Coordinates	22°3′31″N159°20′30″N
name	Angel Heart
director	Alan Parker
producer	Alan MarshallElliott Kastner
screenplay	Alan Parker
story	William Hjortsberg
starring	Mickey RourkeRobert De NiroLisa Bonet
music	Trevor Jones
cinematography	Michael Seresin
editing	Gerry Hambling
studio	Carolco International N.V.
distributor	TriStar Pictures
released	March 6, 1987
runtime	113 minutes
country	United StatesCanadaUnited Kingdom
language	EnglishFrench
budget	$17 million
gross	$17,185,632 }}

''Angel Heart'' is a 1987 North American/British mystery-thriller film written and directed by Alan Parker, and starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, and Lisa Bonet. The film is adapted from the novel ''Falling Angel'' by William Hjortsberg, and is generally faithful to the novel with the exceptions being the introduction of a child of Epiphany Proudfoot conceived at a voodoo ceremony by "a devil", and that the novel never leaves New York City, whereas much of the action of the film occurs in New Orleans.

A highly atmospheric film, ''Angel Heart'' combines elements of film noir, hard-boiled detective stories and horror.

Plot

The movie opens in New York City, in January 1955. Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke), a downtrodden but competent private investigator is contacted by an attorney named Herman Winesap (Dann Florek) and instructed to meet a client named Louis Cyphre (Robert DeNiro) in a Harlem church. Cyphre, an elegant but mysterious man with long, manicured fingernails, tells Angel about a once-popular big band crooner named Johnny Favorite who was drafted during World War II and suffered severe neurological trauma in action. Favorite's incapacitation disrupted a contract with Cyphre regarding unknown collateral, and Cyphre believes that the hospital has falsified records, preventing the contract from being fulfilled. He hires Angel to discover the truth, and in the process, locate Favorite.

Angel travels to the hospital and discerns that the records were altered by a morphine-addicted veteran physician named Fowler (Michael Higgins) who admits he was paid $25,000 by a wealthy friend of Favorite's and a woman to do so; Fowler turns up dead shortly thereafter and Angel fears being suspected. He meets Cyphre to update him and end the job, but Cyphre pays him $5,000 to continue his search. Angel uses a journalist lover to find out most of Favorite's background, including his pre-war friendship with a Coney Island fortune teller. He learns that her name is Margaret Krusemark (Charlotte Rampling), now a prominent figure in voodoo and travels to New Orleans to find her.

Margaret refuses to divulge much information to Angel and tells him that Johnny is dead to her. To circumvent her obstruction, he tracks down Johnny's former secret love and discovers her daughter Epiphany Proudfoot (Lisa Bonet), who was conceived during her relationship with Favorite. Epiphany is equally reluctant to speak, and so Angel locates Toots Sweet (Brownie McGhee), a blues guitarist and former Favorite bandmate. After witnessing Toots at a voodoo ceremony attended by Epiphany, Angel uses force to extract details of Favorite's last known whereabouts from Toots. In the morning, the New Orleans police inform Angel that Toots was murdered after he left; Angel later finds Margaret murdered in her home and her heart removed with a sacrificial knife. Epiphany stops by Angel's hotel and they have sex; during this time she reveals that Johnny Favorite was considered an extremely evil man who turned on everyone he knew. Angel suspects that Favorite is in hiding and killing off his former friends to prevent his discovery.

Angel forces an attacker to take him to his employer, who is actually Ethan Krusemark, a very wealthy and powerful Louisiana patriarch and father of Margaret. Krusemark invites Angel into a shed at his racetrack and in a heated conversation, reveals the final horrible news to him about Favorite: Favorite was a very powerful magician who, with the assistance of the Krusemarks, conjured and sold his soul to Lucifer in exchange for stardom, but afterward sought to renege on the bargain. Using an obscure rite and the help of his now-dead friends, Favorite kidnapped a soldier, murdered and cannibalized him in a ritual killing to steal his soul and assume the man's identity, but his sudden conscription and the amnesia from his injuries ruined the plan's fruition. The Krusemarks released him into Times Square after sneaking him out of the hospital and hoped for the best. Angel has a panic attack upon hearing this and ducks into the bathroom, wanting to know who the soldier was; he emerges to find Krusemark's body in a boiling gumbo cauldron and flees to Margaret's home to search for the soldier's personal effects. Angel finds a vase and breaks it open, revealing a set of dog tags with the name "HAROLD ANGEL" stamped on them; Angel was and has been Johnny Favorite the whole time.

Louis Cyphre, a pseudonym for Lucifer, appears in Margaret's living room and tells him that Winesap is dead, and that he has known Angel's true identity since the beginning; he has come to collect because of Favorite's attempt to break the contract. Angel refuses to believe him and is convinced that Cyphre is merely posing as the devil and trying to frame him for the murders. Cyphre exposes his true self and unleashes Angel's repressed memories of killing Fowler, Toots, and the Krusemarks in a fugue state induced by Cyphre. When Cyphre disappears, Angel runs back to his hotel and finds the police in his bedroom, looking over the body of Epiphany, who was killed with his pistol (by Angel or Cyphre is unknown) and is wearing his dog tags. With Johnny finally remembering the truth, and since he will be executed for the murders, Cyphre can at last claim what is his: Favorite's immortal soul.

Over the end credits, there is a lengthy sequence of a silhouetted Angel descending in an ancient iron Otis elevator cage, apparently on his way to Hell.

Cast

Mickey Rourke as Harry Angel

Robert De Niro as Louis Cyphre

Lisa Bonet as Epiphany Proudfoot

Charlotte Rampling as Margaret Krusemark

Stocker Fontelieu as Ethan Krusemark

Brownie McGhee as Toots Sweet

Michael Higgins as Dr. Albert Fowler

Elizabeth Whitcraft as Connie

Eliott Keener as Det. Sterne

Charles Gordone as Spider Simpson, bandleader

Dann Florek as Herman Winesap

Kathleen Wilhoite as Nurse

George Buck as Izzy

Reception

''Angel Heart'' gained attention and controversy even before its release. Bonet was previously known for her role on the family-oriented sitcom ''The Cosby Show'', and several seconds of her extended, graphic and blood-drenched sex scene with Rourke had to be trimmed in order to secure the film an 'R' rating on initial release, though later an uncut X rated version was released.

Some blamed the controversial sex scene for Bonet's departure from ''The Cosby Show'', which resulted in her starring on the Cosby-produced program spin-off, ''A Different World'' which premiered in 1987.

Rotten Tomatoes counted 21 reviews with 76 percent of them being "fresh" or favorable; Average Rating: 7.2/10. ''Angel Heart'' broke even at the box office with its budget of $17 million. After being released on home video it became something of a cult film, appreciated for its unsettling tone, bleak cinematography (by Michael Seresin), its sad and eerie score (by Trevor Jones), and its blend of genres.

Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half stars. He said: " ''Angel Heart'' is a thriller and a horror movie, but most of all it's an exuberant exercise in style, in which Parker and his actors have fun taking it to the limit".

Winesap's death was filmed but never included in the theatrical film, nor was it included in the deleted scenes on the DVD release. The only evidence of its existence is a fleeting shot during the love scene as well as an on-set photograph from a 1987 issue of ''Fangoria'' magazine which shows director Alan Parker crouching over the prosthetic mannequin of Florek's character. From the photograph, it can be inferred that Winesap was decapitated by an industrial fan in an unknown building by an unknown party; because Winesap was alive in New York during Angel's stay in New Orleans, it is likely that Cyphre had him killed remotely. The shot during the love scene shows an unknown man grasping Winesap by the lapels of his jacket and is followed by a shot of an industrial fan in an unnamed location. It is also likely that some of the footage of veiled people cleaning blood off of walls were also from this scene.

References

External links

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Coordinates	22°3′31″N159°20′30″N
name	Bonnie Tyler
background	solo_singer
birth name	Gaynor Hopkins
born	June 08, 1951Skewen, Wales, United Kingdom
instrument	Vocals
genre
occupation	Singer
years active	1975–present
label	RCA, Columbia, Hansa,Chrysalis, Atlantic
website	Official site }}

Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins on 8 June 1951) is a Welsh singer, most notable for her hits in the 1970s and 1980s including "It's a Heartache", "Holding Out for a Hero" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

Early life

Tyler was born in Skewen, Neath, Wales to a family that included three sisters and two brothers. Her father worked in a coal mine and her mother (an opera lover) shared her love for music with her children. She grew up listening to Motown music and female artists like Janis Joplin and Tina Turner.

In 1970, at age 19, she entered a talent contest, singing the Mary Hopkin hit "Those Were the Days", and finished in second place. She then was chosen to sing in a band with front man Bobby Wayne, known as Bobby Wayne & The Dixies. Two years later, she formed her own band called Imagination (not related to the 1980s British dance band of the same name), and performed with them in pubs and clubs all over southern Wales. It was then that she decided to adopt the stage name of 'Sherene Davies', taking the names from her niece and favourite aunt.

In 1973, she married Robert Sullivan, a real estate agent and Olympic judoka. In 1975, she was discovered by Roger Bell who arranged a recording contract for her with RCA Records. Before signing, she was asked to choose a different stage name, settling on Bonnie Tyler.

Career

The 1970s

In 1976, Tyler was spotted in "The Townsman Club" in Swansea by the songwriting and producing team of Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe, who became her managers, songwriters and producers.

Following the Top 10 success of her 1976 song "Lost in France", Tyler released her first album in 1977 entitled ''The World Starts Tonight''. A further single from the album, "More Than a Lover", made the UK Top 30, and the follow-up single, "Heaven", reached the Top 30 in Germany.

In 1977, Tyler was diagnosed with nodules on her vocal cords that were so severe that she needed to undergo surgery to remove them. After the surgery, she was ordered not to speak for six weeks to aid the healing process, but she accidentally screamed out in frustration one day. This caused her voice to take on a raspy quality. At first she believed that her singing career was ruined; but to her surprise her next single, "It's a Heartache," made her an international star. The song reached #4 in the UK, #3 in the US, #2 in Germany, and topped the charts in several countries (including France and Australia). Tyler's second album, ''Natural Force'', was also retitled ''It's a Heartache'' for the U.S. market and certified Gold there.

Though further global success was elusive during this era, Tyler did have some regional hits: "Here Am I" made the German Top 20 in spring of 1978; "My Guns Are Loaded" peaked at number 3 in France in 1979; and she scored a minor UK Top 40 hit with "Married Men" in summer 1979 (the theme to the film ''The World Is Full of Married Men''). Tyler released the albums ''Diamond Cut'' in 1979 and ''Goodbye to the Island'' in 1981. The track "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean" was the Grand Prix winner of the 1979 Yamaha World Song Festival held in Tokyo.

The 1980s

Tyler released four albums for RCA Records from 1977 to 1981, but she became increasingly dissatisfied with Scott and Wolfe's management as they were trying to market her as a pop-country music artist. When her contract with RCA expired, she signed with David Aspden Management and sought help from songwriter Jim Steinman, most familiar to audiences as Meat Loaf's primary collaborator, to give her music the rock style she wanted. She signed with Columbia Records in 1982.

Her next album, ''Faster Than the Speed of Night'', was released in Spring 1983 and included the power-ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart", which was written by Steinman. The song was a worldwide hit, reaching No. 1 in the UK, France, Australia, and in the United States where it remained at the top for four weeks. Her presence in the US chart was at a time when almost one third of the Billboard Hot 100 was filled by songs from UK based acts - a situation not seen since the 1960s British Invasion and Beatlemania. ''Faster Than the Speed of Night'' entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1, and also became a Top Five bestseller in the US and Australia. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" also brought Tyler a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 1984, she performed the track at the Grammy Awards, and received another Grammy nomination as Best Rock Female Vocalist for "Here She Comes", a song that was part of the soundtrack for the 1984 restoration of the film ''Metropolis''. She also released the singles "A Rockin' Good Way", a duet with fellow Welsh artist Shakin' Stevens, which made #5 in the UK, and "Holding Out for a Hero", for the ''Footloose'' soundtrack, which made the U.S. Top 40 and later peaked at number 2 in UK in the summer of 1985. "Holding Out For A Hero" (written by Steinman and Dean Pitchford) was also used as the main theme for the 1984 US television series ''Cover Up'', though the version heard on the TV series was not Tyler's original but performed by a Tyler sound-alike.

The following albums, ''Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire'' (1986) and ''Hide Your Heart'' (1988), achieved some success in France, Switzerland, Scandinavia, South Africa, Australia, but were not successful in the UK or the US. One of the single releases, "If You Were A Woman (And I Was A Man)", became another Top 10 hit in France in 1986 and was certified Silver. In 1987, Tyler recorded the song "Sem limites pra sonhar/Reaching for the Infinite Heart" with the Brazilian singer Fábio Junior. The same year, she sang the title song for Mike Oldfield's album ''Islands''. Tyler also sang backing vocals with Cher for the song "Perfection" on Cher's self-titled 1987 album, and "Emotional Fire" on Cher's 1989 album ''Heart Of Stone''.

The 1990s

Throughout the 1990s, Tyler's success was limited to continental Europe. In the early 1990s, she switched to the German label Hansa and found a new producer in Dieter Bohlen. Her first album for the label was ''Bitterblue'', released in late 1991, which saw her leaving the rock genre of the 80s and establishing a more soft-pop sound. The album went quadruple-platinum in Norway, platinum in Austria, and gold in Germany, Switzerland and Sweden.

Tyler followed this up with the albums ''Angel Heart'' (1992) and ''Silhouette in Red'' in 1993. In light of her success in Germany, Tyler won Best International Female Vocalist at the RSH Gold Award, the "Goldene Europa" Award and the ECHO Award in 1994.

After her three albums with producer Dieter Bohlen, Tyler wanted to have a more international sound on her next record. She switched labels to Warner Music in 1995 and recorded ''Free Spirit'', an album on which she worked again with Jim Steinman as well as other prolific producers such as David Foster and Humberto Gatica. However, the album was only a minor success in continental Europe, though the single "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" (previously a hit for Air Supply in 1983) narrowly missed the UK Top 40. Tyler continued to record, releasing the folk influenced ''All in One Voice'' in 1999, though this was even less successful. Also in 1999, Tyler was part of an ensemble vocal unit for Rick Wakeman's ''Return to the Centre of the Earth'' CD. Tyler also recorded the track "Tyre Tracks And Broken Hearts" on the Jim Steinman and Andrew Lloyd Webber composed CD "Whistle Down The Wind". She also featured in Meat Loaf's track, "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" singing the chorus for "Tyre Tracks And Broken Hearts".

The 2000s

In 2003, Tyler released the album ''Heart Strings'', which consisted of cover versions of popular songs performed with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

Also in 2003, French vocalist Kareen Antonn approached Tyler to duet with her on "Si demain... (Turn Around)", a French-language version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart". Released in December 2003, it went to number 1 in France, holding that chart position for ten weeks, as well as Belgium and Poland, selling a total of two million copies. The follow-up, "Si tout s'arrête (It's A Heartache)", another French language remake with Antonn, also made the French Top 20. Tyler released an album, ''Simply Believe'', in 2004, which contained both songs with Antonn.

In September 2006, Tyler made her first appearance on U.S. television in years, as she sang a duet of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with actress Lucy Lawless on the American show ''Celebrity Duets''.

In 2007, a new Greatest Hits collection, ''From the Heart'', was released. Also in 2007, Tyler contributed a track, "I Don’t Know How to Love Him", to the charity record ''Over the Rainbow''. Tyler mentioned in an interview that she is working on a new studio album and would be working with Jim Steinman again.

In 2009, Tyler made a guest appearance in ''Hollyoaks Later'' (the late night edition of the British Channel 4 teen soap ''Hollyoaks'') in which she sang her hit "Holding Out For a Hero" with one of the characters. The episode was broadcast on Friday 2 October 2009. She also recorded a new version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with the Welsh male voice choir Only Men Aloud! for their second album ''Band of Brothers'' which was released in October 2009.

The 2010s

In 2010, Tyler appeared in a television advertisement for MasterCard singing a parody of "Total Eclipse of the Heart". She later joined Robin Gibb briefly on his Australian tour before performing in her own Australian concerts.

In 2011, Tyler made a guest appearance in the music video "Newport State of Mind", a parody of the Jay Z and Alicia Keys song Empire State of Mind for the BBC's Comic Relief charity.

A new version of The Bangles single Eternal Flame went to French radio stations on Monday 29th August 2011. It has been considered a repeat of her 2004 singles with Kareen Antonn. The song has been released as a duet in French and English, naming the song "Eternal Flame (Amour éternel)".

Discography

Awards and nominations

Music Retailer Magazine 1978 (USA)

*Most Promising Newcomer

Daily Express 1978 (UK)

*Best New Artist

Bravo Otto 1978 (Germany)

*Golden Otto Best Singer

Goldene Europa 1978 (Germany)

*Best Singer

Yamaha Prize 1979 (Japan)

*Grand Prix International "Sitting On The Edge Of The Ocean"

Academy Country Music 1979 (USA)

*Best New Artist "It's A Heartache" (nomination)

Brit Awards 1984 (UK)

*Best singer (nomination)

American Music Awards 1984 (USA)

*Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist (nomination)

*Favorite Pop/Rock Single "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (nomination)

Goldene Europa 1983 (Germany)

*Comeback Of The Year

Grammy Award 1984 (USA)

*Best Pop Vocal Female "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (nomination)

*Best Rock Vocal Female "Faster Than The Speed of Night" (nomination)

Variety Club of Great Britain Award 1984 (UK)

*Best Recording Artist Of The Year "Total Eclipse Of The Heart"

Grammy Award 1985 (USA)

*Best Rock Vocal Female "Here She Comes" (nomination)

Brit Awards 1986 (UK)

*Best Singer (nomination)

RSH-Gold Award 1992 (Germany)

*Erfolgreichste deutschproduzierte Interpretin bzw. Ohrwurm des Jahres

Bravo Otto

*Best Singer of 1992, 6th place

Echo Award 1993 (Germany)

*Best International Singer "Angel Heart" (nomination)

Bravo 10 Best Singers of 1993

*6th place

Bravo 10 Best Shows of 1993

*8th place

Bravo 10 Good Looking Singer of 1993

*8th place

Bravo 10 Best CDs of 1993

*"Very Best of Bonnie Tyler Vol. 1", 8th place

Bravo 10 Best CDs of 1993

*"Silhouette In Red", 9th place

Goldene Europa 1993 (Germany)

*Best International Singer

Echo Award 1994 (Germany)

*Best International Singer, ''The Very Best Of/Silhouette In Red''

Radio Regenbogen Award 1999 (Germany)

*Lifetime Award

Writs Welsh Music Awards 2001 (Wales)

*Best Singer "Greatest Hits" (nomination)

Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama 2002 (Wales)

*Honorary Fellow in recognition of outstanding achievements within the fields of music.

Les Hits de Diamant 2004 (France)

*It's A Heartache & Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Steiger Award 2005 (Germany)

*Lifetime Award

Angel Award 2009 (Germany)

*Special corporate social responsibility

Neath Port Talbot - Freedom of the county 2010 (Wales)

*Honorary recognition from the town of Port Talbot

See also

List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart

List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (United States)

References

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Coordinates	22°3′31″N159°20′30″N
imgsize	220px
birth name	Philip Andre Rourke, Jr.
birth date	September 16, 1952
birth place	Schenectady, New York, U.S.
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 garnered 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''. He is rumored to be playing Lemmy of Motörhead fame in an unannounced Werner Herzog project.

Early life

Rourke was born Philip Andre Rourke, Jr., 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, and their sister to southern Florida. There, he graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School in 1971.

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 118-pound bantamweight (53.5 kg), fighting some of his early matches under the name Andre 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 Conor Scullion. Rourke boxed Scullion 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, he compiled an amateur record of 20 wins (17 by knockout) and 6 defeats, which included wins over Ron Carter, Charles Gathers and Joe Riles.

Career

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 in order 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 Actor's 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 passed away 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 garnered 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.

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 in order 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"|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| Andrew Banks |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. In regards to 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 due to 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.

Political views

Rourke's political views came under fire when he claimed to have donated part of his salary from the 1989 film ''Francesco'' to the Provisional Irish Republican Army. He later retracted the statement, although he has an IRA symbol tattoo.

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'' (1990) 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 weekly meetings with a psychiatrist, "Steve," and to 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
2011	Immortals'' ||	King Hyperion	Tarsem Singh

''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''
	''Once Upon a Time in Mexico''
	''Rumble Fish''
	''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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