952) is an American actor, screenwriter and retired boxer, who has appeared primarily as a leading man in action, drama, and thriller films.

During the 1980s, Rourke starred in ''Diner'', ''Rumble Fish'', and the erotic drama ''9½ Weeks'', and received critical praise for his work in ''Barfly'' and ''Angel Heart''. In 1991, Rourke, who had trained as a boxer in his early years, left acting and became a professional boxer for a period. He had supporting roles in several later films, including ''The Rainmaker'', ''Buffalo '66'', ''The Pledge'', ''Get Carter'', ''Once Upon a Time in Mexico'' and ''Man on Fire''.

In 2005, Rourke made his comeback in mainstream Hollywood circles with a lead role in ''Sin City'', for which he won awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association, the Irish Film and Television Awards and the Online Film Critics Society. In the 2008 film ''The Wrestler'', Rourke portrayed a past-his-prime wrestler, and received a 2009 Golden Globe award, a BAFTA award, and a nomination for an Academy Award.

In 2010, he appeared in the blockbusters ''Iron Man 2'' and ''The Expendables''.

Early life

Philip Andre Rourke, Jr., was born in Schenectady, New York, to a family of Irish and French descent. He was raised Roman Catholic and still practices his faith. His father, Philip Andre Rourke, Sr., an amateur body builder, left the family when Mickey was six years old. After his parents divorced, his mother, Annette, married Eugene Addis, a Miami Beach police officer with five sons, and moved Rourke, his younger brother(Joey), and their sister (Patricia) to south Florida. There, he graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School in 1971.

Amateur Boxing

During his teenage years, Rourke focused his attention mainly on sports. He took up self-defense training at the Boys Club of Miami. It was there that he learned boxing skills and decided on an amateur career.

At age 12, Rourke won his first boxing match as a 112-pound flyweight, fighting some of his early matches under the name Phil Rourke. He continued his boxing training at the famed 5th Street Gym, in Miami Beach, Florida, where Muhammad Ali began his career. In 1969, Rourke, then weighing 140 lbs. (63.5 kg), sparred with former World Welterweight Champion Luis Rodríguez. Rodriguez was the number one-rated middleweight boxer in the world and was training for his match with world champion Nino Benvenuti. Rourke boxed Rodriguez and claims to have received a concussion in this sparring match.

At the 1971 Florida Golden Gloves, Rourke suffered another concussion in a boxing match. After being told by doctors to take a year off and rest, Rourke temporarily retired from the ring.

From 1964 to 1972, Rourke compiled an amateur boxing record of 27 wins (17 by knockout) and 3 defeats, which included first round knock out wins over Sherman Bergman, John Carver, and Ronald Robinson, and decision victories over Ron Carter, Charles Gathers, Joe Riles, and Javier Villanueva.

Amateur Boxing Record

Mickey Rourke's amateur boxing record was 27 (wins) and 3 (losses), as mentioned on "Mickey Rourke on Inside the Actors Studio hosted by James Lipton" season 15, episode 12, original airdate 2009-08-31.

|- | style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|Amateur Boxing record |- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;" | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Result | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Rd., Time | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes |- style="text-align:center;" |style="background:#abcdef;"|Win ||12-0-0 || align=left|Sherman Bergman |KO || 1 ||1972 Aug 20 || align=left| Miami, Florida, USA |align=left|Rourke climbs off canvas to win in 31 seconds. |- style="text-align:center;" |Win ||11-0-0 || align=left|John"Two Dice"Carver |KO || 1 ||1972 May 07|| align=left| Miami, FloridaUSA |align=left|Rourke scores 39 second knockout. |- style="text-align:center;" |Win ||10-0-0 || align=left|Ron"22nd Street"Robinson |KO || 1 ||1972 Feb 15 || align=left| Miami, Florida, USA |align=left|Rourke wins in 18 seconds. |- style="text-align:center;" |style="background:#abcdef;"|Win ||9-0-0 || align=left|Leroy Harrington |KO || 1 ||1971 Jul 04|| align=left| Miami, Florida, USA |align=left|Rourke wins in 15 seconds. |- style="text-align:center;" |Win ||8-0-0 || align=left|Paul Malsoh |KO || 1 ||1970 Jun 22|| align=left| Miami, FloridaUSA |align=left|Rourke scores 29 second knockout. |- style="text-align:center;" |Win ||7-0-0 || align=left|Kenny Jacobs |KO || 1 ||1970 Jun 15 || align=left| Miami Beach, Florida, USA |align=left|Rourke wins in 14 seconds. |- style="text-align:center;" |- style="text-align:center;" |Win ||6-0-0 || align=left|Joe Riles |PTS || 3 ||1964 Aug 26 || align=left| Miami, Florida, USA || |- style="text-align:center;" |Win ||5-0-0 || align=left|Charles Gathers |PTS || 3 ||1964 Aug 12 || align=left| Miami, Florida || |- style="text-align:center;" |style="background:#abcdef;"|Win ||4-0-0 || align=left|Ronnie Carter |PTS || 3 ||1965 Jun 16 || align=left| Miami, Florida, USA |align=left| |- style="text-align:center;" |Win || 3–0-0 || align=left|Javier Villanueva |PTS ||3 ||1964 || align=left| Miami, Florida, USA || |- style="text-align:center;" |style="background:#abcdef;"|Win ||2-0-0 || align=left|Jesus"KoKo"Carranza |PTS || 3 || || align=left| Miami, Florida, USA |align=left| |- style="text-align:center;" |Win || 1–0-0 || align=left|Roger Hough |PTS ||3 ||1964 July|| align=left| Miami, Florida, USA ||

Early acting roles

In 1971, as a senior at Miami Beach Senior High School, Rourke had a small acting role in the Jay W. Jensen-directed school play, ''The Serpent''. However, Rourke's interests were geared to boxing, and he never appeared in any other school productions. Soon after he temporarily gave up boxing, a friend at the University of Miami told Rourke about a play he was directing, ''Deathwatch'', and how the man playing the role of Green Eyes had quit. Rourke got the part and immediately became enamored with acting. Borrowing 400 dollars from his sister, he went to New York to take private lessons with an acting teacher from the Actors Studio, Sandra Seacat. It is she who actually motivated Rourke to go and find his father, whom he had been separated from for more than 20 years and had no idea as to what or whom he was looking for. During his visit as a guest to the Actors' Studio, after the release of The Wrestler (2008 film), while Rourke was talking to James Lipton, Lipton disclosed the fact that Rourke had been selected to the Actor's Studio in his first audition, which Elia Kazan is reported to have said that it was the "best audition in 30 years". Similarly, later director Adrian Lyne would go on to say that had Mickey died after the release of ''Angel Heart'', he would have become a bigger phenomenon than James Dean.

Rourke's film debut was a small role in Steven Spielberg's film ''1941''. However, it was his portrayal of an arsonist in ''Body Heat'' that received significant attention, despite his modest time on screen. He mostly appeared in television films in his early career. During the early 1980s, Rourke starred in ''Diner'', alongside Paul Reiser, Daniel Stern, Steve Guttenberg, Tim Daly and Kevin Bacon, and yet again drew further critical notices for his portrayal as the suave compulsive gambler "Boogie" Sheftell; The National Society of Film Critics named him "Best Supporting Actor" that year. Soon thereafter, Rourke starred in ''Rumble Fish'', Francis Ford Coppola's follow-up to ''The Outsiders''.

Rourke's performance in the film ''The Pope of Greenwich Village'' alongside Daryl Hannah and Eric Roberts also caught the attention of critics, although the film was not financially successful. In the mid-1980s, Rourke earned himself additional leading roles. His role alongside Kim Basinger in the erotic drama ''9½ Weeks'' helped him gain "sex symbol" status. He received critical praise for his work in ''Barfly'' as the alcoholic writer Henry Chinaski (the literary alter ego of Charles Bukowski) and in ''Year of the Dragon''. In 1987, Rourke appeared in ''Angel Heart''. The film was nominated for several awards. It was seen as controversial by some owing to a sex scene involving ''Cosby Show'' cast member Lisa Bonet, who won an award for her part in the film. Although some of Rourke's work was viewed as controversial in the U.S., he was well-received by European, and especially French, audiences, who loved the "rumpled, slightly dirty, sordid ... rebel persona" that he projected in ''Year of the Dragon'', ''9½ Weeks'', ''Angel Heart'', and ''Desperate Hours''.

In the late 1980s, Rourke performed with David Bowie on the ''Never Let Me Down'' album. Around the same time he also wrote his first screenplay, ''Homeboy'', a boxing tale in which he starred. In 1989, Rourke starred in the docu-drama ''Francesco'', portraying St. Francis of Assisi. This was followed by ''Wild Orchid'', another critically panned film, which gained him a nomination for a Razzie award (also for ''Desperate Hours''). In 1991, he starred in the box office bomb ''Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man'' as Harley Davidson, a biker whose best friend, Marlboro, was played by Don Johnson. In his last role before departing for the boxing ring, Rourke played an arms dealer chased by Willem Dafoe and Samuel Jackson in ''White Sands'', a film noir which reviewers found to be stylish but incoherent.

Rourke's acting career eventually became overshadowed by his personal life and career decisions. Directors such as Alan Parker found it difficult to work with him. Parker stated that "working with Mickey is a nightmare. He is very dangerous on the set because you never know what he is going to do." In a documentary on the special edition DVD of ''Tombstone'', actor Michael Biehn, who plays the part of Johnny Ringo, mentions that his role was first offered to Rourke.

Professional Boxing Career

In 1991, Rourke decided that he "had to go back to boxing" because he felt that he "was self-destructing ... (and) had no respect for (himself as) an actor." Rourke was undefeated in eight fights, with six wins (four by knockout) and two draws. He fought internationally in countries including Spain, Japan and Germany.

During his boxing career, Rourke suffered a number of injuries, including a broken nose, toe, ribs, a split tongue, and a compressed cheekbone. He also suffered from short term memory loss.

His trainer during most of his boxing career was Hells Angels member, actor and celebrity bodyguard Chuck Zito. Freddie Roach also trained Rourke for seven fights. Rourke's entrance song into the ring was often Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child o' Mine."

Boxing promoters said that Rourke was too old to succeed against top-level fighters. Indeed, Rourke himself admits that entering the ring was a sort of personal test: "[I] just wanted to give it a shot, test myself that way physically, while I still had time." In 1995, Rourke retired from boxing and returned to acting.

Rourke's boxing career resulted in a notable physical change in the 1990s, as his face needed reconstructive surgery to mend his injuries. His face was later called "appallingly disfigured." In 2009, the actor told ''The Daily Mail'' that he had gone to "the wrong guy" for his surgery, and that his plastic surgeon had left his features "a mess."

|- | style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|Professional Boxing Record |- | style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|6 Wins (4 knockouts, 2 decisions), 0 Losses, 2 Draws |- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;" | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Result | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Rd., Time | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes |- style="text-align:center;" |style="background:#abcdef;"|Draw || 6-0-2 || align=left| Sean Gibbons |MD || 4 || September 8, 1994 || align=left| Davie, Florida, USA |align=left| |- style="text-align:center;" |Win || 6-0-1 || align=left| Thomas McCoy |TKO || 3 || November 20, 1993 || align=left| Hamburg, Germany || |- style="text-align:center;" |Win || 5-0-1 || align=left| Bubba Stotts |TKO || 3 || July 24, 1993 || align=left| Joplin, Missouri, USA || |- style="text-align:center;" |Win || 4-0-1 || align=left| Tom Bentley |KO || 1 || March 30, 1993 || align=left| Kansas City, Missouri, USA || |- style="text-align:center;" |Win || 3-0-1 || align=left| Terry Jesmer |PTS || 4 || December 12, 1992 || align=left| Oviedo, Spain || |- style="text-align:center;" |style="background:#abcdef;"|Draw || 2-0-1 || align=left| Francisco Harris |MD || 4 || April 25, 1992 || align=left| Miami Beach, Florida, USA |align=left| |- style="text-align:center;" |Win || 2–0 || align=left| Darrell Miller |KO || 1 , 2:14 || June 23, 1991 || align=left| Tokyo, Japan || |- style="text-align:center;" |Win || 1–0 || align=left| Steve Powell |UD || 4 || May 23, 1991 || align=left| Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA |align=left|

1990s: Return To Acting

In the early 1990s, Rourke was offered and declined the role of Butch Coolidge, which later became Bruce Willis' role in ''Pulp Fiction''. After his retirement from boxing, Rourke did accept supporting roles in several 1990s 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 several films under the name "Sir Eddie Cook", including ''Bullet'', in which he co-starred with close friend Tupac Shakur.

While Rourke was also selected for a significant role in Terrence Malick's ''The Thin Red Line''; his part ended up on the editing room floor. Rourke also played a small part in the film ''Thursday'', in which he plays a crooked cop. He also had a lead role in 1997's ''Double Team'', which co-starred martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme. It was Rourke's first over-the-top action film role, in which he played the lead villain. During that same year, he filmed ''Another 9½ Weeks'', a sequel to ''9½ Weeks,'' which only received limited distribution. He ended the 1990s with the direct-to-video films ''Out in Fifty'', ''Shades'' and television film ''Shergar'', about the kidnapping of Epsom Derby-winning thoroughbred racehorse Shergar. Rourke has expressed his bitterness over that period of his career, stating that he came to consider himself a "has-been" and lived for a time in "a state of shame."

2000s

In 2001, he appeared as the villain in Enrique Iglesias's music video for "Hero," which also featured Jennifer Love Hewitt. In 2002, Rourke took the role of The Cook in Jonas Åkerlund's ''Spun'', teaming up once again with Eric Roberts. His first collaborations with directors Robert Rodriguez and Tony Scott in ''Once Upon a Time in Mexico'' and ''Man on Fire'', were for smaller roles. Nonetheless, these directors subsequently decided to cast Rourke in lead roles in their next films.

In 2005, Rourke made his comeback in mainstream Hollywood circles with a lead role (''Marv'') in Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Frank Miller's ''Sin City''. Rourke received awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association, the IFTA and the Online Film Critics Society, as well as "Man of the Year" from ''Total Film'' magazine that year. Rourke followed ''Sin City'' with a supporting role in Tony Scott's ''Domino'' alongside Keira Knightley, in which he played a bounty hunter.

Rourke played the role of "The Blackbird" in an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's ''Killshot'', and appeared as Darrius Sayle in the adaptation of the Alex Rider novel ''Stormbreaker''.

In addition, in 2004, Rourke provided the voice for "Jericho" in the third installment of the Driver video game series. Rourke also recently appeared in a 40-page story by photographer Bryan Adams for Berlin's ''Zoo Magazine''. In an article about Rourke's return to steady acting roles, entitled "Mickey Rourke Rising", Christopher Heard stated that actors/musicians Tupac Shakur, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn and Brad Pitt have "...animated praise for Rourke and his work." During a roundtable session of Oscar-nominated actors held by ''Newsweek'', Brad Pitt cited Rourke as one of his early acting heroes along with Sean Penn and Gary Oldman.

Despite having withdrawn from acting at various points, and having made films that he now sees as a creative "sell-out" (the action film ''Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man''), Rourke has stated that "...all that I have been through...[has] made me a better, more interesting actor." Rourke's renewed interest in pursuing acting can be seen in his statement that "... my best work is still ahead of me."

Rourke had a role in the film version of ''The Informers'', playing Peter, an amoral former studio security guard who plots to kidnap a small child.

In 2008, Rourke played the lead in ''The Wrestler'', winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival, about washed-up professional wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson. Regarding first reading the screenplay, he stated that he originally "didn't care for it."

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He also spoke on personal concern and hesitance of being in a film about wrestling, for he perceived it as being "pre-arranged and pre-choreographed." However, as he trained for the film, he developed an appreciation and respect for what real-life pro wrestlers do to prepare for the ring:

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He trained under former WWE wrestler Afa the Wild Samoan for the part, and has received a British Academy (BAFTA) award, a Golden Globe award, an Independent Spirit Award, and an Oscar nomination as Best Actor. Rourke was pessimistic about his chances to win the Oscar, as he had burned many bridges in Hollywood as a result of his past behavior. Rourke lost the Oscar to Sean Penn, while Penn did acknowledge Rourke in his acceptance speech.

Rourke has written or co-written six scripts: ''Homeboy,'' ''The Last Ride,'' ''Bullet,'' ''Killer Moon,'' ''Penance'' and the latest, ''Pain''. Of these, the first three were produced as films between 1988 and 1996. In early 2009, Rourke developed a small feud with WWE Superstar Chris Jericho, as part of a storyline. The storyline climaxed at WrestleMania XXV, when Rourke knocked out Jericho with a left hook after Jericho won his match against Jimmy Snuka, Ricky Steamboat, and Roddy Piper, with Ric Flair in their corner.

In 2009, Rourke starred in John Rich's music video for Shuttin' Detroit Down alongside Kris Kristofferson.

In 2009, Rourke voiced protagonist U.S. Navy SEAL Dick Marcinko in the video game ''Rogue Warrior''. The game received very poor reviews from critics.

In 2010, Rourke played the role of the main villain Whiplash in the film ''Iron Man 2'', in an interview with Rip It Up Magazine he revealed that he prepared for the role by visiting Russian jail inmates. He also had a supporting role playing 'Tool' in Sylvester Stallone's ''The Expendables''.

Just before the end of the year, he confirmed on a British TV talk show that he would play Gareth Thomas in an upcoming film about the Welsh rugby star who came out as gay the previous year. As of February 2011, he had begun research on the film, but noted, "We're not going to make this movie until we've done all the proper research. We need to do our homework and I need to train for from nine to eleven months."

In 2011, Rourke was cast in the film ''Java Heat'' as an American citizen shadowing terrorists group in Java, Indonesia. The film will be released in 2013.

Personal life

Rourke has dated several celebrities, including Terry Farrell and Sasha Volkova. He has been married twice. In 1981, he married Debra Feuer, whom he met on the set of ''Hardcase'' (1981) and who co-starred with him in ''Homeboy'' (1988) as his love interest. The marriage ended in 1989, with Rourke subsequently commenting that making the film 9½ Weeks "was not particularly considerate to my wife's needs." The two have remained good friends, according to an interview Feuer gave in 2009. thumb|Andy García and Rourke at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.''Wild Orchid'' co-star Carré Otis was briefly a ''cause célèbre'' following the release of the film owing to rumors that she and then-lover Rourke filmed an unsimulated sex scene. Otis married Rourke on June 26, 1992. In 1994, Rourke was arrested for spousal abuse. The charges were later dropped. The couple reconciled and also starred together in ''Exit in Red,'' but their marriage ended in December 1998. In November 2007, Rourke was arrested again, this time on DUI charges in Miami Beach.

In numerous TV and print interviews, he attributes his comeback after fourteen years to his agent David A. Unger, weekly meetings with a psychiatrist, "Steve," and a Catholic priest he identified as "Father Pete."

Since 2009, Rourke has been dating the Russian model Anastassija Makarenko. In mid-2011, he bought an apartment in Wiesbaden, Germany which is close to his girlfriend's parents' place of residence.

Rourke is also a motorcycle enthusiast and uses motorcycles in some of his films.

Dogs

In addition to his faith and his psychiatric treatment, Rourke has publicly attributed his comeback to his dogs. He is well known as a pet fancier, particularly fond of small-breed dogs. A spay/neuter advocate, Rourke participated in a protest outside of a pet shop in 2007 and has done a public service announcement for PETA.

His first little dog was reportedly a gift from his second wife. Though Rourke's dogs are generally referred to as "chihuahuas," some are not pure-bred. Loki, his most-publicized dog whom he described as "the love of my life," was a chihuahua-terrier mix. So reliant was Rourke on Loki's companionship, he spent US$5,400 to have her flown to England while he was on the set of the film ''Stormbreaker''.

Rourke gave his dogs credit during his Golden Globe Best Actor acceptance speech January 11, 2009: "I'd like to thank all my dogs. The ones that are here, the 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." The day of the 2009 Golden Globes show, he told Barbara Walters that "I sort of self-destructed and everything came out about fourteen years ago or so ... the wife had left, the career was over, the money was not an ounce. The dogs were there when no one else was there." Asked by Walters if he had considered suicide, he responded:

Despite being identified as "Lowjack" in the transcription above, the dog in the anecdote was apparently Beau Jack, who sired two of Rourke's later pets, Loki and her littermate Chocolate. Beau Jack died in 2002, though Rourke gave him 45 minutes of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Chocolate was the subject of a children's book, ''Chocolate at the Four Seasons'', about his temporary stay with producer Bonnie Timmerman. Chocolate returned to Rourke and died in 2006. In addition to those dogs and several other past pets, Rourke currently owns a chihuahua named Jaws who appeared with him in his 2009 PETA ad, as well as in the film "Man on Fire." He has had as many as seven dogs at one time, back in 2005. At the time of his Golden Globes tribute to his pets, Rourke owned five chihuahuas: Loki, Jaws, Ruby Baby, La Negra and Bella Loca. About a month later, on February 18, 2009, Loki died in Rourke's arms at the age of 18.

Filmography

''Heaven's Gate (film) ''Body Heat'' ''Diner (film) ''Rumble Fish'' ''The Pope of Greenwich Village'' ''Year of the Dragon (film) ''9½ Weeks'' ''Angel Heart'' ''Homeboy (film) ''Francesco (film) ''Wild Orchid (film) ''Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man'' ''White Sands (film) ''F.T.W. (film) ''Fall Time'' ''Bullet (1996 film) ''Double Team (film) ''Buffalo ’66'' ''Out in Fifty'' ''Animal Factory'' ''The Pledge (film) ''Spun'' ''Masked and Anonymous'' ''Man on Fire (2004 film) ''Sin City (film) ''Stormbreaker (film) ''The Wrestler (2008 film) ''Killshot (film) ''13 (film) ''Immortals (2011 film)

+ List of Film Roles
Year !! Title !! Role !! Director(s)
1979	1941 (film)>1941''	Pvt. Reese
rowspan="2"	1980	Heaven's Gate'' ||	Nick Ray	Michael Cimino
''Fade to Black (1980 film)	Fade to Black''	Richie
1981	|	Teddy Lewis	Lawrence Kasdan
1982	Diner'' ||	Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell">Leonard "Boogie" Weinglass>Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell	Barry Levinson
1983	|	Rumble Fish (novel)#Characters>The Motorcycle Boy	Francis Ford Coppola
rowspan="2"	1984	|	Charlie Moran	Stuart Rosenberg
''Eureka (1984 film)	Eureka''	Aurelio D'Amato
1985	Year of the Dragon'' ||	Captain Stanley White	Michael Cimino
1986	|	John Gray	Adrian Lyne
rowspan="3"	1987	|	Harold R. "Harry" Angel	Alan Parker
''Barfly (film)	Barfly''	Henry Chinaski
''A Prayer for the Dying''	Martin Fallon
1988	Homeboy'' ||	Johnny Walker	Michael Seresin
rowspan="2"	1989	Francesco'' ||	Francis of Assisi>Francesco	Liliana Cavani
''Johnny Handsome''
rowspan="2"	1990	Wild Orchid'' ||	James Wheeler	Zalman King
''Desperate Hours''	Michael Bosworth
1991	|	Harley Davidson	Simon Wincer
1992	White Sands'' ||	Gorman Lennox	Roger Donaldson
1994	F.T.W.'' ||	Frank T. Wells	Michael Karbelnikoff
1995	|	Florence	Paul W. Warner
1996	Bullet'' ||	Butch 'Bullet' Stein	Julien Temple
rowspan="2"	1997	Double Team'' ||	Stavros	Tsui Hark
''The Rainmaker (1997 film)	The Rainmaker''	J. Lyman "Bruiser" Stone
rowspan="3"	1998	|	The Bookie	Vincent Gallo
''Point Blank (1998 film)	Point Blank''	Rudy Ray
''Thursday (1998 film)	Thursday''	Kasarov
rowspan="2"	1999	|	Jack Bracken	Bojesse Christopher, Scott Anthony Leet
''Shades (film)	Shades''	Paul S. Sullivan
rowspan="2"	2000	|	Jan the Actress	Steve Buscemi
''Get Carter (2000 film)	Get Carter''	Cyrus Paice
rowspan="3"	2001	The Pledge'' ||	Jim Olstad	Sean Penn
''The Hire: The Follow''	Husband (short film)
''Picture Claire''
2002	|	The Cook	Jonas Åkerlund
rowspan="2"	2003	|	Edmund	Larry Charles
''Once Upon a Time in Mexico''	Billy Chambers
2004	Man on Fire'' ||	Jordan Kalfus	Tony Scott
rowspan="2"	2005	Sin City'' ||	Marv (Sin City)>Marv	Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller (comics)>Frank Miller
''Domino (film)	Domino''	Ed Mosbey
2006	Stormbreaker'' ||	Herod Sayle>Darrius Sayle	Geoffrey Sax
2008	The Wrestler'' ||	Randy Robinson>Randy "Ram" Robinson	Darren Aronofsky
rowspan="2"	2009	Killshot'' ||	Killshot#Characters in Killshot>Armand "The Blackbird" Degas	John Madden (director)>John Madden
''The Informers (2009 film)	The Informers''	Peter
rowspan="4"	2010	13'' ||	Jefferson	Géla Babluani
''Iron Man 2''	Whiplash (comics)>Ivan Vanko/Whiplash
''The Expendables (2010 film)	The Expendables''	Tool
''Passion Play (film)	Passion Play''	Nate Poole
rowspan="3"	2011	Immortals'' ||	King Hyperion	Tarsem Singh
''Black Gold (2011 Nigerian film)	Black Gold''	Craig Hudson
''The Courier (film)	The Courier''	Maxwell

''Hardcase'' ''The Last Outlaw (TV) ''Thicker Than Blood''

+ List of Television Roles
Year	! Title	! Role	! Director
	City in Fear (film)>City in Fear''	Tony Pate
''Act of Love (1980 film)	Act of Love''	Joseph Cybulkowski
''Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case''	John Rideout
1981	|	Perk Dawson	Lee H. Katzin
1994	The Last Outlaw'' ||	Graff	Geoff Murphy
1998	|	Father Frank Larkin	Richard Pearce (film director)>Richard Pearce

''Love in Paris ''Point Blank (1998 film) ''Out in Fifty'' ''They Crawl''

+ List of direct-to-video film roles
Year	! Title	! Role	! Director
1996	''Exit in Red''	Ed Altman
1997	Love in Paris: Another 9½ Weeks'' ||	John Gray	Anne Goursaud
1998	Point Blank'' ||	Rudy Ray	Matt Earl Beesley
rowspan="2"	1999	|	Jack Bracken	Scott LeetChristopher Bojesse
''Shergar''	Gavin O'Rourke
2001	|	Tiny Frakes	John Allardice

''F.T.W. (film) ''Bullet (1996 film)

+ Non-acting film work
Year	! Title	! Credit	! Other work
1988	Homeboy (film)>Homeboy''	screenplay
1994	F.T.W.'' ||	story
1995	Bullet'' ||	screenplay	music supervisor

Career Awards

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorIndependent Spirit Awards rowspan="2"Saturn Award rowspan="8"Moviefone Honorary Award Best Actor - Drama Golden Globe AwardScream AwardsMTV Movie Awards

+ List of awards
Year	! Award	! Nomination	! Film	! Result
	Boston Society of Film Critics Award	Best Supporting Actor ||rowspan="2"	Diner'' ||rowspan="2"> Won
National Society of Film Critics	National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor>Best Supporting Actor
1988	|	Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor>Best Actor	Barfly (film)>Barfly''	Nominated
rowspan="2"	1991	Razzie Awards	Razzie Award ||rowspan="2">Worst Actor ||	''Desperate Hours''	Nominated
''Wild Orchid (film)	Wild Orchid''
	|	Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor (film)>Best Supporting Actor	Sin City (film)	Sin City'' ||rowspan="4"> Won
Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor
Irish Film and Television Awards	Best International Actor
Online Film Critics Society	Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor>Best Supporting Actor
Satellite Award	Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture>Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble
Critics' Choice Award	Critics' Choice Award#2005 Nominees>Best Ensemble
Total Film	Total Film magazine	Man of the Year
rowspan="11"	2008	|	Sexiest Movie Couple	''9½ Weeks''	Voted
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival	Golden Orange Award	|		Won
Satellite Awards	|rowspan="16"	The Wrestler'' |>Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2008	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics	Best Actor
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2008	San Francisco Film Critics	Best Actor
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2008	Broadcast Film Critics	Best Actor
San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Actor
Toronto Film Critics Association	Best Actor
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2008	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Actor
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2008	Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Actor
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2008	Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Actor
rowspan="7"	2009	|	Best Actor - Drama	Won
Independent Spirit Award	Best Male Lead
BAFTA Award	Best Actor
Academy Awards	Best Male Actor
Chlotrudis Awards	Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor>Best Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards	Best Male Actor
Santa Barbara International Film Festival	Riviera Award
2010	|	Best Villain	''Iron Man 2''	Won
2011	|	MTV Movie Award for Best Villain>Best Villain	''Iron Man 2''	Nominated

Critical Acclaim

Only two films of Mickey Rourke’s are in the IMDb Top 250. Sin City is #85 and The Wrestler is #78. According to Rotten Tomatoes, Mickey’s most “fresh” film is The Wrestler and most "rotten" film is Wild Orchid.

Rotten Tomatoes

Mickey Rourke films which rated as "fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes.

!Rank	!Title	!%
	''The Wrestler''
	''Body Heat''
	''Diner''
	''The Pope of Greenwich Village''
	''The Rainmaker''
	''Animal Factory''
	''Barfly''
	''Sin City''

!Rank	!Title	!%
	''Buffalo '66''
	''The Pledge''
	''Angel Heart''
	''Iron Man 2''
	''Rumble Fish''
	''Once Upon a Time in Mexico''
	''A Prayer for the Dying''
	''9½ Weeks''
	''Year of the Dragon''

Metacritic

Mickey Rourke films which rate "fresh" on Metacritic.

!Rank	!Title	!%
	''Diner''
	''The Wrestler''
	''Body Heat''
	''The Rainmaker''
	''The Pledge''
	''Buffalo '66''
	''The Animal Factory''
	''Rumble Fish''

Previous collaborations

During his career, Rourke worked with directors including Steven Spielberg, Lawrence Kasdan, Francis Ford Coppola, Barry Levinson, Stuart Rosenberg, Nicolas Roeg, Michael Cimino, Adrian Lyne, Alan Parker, Mike Hodges, Barbet Schroeder, Walter Hill, Tsui Hark, Jonas Åkerlund, Wong Kar-wai, Tony Scott, Robert Rodriguez and John Madden, as well as actors-turned-directors Sean Penn, Vincent Gallo and Steve Buscemi. Rourke also starred in the films which also stars popular actors including Kim Basinger, Jean Claude Van Damme, Helena Bonham Carter, Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Tupac Shakur, Bruce Willis, Benicio del Toro, Alicia Silverstone, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Nicholson, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Robert De Niro and so on. Rourke worked with actor Christopher Walken 5 times. They starred together in the films ''Heaven's Gate'', ''Homeboy'', ''Man on Fire'', ''Domino'' and voice acting in video game ''True Crime: New York City'' (2005).

Christopher Walken stated to the Film Comment on August, 1992 that destiny to make Homeboy with Mickey Rourke:

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Other works

Mickey Rourke made his stage debut in a revival of Arthur Miller's ''A View From the Bridge''. Rourke also lent his voice to the video games ''Driv3r'' (2004) as Jericho and ''True Crime: New York City'' (2005) as Terrence "Terry" Higgins, which was the his fifth and last work with actor Christopher Walken. He also appeared in a Japanese TV commercial for Suntory Reserve (early 90s) and a commercial for Daihatsu and Lark (cigarette). More recently, in 2009, Rourke voiced the character of Dick Marcinko for the biographical video game ''Rogue Warrior'', which was released on December 1, 2009. Ironically, Rourke's portrayal of Marcinko was a source of humorous praise from a few critics (although many others criticized Rourke's role to the same degree that they did every other aspect of the game).

Rourke starred in a music video, "Hero." He played a gangster in this Enrique Iglesias music video. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt also made an appearance in this clip. Rourke also provided the mid-song rap on the David Bowie song "Shining Star (Makin' My Love)" on his album ''Never Let Me Down'' (1987).

References

External links

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Name	Joe Flacco
Currentteam	Baltimore Ravens
Currentnumber	5
Currentposition	Quarterback
Birth date	January 16, 1985
Birth place	Audubon, New Jersey
Heightft	6
Heightin	6
Weight	245
Debutyear	2008
Debutteam	Baltimore Ravens
College	Delaware
Draftyear	2008
Draftround	1
Draftpick	18
Pastteams	* Baltimore Ravens (–present)
Status	Active
Highlights	* All-American Third Team (2007) ECAC Player of the Year (2007) All-CAA First Team (2007) CAA Co-Offensive Player of the Year (2007) 2008 Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year 2× 2008 Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week (Weeks 8 & 17) AFC Offensive Player of the Week (2008) NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month (October 2008)
Statweek	17
Statseason	2011
Statlabel1	Pass attempts
Statvalue1	1,958
Statlabel2	Pass completions
Statvalue2	1,190
Statlabel3	Percentage
Statvalue3	60.8
Statlabel4	TD–INT
Statvalue4	80-46
Statlabel5	Passing yards
Statvalue5	13,816
Statlabel6	Passer rating
Statvalue6	86.0
Nfl	FLA009602 }}

Joseph Vincent "Joe" Flacco (born January 16, 1985) is an American football starting quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Delaware. He was the 18th overall pick by the Ravens in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft.

In his rookie year, he threw for 2,971 yards, 14 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions while starting all 16 regular season games to become only the eighth rookie quarterback in NFL history to start a playoff game. By leading the Ravens to two road wins in the 2008-09 NFL Playoffs, he became the first rookie quarterback in league history to win two playoff games. In his second season, Flacco improved to 3,613 yards, 21 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions, and set single season franchise records for completion percentage (63.1) and quarterback rating (88.9). In his third year in the NFL, Flacco is ranked first all time in Ravens history for passing yards (10,081) and passing touchdowns (60). By starting in two playoff games in 2009, Flacco earned the record for most starts by a quarterback in the first two seasons in NFL history (37). Flacco became just the fourth quarterback to bring his team to the playoffs in his first four seasons, and is the first to win a game in each.

Early years

Flacco comes from a tight-knit Italian-American family. He played football at Audubon High School in Audubon, New Jersey, and was the starting quarterback for the Green Wave. The Flacco family is originally from Haddon Township, New Jersey, where his parents live today. Regarded as a three-star recruit by ''Rivals.com'', Flacco was listed as No. 39 among quarterback prospects in the class of 2003.

College career

Pittsburgh

In 2003, Flacco was redshirted as a freshman for a team that went 8-5.

In 2004, he was the backup quarterback finding limited playing time behind starter Tyler Palko. He only saw action in three games against Ohio University, University of Nebraska, and the University of South Florida. He finished the season with one completion for 11 yards.

Delaware

After the 2004 season, Flacco transferred to the University of Delaware. He was not awarded the one-time transfer exception from the University of Pittsburgh, so he was not eligible to receive a scholarship and participate in Delaware's 2005 season.

Flacco saw his first full-time action during the 2006 season. He put up good numbers for the Fightin' Blue Hens with nearly 3,000 yards, and 18 touchdowns with 10 interceptions. Delaware struggled to a 5–6 record, and failed to qualify for the FCS playoffs.

In the 2007 season, Flacco led his team to an 8–3 regular season record while compiling over 3,300 yards, 18 touchdowns and only 5 interceptions. He was considered one of college football's most accurate passers in 2007. Arguably his best game came against Division 1-A Navy where he threw for 434 yards and four touchdowns. Flacco showed another solid performance in the first-ever meeting against the Delaware State Hornets in the first round of the playoffs. Behind Omar Cuff's record-setting day, Flacco threw efficiently for 189 yards and a touchdown, leading the Blue Hens to an easy 44–7 victory. Flacco continued Delaware's playoff run by upsetting the Northern Iowa Panthers 39–27 in the FCS quarterfinals and upsetting the Southern Illinois Salukis 20–17 the next weekend in the semifinals. Flacco threw for over 200 yards and two touchdowns against both the Panthers and Salukis, but went on to lose in the championship game to the Appalachian State Mountaineers 49–21.

Flacco set 20 school records during his career at Delaware.

In early September 2009, a 20- by 30-foot poster of Flacco was added to the facade of Delaware Stadium.

Professional career

2008 NFL Draft

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With a solid showing at the Senior Bowl and NFL Combine, Flacco solidified himself as a top five quarterback in the 2008 NFL Draft. Most experts agreed that he would be off the board before the end of the second round. Flacco also won the long distance throw competition in ESPN's State Farm College Football All-Star Challenge with a 74 yard throw. He beat out Matt Ryan, Colt Brennan, Chad Henne, and John David Booty, then won the Taco Bell Quarterback Scramble with a time of 15.72 seconds. In addition, he scored a 27 on the Wonderlic exam.

Flacco was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens 18th overall in the 2008 NFL Draft, becoming the highest drafted player ever from the University of Delaware. He was also the first Division 1 FCS (formerly 1-AA) quarterback selected in the first round of the draft since Steve McNair went third overall to the Houston Oilers in the 1995 NFL Draft.

Baltimore Ravens

On July 16, he signed a five-year contract with a maximum value of around $30 million and $8.75 million guaranteed.

2008 season

Regular season

Due to a season-ending injury to incumbent starter Kyle Boller and an illness to former Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith, Flacco became the starting quarterback in the 2008 season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals. Flacco completed 15 of 29 passes for 129 yards, his longest pass being a 15-yard play to Derrick Mason. He threw no touchdowns and no interceptions in his debut, but he had a 38-yard rushing touchdown, which was the longest rushing touchdown by a quarterback in Ravens' franchise history. Flacco's touchdown put the Ravens up 17–3, and the team eventually won the game 17–10.

Flacco then led the Ravens to a 28–10 week 3 win over the Cleveland Browns (the week 2 game with the Texans was postponed due to Hurricane Ike).

In a week 4 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Flacco played his first road game, his first Monday Night Football game and also threw his first professional touchdown pass on a three yard corner to tight end Daniel Wilcox.

In a week 7 victory over the Miami Dolphins, Flacco earned his first career road victory, throwing for over 230 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions. Through week 7, Flacco also maintained a completion percentage of 64.2, the tenth best in the NFL.

In a week 8 win over the Oakland Raiders, Flacco not only passed for a touchdown but also ran for one. Flacco also caught a 43 yard pass in a trick formation deemed the "Wildcat". Many analysts viewed this and the last game as the potential launching point into a career of success. After the week 8 win, head coach John Harbaugh announced that the "Suggs package", a two quarterback offense using Flacco and Troy Smith, would be part of the offense the rest of the season.

In a week 13 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, he threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns, for the Ravens' sixth win in their previous seven games. In that seven game stretch, he compiled a passer rating of 99.1, the best of any quarterbacks in that span.

In a week 16 win over the Dallas Cowboys, he was 17-for-25 throwing 149 yards, one touchdown, and a passer rating of 96.9. In winning the game, he became the last quarterback to win at Texas Stadium as this was the last game ever played at Texas Stadium. This would also make him the second rookie quarterback ever to win at Texas Stadium, behind Ben Roethlisberger.

In week 17, Flacco had a new personal best, 297 yards. He was 17-of-23 for a quarterback rating of 115.8 as the Baltimore Ravens routed the Jacksonville Jaguars 27–7.

In his first season, Flacco was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week, NFL Rookie of the week, the NFLPA Rookie of the week, and NFL Rookie of the Month for November.

Playoffs

In the wild card round of the 2008–09 NFL playoffs, Flacco became only the third rookie quarterback in NFL history to win his first post-season start, and the first to do it on the road, when his Ravens defeated the Dolphins, 27–9. Flacco completed 9-of-23 attempted passes, accumulating 135 yards without throwing a touchdown or interception. He also scored the victory-sealing rushing touchdown on a quarterback draw in the 4th quarter. Shaun King and Ben Roethlisberger were previously the only other rookie quarterbacks to ever win their debut playoff game.

He then won his second game versus the Tennessee Titans. Flacco led the Ravens to a 13–10 win in the divisional playoff round. Flacco made tight-window throws to Todd Heap and Mark Clayton on the go ahead scoring drive in the 4th quarter to set up a game winning field goal from Matt Stover. On the day Flacco was 11-of-22 for 148 yards and a touchdown, without turning the ball over for the second straight game. He is the first rookie quarterback to win two playoff games.

Flacco made 13 of 30 pass attempts for 141 yards passing, was sacked three times, and intercepted three times in the 2009 AFC Championship Game versus the Pittsburgh Steelers. Flacco was awarded as the Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year on January 29, 2009.

2009 season

Regular season

In the season opening game in Baltimore against the Kansas City Chiefs, Joe Flacco led the Ravens to their first win of the season. He threw for 307 yards and three touchdowns, both career highs. He also threw one interception and had a quarterback rating of 95.8. During this game, the Ravens broke the franchise record for most offensive yards in a game with a total of 501.

In week 3 against the Cleveland Browns, Flacco threw for a career-high 342 yards and accumulated a quarterback rating of 111.8 He also threw for one touchdown.

He then surpassed his own career high of 342 in week 6 against the Minnesota Vikings, with 385 passing yards, though Baltimore lost the game by two points.

In week 15 against the Chicago Bears, Flacco broke his personal record for most touchdowns thrown in a game with four, while notching 234 passing yards and completing 72 percent of his passes, earning him a career-high passer rating of 135.6. The Ravens would go on to win the game 31-7.

With 3,613 yards and 21 touchdowns, Flacco became the first Ravens quarterback since Vinny Testaverde to throw for over 3,000 yards and over 20 touchdowns in a single season.

After the season, Flacco was named to USA Today's annual "All-Joe" team for his quality play and lack of fanfare.

Playoffs

Flacco's injury limited his performance Wild Card Weekend against the Patriots. The Ravens routed the Patriots 33-14 despite Flacco throwing 4-10 for just 34 yards with one interception. The following week against the Colts, Flacco again performed poorly; thus, the Ravens lost 20-3.

2010 season

Regular season

In season opener, Flacco and the Ravens opened New Meadowlands Stadium against the New York Jets. Flacco threw for 248-yards while completing 52.6% of his passes, and throwing one interception. In a defensive contest, the Ravens came away with the 10-9 win over their former defensive coordinator Rex Ryan.

In week two at the Cincinnati Bengals, Flacco had arguably his worst NFL start of his young career, throwing for 154-yards while completing just 43.6% of his passes and throwing a career high 4 interceptions, while throwing one touchdown and accumulating a passer rating of 23.8.

Coming off of the worst start of his career, Flacco and the Ravens had their home opener against the Cleveland Browns. Flacco bounced back from his week 3 loss to the Bengals and had his best game of the young season, throwing for 262-yards and completing 71% of his passes. He then hooked up with prized offseason acquisition wide receiver Anquan Boldin for 3 touchdowns, while throwing no interceptions and accumulating a passer rating of 128.7. The Ravens would win the contest 24-17.

Going into week 4, Flacco had never won against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh was 3-0 boasting the leagues best defense but without franchise Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger due to suspension. Late in the game on a fourth and 1 play, the Ravens called a fade pass to Boldin in the endzone but the pass was overthrown. The Steelers got the ball back with two minutes and forty seconds left but were not able to keep possession for the rest of the game. The Ravens got the ball back and Joe Flacco embarked on the greatest drive of his young career. With a minute and 8 seconds left on the game clock, down 14-10, Flacco drove the Ravens 40 yards down the field and threw the game winning 18-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Flacco threw for 256-yards and a touchdown, while completing 65% of his passes and achieving a passer rating of 82.7 in the victory.

In a 2009 playoff rematch, the Ravens traveled to Foxborough to take on the New England Patriots. Flacco had a relatively good game throwing for 285-yards and 2 touchdowns while completing 77.1% of his passes and a passer rating of 119.3, but in a losing effort as the Patriots came back from losing 20-10 to win the game in overtime 23-20. After the game, the Ravens' offensive play calling was criticized for too many check down passes to Pro Bowl Running Back Ray Rice and for being too conservative.

In week 7 the Ravens played the Buffalo Bills at home. To start the game, the Bills unexpectedly scored 2 touchdowns, putting the Ravens in a 14-0 hole. But Flacco responded by throwing for 250-yards and 3 touchdowns, and the Ravens eventually won the game 37-34 in overtime. In this game, Flacco tallied over 8,000 passing yards for his career.

In week 9 coming off a much needed bye week, Flacco and the Ravens took on the Miami Dolphins in Baltimore. The Dolphins were an undefeated 4-0 on the road that season and the Ravens were 3-0 at home. Flacco threw for 266-yards and 2 touchdowns and a passer rating of 129.6, posting his third straight 100 point passer rating of the season and fourth overall. The Ravens won the game 26-10.

In week 12 at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Flacco threw his 53rd career touchdown pass, becoming the Ravens all time leader in passing touchdowns.

On December 26, 2010, with a win against the Cleveland Browns, Flacco became one of only four NFL quarterbacks to lead his team to the playoffs in all three of his first three seasons. During this game, Flacco threw for over 10,000 career passing yards.

Ending the season, Flacco set season highs in passing yards (3,622), passing touchdowns (25), passer rating (93.6), and a season low in interceptions (10).

Playoffs

In defeating the Kansas City Chiefs (30-7) in the wildcard round of the 2010–11 NFL playoffs, Flacco completed 25 of 34 passes for 265 yards and two touchdowns, with no interceptions, for a post-season-high passer rating of 115.4. With the win, Flacco became the first quarterback in NFL history to start and win a playoff game in each of his first three seasons, and tied Len Dawson, Roger Staubach, Jake Delhomme, and Mark Sanchez for most career post-season road wins by a quarterback.

In the divisional round, Flacco and the Ravens would once again head to Pittsburgh to play their arch-rival Steelers. The difference this time would be the season was on the line. The Ravens got out to an early 21-7 lead after a 12-yard rush by running back Ray Rice, a fumble recovery run back for a touchdown by defensive end Cory Redding, and a four-yard touchdown pass from Flacco to tight end Todd Heap. But in the third quarter, which the Ravens had been dominant in all of the regular season, Baltimore fell apart. The Ravens turned the ball over 3 times in their own territory with a uncharacteristic fumble by Rice, an interception by Flacco, and a fumbled snap by Center Matt Birk, and with those the Steelers took a 31-24 lead. But even after all of the Ravens miscues and errors, the Ravens still had a shot to win it at the end when Flacco threw a dart to Houshmandzadeh, but it was dropped. Flacco finished the game 16 of 30 for 125-yards, one touchdown and one interception.

2011 season

Offseason

Shortly after the end of the 2010 season, the Ravens fired quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn, to Flacco's dismay. This was just the start of the drastic changes that would be made in the 2011 offseason. On July 28, 2011, Flacco's leading receiver over his three professional years Derrick Mason was cut to clear cap space. Additionally, 2010 #3 and #4 receivers T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Donté Stallworth were not re-signed, and longtime Ravens tight end Todd Heap was cut and signed by the Arizona Cardinals. Flacco was left with Anquan Boldin and recently drafted rookies Torrey Smith and Tandon Doss sitting atop the wide receiver depth chart until the Ravens traded for Lee Evans, a speedy target to take advantage of Flacco's arm strength. Second-year tight ends Ed Dickson and Dennis Pitta stepped in to replace the former Pro-Bowler Heap. Of the ten Ravens with a reception in the 2010-2011 season, only four returned for the 2011-2012 season, leaving Flacco with many new targets.

Regular season

In the season opener, Flacco threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns while the Ravens beat the Steelers 35-7.

In week 2, Flacco threw for 192 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions in the Ravens first loss of the season against the Tennessee Titans.

In week 3, Flacco completed 27 of 48 in passing attempts while he threw for three touchdowns to wide receiver Torrey Smith all in the first quarter against the St. Louis Rams. The Ravens won 37-7.

In week 9 on Sunday night, Flacco was 28 of 47 in passing attempts while he threw for one touchdown and finished with 300 yards passing. Flacco drove 98 yards down the field and threw the game-winning 26-yard touchdown pass to Torrey Smith to sweep the season series against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Flacco finished the season starting all 16 games. He had 312 completions off 542 attempts.(57.6%) He threw for 3610 yards, 20 TDs and 12 INTs. He average 225.6 yards per game and was sacked 31 times over the course of the season. He finished the season with a 80.9 QB rating.

Playoffs

In the divisional round, Flacco was 14 of 27 and threw for two touchdowns while the Ravens beat the Houston Texans 20-13. The Ravens advanced to the AFC Championship Game for the first time since 2008 (Flacco's rookie season).

In the AFC Championship Game, although Flacco completed 22 out of his 36 attempts while throwing for two touchdowns and one interception along with 306 yards passing, the Ravens lost 23-20.

Over the course of the 2011 playoff run, Flacco accumulated 482 yards on 36 completions and 63 attempts (57%). He threw for 4 TDs and only 1 interception. In the divisional game he had a 51.9 completion percentage and a QB rating of 97.1. In the Championship game Flacco finished with a 61.1 completion percentage and a QB rating of 95.4. His numbers in the 2011 post season are much better than his regular season and career stats.

NFL statistics

Regular season

Regular Season				Passing									Rushing					Receiving					Fumbles
! Season	! Team	! Games	! Games started	! Att	! Comp	! Pct	! Yds	! YPA	! Lg	! TD	! Int	! Rating	! Att	! Yds	! Avg	! Lg	! TD	! Rec	! Yds	! Avg	! Lg	! TD	! Fum	! Lost
		16	16	428	257	60%	2,971	6.9	70	14	12	80.3	52	180	3.5	38		1	43	43.0	43	0	11	2
		16	16	499	315	63.1%	3,613	7.2	72	21	12	88.9	35	56	1.6	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2
		16	16	489	306	62.6%	3,622	7.4	67	25	10	93.6	43	84	2.0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	4
		16	16	542	312	57.6%	3,610	6.7	74	20	12	80.9	39	88	2.3	33	1	1	-8	-8	-8	0	11	6

Playoffs

Playoffs			Passing									Rushing					Receiving					Fumbles
! Season	! Team	! Games	! Att	! Comp	! Pct	! Yds	! YPA	! Lg	! TD	! Int	! Rating	! Att	! Yds	! Avg	! Lg	! TD	! Rec	! Yds	! Avg	! Lg	! TD	! Fum	! Lost
2008	Baltimore	3	75	33	44.0%	437	5.8	48	1	3	50.8	12	5	0.5		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Baltimore	2	45	24	53.3%	223	4.96	27	0	3	39.4	7	7	1	7		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	Baltimore	2	64	41	64.06%	390	6.1	28	3	1	90.0	9	25	2.8		1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2
2011	Baltimore	2	63	36	57.1%	482	7.65	42	4	1	96.1	6	26	4.3		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

NFL records

First rookie quarterback to start all sixteen games and make the playoffs (along with Matt Ryan)

First rookie quarterback to win two playoff games

Most starts by a quarterback in first season: 19

Most starts by a quarterback in first two seasons: 37

Most starts by a quarterback in first three seasons: 55

Most wins by a quarterback in first 60 consecutive starts: 40

First quarterback to start and win a playoff game in each of his first three seasons

Most combined regular and postseason wins in first three years as a quarterback: 36 (tied with Dan Marino) First quarterback to start and win a playoff game in each of his first four seasons Most regular season wins by a quarterback in his first four seasons: 44

Ravens franchise records

Most career passing yards (13,817) Most Pass Completions (1,190) Most career passing touchdowns (80) Most Times Sacked in a career for Starting QB (139) Highest quarterback rating (86.0) Most regular season wins (44) Most postseason wins (5) Best record for starting QB (44-20) Most 300+ Passing yard games in career by a starting QB — (6) Highest single season quarterback rating — 93.6 (2010) Most times sacked in a single season - 40 (2010) Highest completion percentage in a single season - 63.1 (2009) (in 16 starts) Most game winning drives in a single season - 4 (2010) (Tied with Elvis Grbac) Fewest interceptions in a regular season by starting QB — 10 (2010) (16 starts) Most career 4th quarter comeback wins (6) Most career game winning drives (11)

Endorsements

Flacco signed a three-year contract with Reebok as a rookie in 2008. Flacco also is working with Pizza Hut, which sells a product called "Flacco's Favorites".

Personal

Flacco's brother, Mike Flacco, was selected in the 31st round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft by the Baltimore Orioles, and is currently the starting 1st Baseman for the Frederick Keys. He hit for a .250 average, with 5 hr's and 22 rbi's in 50 games with the Keys. The Keys went on to win the 2011 Carolina League championship. Another brother, John, is a walk-on receiver with the Stanford Cardinal. Joe married his high school sweetheart Dana Grady on June 25, 2011. He is expecting his first child June 17, 2012.

References

External links

Official Website

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens bio

Baltimore Ravens bio

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