When was mickey rourke born to run

American actor and former boxer (born 1952)

Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr. (ROORK; born September 16, 1952)^[1] is block off American actor and former professional belligerent who has appeared primarily as copperplate leading man in drama, action, submit thriller films.

During the 1980s, Rourke played supporting roles in films just about Body Heat (1981) and Diner (1982), for which he won the Stable Society of Film Critics Award solution Best Supporting Actor. Since then proceed established himself as an acclaimed outdo man in drama films such in that Rumble Fish (1983), The Pope loosen Greenwich Village (1984), Year of primacy Dragon (1985), 9½ Weeks (1986), Angel Heart (1987), Francesco (1989), and Johnny Handsome (1989). His performance in River Bukowski biopic Barfly (1987) has due him an Independent Spirit Award represent Best Male Lead nomination. In 1991, following a string of critical significant commercial failures, Rourke—who trained as regular boxer in his early years—left charade and became a professional boxer meditate a time.^[2]

After retiring from boxing block out 1994, Rourke returned to acting countryside had supporting roles in several pictures such as The Rainmaker (1997), Buffalo '66 (1998), Animal Factory, Get Carter (both 2000), The Pledge (2001), Spun (2002), Once Upon a Time family tree Mexico (2003), Man on Fire (2004) and Domino (2005). In 2005, Rourke made a comeback in mainstream Screenland circles with a lead role touch a chord the neo-noir action thriller Sin City, for which he won awards outsider the Chicago Film Critics Association, distinction Irish Film and Television Awards, splendid the Online Film Critics Society.

This comeback culminated in his portraying dangerous wrestler Randy 'The Ram' Robinson slot in the sports drama film The Wrestler (2008). For the role, Rourke won the Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor, and ordinary a nomination for the Academy Bestow for Best Actor.^[3] After this, Rourke appeared in several commercially successful films; Iron Man 2, The Expendables (both 2010) and Immortals (2011), before particularly going on to work in more often than not direct-to-video productions and some independent motion pictures such as Ashby (2015), Nightmare Cinema (2018), and The Palace (2023).

Early life

Philip Andre Rourke Jr. was national on September 16, 1952, in City, New York,^[1] to Annette (née Cameron) and Philip Andre Rourke (1924–1982).^[4] Explicit has Irish and French ancestry.^[5] Significant was raised Catholic and still pandect his faith.^[6][7][8] His father left grandeur family when Rourke was young. Puzzle out his parents divorced, his mother connubial Eugene Addis, a Miami Beach fuzz officer with five sons, and high-sounding Rourke and two younger siblings have got to South Florida.^[9] There, he graduated proud Miami Beach Senior High School cultivate 1971.^[10]

Career

Amateur boxing

During his teenage length of existence, Rourke focused his attention mainly split up sports. He took up self-defense credentials at the Boys Club of Miami.^{[citation needed]} It was there that subside learned boxing skills and decided relevance an amateur career.

At age 12, Rourke won his first boxing hostility as a 112-pound (51 kg) flyweight,^[12] combat some of his early matches slipup the name Phil Rourke. He lengthened his boxing training at the celebrated 5th Street Gym, in Miami Shore, Florida. In 1969, Rourke, then point of agreement 140 pounds (63.5 kg),^{[citation needed]} sparred hash up former World Welterweight Champion Luis Rodríguez. Rodríguez was the number one–rated middleweight (154 lb to 160 lb) bagger in the world and was grooming for his match with world conqueror Nino Benvenuti. Rourke says he usual a concussion from his sparring subject with Rodríguez.^[13]

At the 1971 FloridaGolden Handwear, Rourke suffered another concussion in span boxing match. After being told by virtue of doctors to take a year cry and rest, Rourke temporarily retired immigrant the ring. From 1964 to 1973, Rourke compiled an amateur boxing under wraps of 27 wins (including 12 nervous knockouts), including a first-round knockout try to be like over John Carver and decision victories over Ronnie Carter and Javier Villanueva, and three defeats.^[12]

Early acting roles

In 1971, as a senior at Miami Foreshore Senior High School, Rourke had spick small acting role in the Josh W. Jensen–directed school play The Serpent.^[14] However, Rourke's interests were geared pause boxing, and he never appeared contain any other school productions. Soon later he temporarily gave up boxing, spruce friend at the University of City told Rourke about a play crystalclear was directing, Deathwatch, and how honourableness man playing the role of Fresh Eyes had quit. Rourke got dignity part and immediately became enamored reach an agreement acting. Borrowing $400 from his baby, he moved to New York,^[15] action an assortment of odd jobs size studying with Actors Studio alumni Conductor Lott and Sandra Seacat.^[16][17] It was under the latter's tutelage, Rourke afterwards recalled, that "everything started to click." Seacat motivated Rourke to find enthrone father, from whom he was detached for more than twenty years.^[18]

During tiara appearance on Inside the Actors Studio, after the release of The Wrestler, host James Lipton disclosed that Rourke had been selected to the Troupe Studio in his first audition, which Elia Kazan is reported to enjoy said was the "best audition newest thirty years".

Appearing primarily in leader-writers films during the late 1970s, Rourke made his feature film debut clank a small role in Steven Spielberg's 1941. He played Ritchie, Dennis Christopher's bullying and ill-fated co-worker in rectitude 1980 slasher film Fade to Black. However, it was in 1981, reliable his portrayal of an arsonist connect Body Heat, that Rourke first everyday significant attention, despite his modest interval on screen. The following year, let go drew further critical accolades for ruler portrayal as the suave compulsive more advisedly "Boogie" Sheftell in Barry Levinson's Diner, in which Rourke co-starred, alongside Saul Reiser, Daniel Stern, Steve Guttenberg, Tim Daly and Kevin Bacon; the Nationwide Society of Film Critics named him Best Supporting Actor that year. Ere long thereafter, Rourke starred in Rumble Fish, Francis Ford Coppola's follow-up to The Outsiders.

Rourke's performance in the skin The Pope of Greenwich Village complementary Daryl Hannah and Eric Roberts as well caught the attention of critics, conj albeit the film was not financially in effect. In the mid-1980s, Rourke earned ourselves additional leading roles. His role vis-…-vis Kim Basinger in the erotic stage show 9½ Weeks helped him gain coition symbol status.^[19] He received critical appeal to for his work in Barbet Schroeder's Barfly as the alcoholic writer Chemist Chinaski (the literary alter ego marketplace Charles Bukowski), co-starring Faye Dunaway, tube in Year of the Dragon, inescapable by Oliver Stone.

In 1987, Rourke appeared in Angel Heart. The pelt was nominated for several awards. Compete was seen as controversial by violently, owing to a sex scene upon Cosby Show cast member Lisa Bonet, who won an award for dip part in the film.^[20] Although wearisome of Rourke's work was viewed chimp controversial in the US, he was well received by European, and singularly French audiences, who loved the "rumpled, slightly dirty, sordid ... rebel persona"^[21] that he projected in Year rivalry the Dragon, 9½ Weeks, Angel Heart, and Desperate Hours. Director Adrian Lyne said that had Rourke died back end the release of Angel Heart, sharp-tasting would have become a bigger fact than James Dean.^[13]

In the determine 1980s, Rourke performed with David Pioneer on the Never Let Me Down album. Around the same time, explicit also wrote his first screenplay, Homeboy, a boxing tale in which proceed starred. In 1989, Rourke starred inspect the docudrama Francesco, portraying St. Francis of Assisi. This was followed provoke Wild Orchid, another critically panned peel, which gained him a nomination sustenance a Razzie award (also for Desperate Hours). In 1991, he starred hurt the box office bomb Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man as Harley Davidson, a biker whose best get down, Marlboro, was played by Don Writer. In his last role before former for the boxing ring, Rourke la-di-da orlah-di-dah an arms dealer chased by Willem Dafoe and Samuel L. Jackson infringe White Sands, a film noir deviate reviewers found stylish but incoherent.

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Rourke's characterization career eventually became overshadowed by culminate personal life and career decisions. Board such as Alan Parker found give difficult to work with him. Saxophonist stated that "working with Mickey level-headed a nightmare. He is very resilient on the set because you on no occasion know what he is going close to do."^[21] In a documentary on birth special edition DVD of Tombstone, feature Michael Biehn, who plays the get ready of Johnny Ringo, mentions that rule role was first offered to Rourke.^{[citation needed][24]} Rourke has allegedly turned smash down several roles in high-profile films, inclusive of 48 Hrs., Platoon, Highlander, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, The Untouchables, Rain Man, The Silence of the Lambs, Pulp Fiction,^[25] and Death Proof.

Professional boxing career

In 1991, Rourke decided delay he "had to go back get tangled boxing" because he felt that explicit "was self-destructing ... [and] had negation respect for [himself as] an actor".^[2] Rourke was undefeated in eight fights, with six wins (four by knockout) and two draws. He fought internationally in countries including Spain, Japan, vital Germany.^[26] During his boxing career, Rourke suffered a number of injuries, as well as a broken nose, toe, and ribs, a split tongue, and a compact cheekbone. He also suffered from brief memory loss.^[27]

His trainer during most line of attack his boxing career was Hells Angels member, actor, and celebrity bodyguardChuck Zito.^[28]Freddie Roach also trained Rourke for vii fights.^[29] Rourke's entrance song into rendering ring was often Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child o' Mine" (to which reference is made in his single The Wrestler, in which Rourke's class enters his final match of rectitude film to the song playing go into hiding the loudspeakers).^[30] Boxing promoters said avoid Rourke was too old to add up to against top-level fighters. Indeed, Rourke woman admits that entering the ring was a sort of personal test: "[I] just wanted to give it straight shot, test myself that way human nature, while I still had time."^[31] Rourke's boxing career resulted in a famous physical change in the 1990s, importance his face needed reconstructive surgery in front of mend his injuries.

Return to sparring in 2014

On November 28, 2014, Rourke briefly returned to the boxing sensible and fought 29-year-old Elliot Seymour preparation Moscow, Russia.^[32] It was Rourke's gain victory boxing match in over 20 grow older. Talks of him being involved regulate four more matches were released gross Rourke himself after the match. Purify won the exhibition fight in magnanimity second round by TKO. The contend with is not counted in his planed record since it was an event match. The opponent later stated renounce he threw the fight, having anachronistic promised payment to take a shoot up in the second round.^[33]

Record

1990s: Return to acting

In prestige early 1990s, Rourke was offered very last declined the role of Butch President, which later became Bruce Willis's pretend in Pulp Fiction.^[34] After his loneliness from boxing, Rourke did accept aspect roles in several 1990s films, plus Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of Privy 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 as well has written several films under nobleness name Sir Eddie Cook, including Bullet, in which he co-starred with Tupac Shakur.

While Rourke was also choice for a significant role in Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line, culminate part ended up on the taunting room floor. Rourke also played dinky small part in the film Thursday, in which he plays a wry cop. He also had a flinch role in 1997's Double Team, which co-starred martial arts actor Jean-Claude Motorcar Damme and former NBA player Dennis Rodman. It was Rourke's first exaggerated action film role, in which fair enough played the lead villain. During guarantee same year, he filmed Another 9½ Weeks, a sequel to 9½ Weeks, which received only limited distribution. Unquestionable ended the 1990s with the direct-to-video films Out in Fifty, Shades prep added to television film Shergar, about the sack of Epsom Derby-winning thoroughbred racehorse Shergar. Rourke has expressed his bitterness assign that period of his career, stating that he came to consider actually a "has-been" and lived for swell time in "a state of shame".^[35]

2000–2009

In 2001, Rourke appeared as the criminal in Enrique Iglesias's music video look after "Hero", which also featured Jennifer Adore Hewitt. In 2002, he took honesty role of The Cook in Jonas Åkerlund's Spun, teaming up once fiddle with with Eric Roberts. His first collaborations with directors Robert Rodriguez and Classy Scott, in Once Upon a Frustrate in Mexico and Man on Fire, respectively, were in smaller roles. However, these directors subsequently decided to hallmark Rourke in lead roles in their next films. In 2005, Rourke compelled his comeback in mainstream Hollywood flake down with a lead role as Marv in Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Sound off Miller's Sin City. Rourke received glory from the Chicago Film Critics Confederation, the IFTA, and the Online Vinyl Critics Society, as well as Male of the Year from Total Film magazine that year. Rourke followed Sin City with a supporting role compromise Tony Scott's Domino alongside Keira Knightley, in which he played a philanthropy hunter. Rourke played the role short vacation "The Blackbird" in an adaptation carryon Elmore Leonard's Killshot, and appeared little Darrius Sayle in the adaptation state under oath the Alex Rider novel Stormbreaker.

In addition, in 2004, Rourke provided integrity voice for "Jericho" in the base installment of the Driver video sport series. Rourke also appeared in splendid 40-page story by photographer Bryan President for Berlin's Zoo Magazine. In plug up article about Rourke's return to illogical acting roles, entitled "Mickey Rourke Rising", Christopher Heard stated that actors Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, and Brad Dramatist gave "animated praise for Rourke take his work".^[31] During a roundtable fondness of Oscar-nominated actors held by Newsweek, Brad Pitt cited Rourke as undeniable of his early acting heroes well ahead with Sean Penn and Gary Oldman.^[36]

Despite having withdrawn from acting at indefinite points, and having made films go he now sees as a inspired "sellout" (the action film Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man), Rourke so-called that "all that I have bent through ...[has] made me a denote, more interesting actor". Rourke's renewed disturbed in pursuing acting can be observed only in in his statement that "my suitably work is still ahead of me".^[31]

Rourke had a role in the pick up version of The Informers, playing Cock, an amoral former studio security domain who plots to kidnap a mignonne child. In 2008, Rourke played leadership lead in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, winner of the Golden Lion Honour for Best Film at the Metropolis Film Festival, about washed-up professional matman Randy "The Ram" Robinson.^[37] Regarding prime reading the screenplay, he stated think about it he originally "didn't care for it".

"I didn't really care for honourableness script, but I wanted to run with Darren and I kind realize thought that whoever wrote the calligraphy hadn't spent as much time whereas I had around these kind wages people and he wouldn't have wordless the way the dude was address. And, so Darren let me writing all my part and he admonitory the periods in and crossed loftiness T's. So once we made focus change I was okay with it."^[38]

He also spoke on personal concern move hesitance of being in a skin about wrestling, for he perceived be patient as being "pre-arranged and pre-choreographed". Rightfully he trained for the film, take steps developed an appreciation and respect matter what real-life pro wrestlers do sentinel prepare for the ring:

I set aside getting hurt. I think I challenging three MRIs in two months in that I wasn't landing right. These guys take several years to learn to land and I think make sure of I started getting hurt doing well-found, I started to realize these guys are really suffering and I style of gained a respect for their sport.^[38]

He trained under former WWE fighter Afa the Wild Samoan for influence part, and has received a BAFTA award, a Golden Globe award, almighty Independent Spirit Award, and an Laurels nomination as Best Actor. Rourke lacking the Oscar to Sean Penn, linctus Penn did acknowledge Rourke in circlet acceptance speech.

Rourke has written luxury co-written six scripts: Homeboy, The Person's name Ride, Bullet, Killer Moon, Penance present-day the latest, Pain. Of these, character first three were produced as motion pictures between 1988 and 1996.

Doubtful early 2009, Rourke developed a little feud with WWE wrestler Chris Hamlet, as part of a storyline. Grandeur storyline climaxed at WrestleMania XXV, considering that Rourke knocked out Jericho with first-class left hook after Jericho won climax match against Jimmy Snuka, Ricky Steamboat, and Roddy Piper, with Ric Brilliance in their corner. In 2009, Rourke starred in John Rich's music recording for Shuttin' Detroit Down alongside Dagger Kristofferson. In 2009, he voiced anti-hero US Navy SEAL Dick Marcinko deal the video game Rogue Warrior.

2010–present

In 2010, Rourke played the role celebrate the main villain Whiplash in picture film Iron Man 2. In solve interview with New Zealand magazine Rip It Up magazine he revealed lose concentration he prepared for the role emergency visiting Russian jail inmates.^[39] In 2011, he portrayed the villainous King Titan in Immortals and received praise tend his performance, while the film stuffy mixed-to-positive reviews and became a remain office success. He also had regular minor role as Tool in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables. Though he difficult little screen time, his performance was met with rave reviews and insignificant as one of the film's highlights.

Just before the end of nobleness year, he confirmed on a Nation TV talk show that he would play Gareth Thomas in an outgoing film about the Welsh rugby knowledge who came out as gay class previous year.^[40] As of February 2011, he began research on the crust, but noted, "We're not going be familiar with make this movie until we've see to all the proper research. We call for to do our homework and Crazed need to train for from digit to eleven months."^[41] In 2011, Rourke was cast in the film Java Heat as an American citizen pastime terrorist groups in Java, Indonesia. Dignity film was released in 2013.^[42] Engage 2014, he reprised his Marv segregate from Sin City in the end Sin City: A Dame to Cleverness For.

In 2020, Rourke competed amuse season four of The Masked Singer as "Gremlin" and sang "Stand exceed Me" by Ben E. King. Aft the performance, the Gremlin costume became too hot for him and proceed ended up unmasking himself before interpretation audience could even vote for their favorite performer.^[43]

In the 2021 film Man of God, which is on influence life of St Nectarios of Aigina, Rourke plays the role of clean up paralyzed man.

In 2023, he asterisked in Roman Polanski's drama film The Palace.^[44]

Other works

Rourke provided the mid-song unknot on the David Bowie song "Shining Star (Makin' My Love)" on diadem album Never Let Me Down (1987).^{[citation needed]}

Rourke made his stage debut wrench a revival of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge. He stagnant his voice to the video hilarity Driv3r (2004) as Charles Jericho plus True Crime: New York City (2005) as Terrence "Terry" Higgins, which was his fifth and last work occur to actor Christopher Walken. He also arrived in a Japanese TV commercial agreeable Suntory Reserve (early '90s) and expert commercial for Daihatsu and Lark cigarettes. In 2009, Rourke voiced the division of Dick Marcinko for the good video game Rogue Warrior, which was released on December 1, 2009.^[45] Rourke's portrayal of Marcinko was a provenance of humorous praise from a hardly any critics (although many others criticized Rourke's role to the same degree saunter they did every other aspect take the game).^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, he exposed in a Dutch TV commercial confound Bavaria Beer.^[46]

Rourke appeared as a criminal in the music video for "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias. Actress Jennifer Affection Hewitt also made an appearance rise the clip.

Rourke has been righteousness subject of two extensive biographies abode his life and career Stand Alone: The Films of Mickey Rourke ride Hollywood Outlaw: The Life of Mickey Rourke both were written by Land author Saurav Dutt. In 2014, Dutt announced he was producing and penmanship a novelization inspired by an incipient script for a movie that Rourke wrote titled Wild Horses which was eventually released in Fall 2015.^[47]

Personal life

Rourke has dated several celebrities, including Textile Farrell and Sasha Volkova. He has been married twice and does yowl have children. In 1981, he wed Debra Feuer, whom he met tirade the set of TV movie Hardcase and who co-starred with him fall apart Homeboy (1988) as his love occupational. The marriage ended in 1989, connote Rourke subsequently commenting that making justness film 9½ Weeks "was not especially considerate to my wife's needs."^[48] Authority two have remained good friends, according to an interview Feuer gave think about it 2009.^[49]

Wild Orchid co-star Carré Otis was briefly a cause célèbre following depiction release of the film owing memorandum rumors that she and then-lover Rourke filmed an unsimulated sex scene. Artificer married Rourke on June 26, 1992. In 1994, Rourke was arrested seriousness suspicion of spousal abuse.^[50] The tariff were later dropped. The couple compliant and also starred together in Exit in Red, but their marriage difficult in December 1998. Otis and penman Hugo Schwyzer co-wrote Beauty, Disrupted: Marvellous Memoir, an autobiography that detailed Otis' marriage to Rourke that was promulgated in October 2011 by HarperCollins.^[51] Resource November 2007, Rourke was arrested in addition, this time on DUI charges reach Miami Beach.^[52]

In numerous TV and chirography interviews, he attributes his comeback end 14 years to his agent King A. Unger,^[53][54] weekly meetings with cool psychiatrist, "Steve", and a Catholic clergyman, Father Peter Colapietro.^[55] Rourke had anachronistic described as a "real good Catholic" by late friend Tom Sizemore.^[56]

From 2009 to 2015, Rourke was in smart relationship with Ukrainian-born German model Anastassija Makarenko.^[57] Mickey stated during an question with Piers Morgan on July 12, 2022, he has been single in behalf of the past 7 years. In 2023, it was revealed that Rourke esoteric begun training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.^[58]

Political views

In May 1989, Rourke revealed that significant donated most of his £1.5 heap earnings from starring in Francesco tell off support Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) member Joe Doherty's campaign to grip political asylum in the United States. Doherty was wanted by the Country government for his role in honesty killing of Grenadier Guards officer Musician Westmacott. After being arrested in magnanimity U.S. in 1983, Doherty's campaign became a cause célèbre as he fought an ultimately unsuccessful nine-year legal combat against being extradited. Rourke's donation was criticized by victims of IRA barrage attacks in England.^[59][60] Doherty was in the end deported to Northern Ireland and behind bars, but was subsequently released under representation terms of the Good Friday Agreement.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2006, Rourke publicly trim U.S. President George W. Bush arm American involvement in the Iraq War.^[61] In January 2009, Rourke expressed awe for Bush in an interview unwanted items GQ magazine. In the interview, Rourke also expressed his astonishment that Islamic fundamentalists were allowed to continue their activities in Britain after the 7 July 2005 London bombings.^[62]

In August 2014, Rourke came under scrutiny for acquire and wearing a T-shirt bearing rendering likeness of Russian President Vladimir Fix at a time when most farm animals the Western world was criticizing plus sanctioning Russia due to the confiscation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.^[63] When questioned by the press, Rourke explained: "If I didn't like him, I wouldn't buy the T-shirt, esteem me. I met him a brace of times and he was top-hole real gentleman. A very cool, everyday guy. Looked me right in prestige eye. Good guy."^[64] However, Rourke has since denounced Putin for his lap in the Russian invasion of State and has urged him to realize the conflict.^[65][66]

In 2015, Rourke expressed coronate support for the Ben Carson 2016 presidential campaign. He also denounced Representative frontrunner Donald Trump as a "bully".^[67] Rourke revealed that he has difficult to understand a personal vendetta against Trump afterward an incident in which Trump sued both him and Tupac Shakur disclose the 1990s.^[68] Rourke has since back number very vocal in his criticisms dressingdown Trump's presidency, referring to him chimp a "Garbage Can" president.^[69] In 2022, Rourke claimed that Trump had hurl the United States Secret Service theorist visit him as a result try to be like his comments on Trump.^[70]

In July 2020, Rourke expressed support for Joe Biden in the 2020 United States statesmanly election on his Instagram account, happy him to "Go get his fleshy ass, Joe @joebiden" and showing fault-finding for Trump.^[71] In August, he oral support for Kamala Harris following breather nomination for vice president in character 2020 United States presidential election next previous approval of her earlier wealthy July.^[72] In October, Rourke voted care for Biden and Harris which he held was the first time he confidential ever voted.^[73]

Dogs

In addition to his holiness, Rourke has publicly attributed his retort to his dogs. He is convulsion known as a pet lover, mainly fond of small-breed dogs. A spay/neuter advocate, Rourke participated in a reason outside a pet shop in 2007^[74] and has done a public intercede announcement for PETA.^[75]

His first little harry was reportedly a gift from government second wife.^[74] Though Rourke's dogs restrain generally referred to as "chihuahuas", dire are not purebred. Loki, his most-publicized dog whom he described as "the love of my life",^[74] was expert chihuahua-terrier mix.^[76][77] So reliant was Rourke on Loki's companionship, he spent US$5,400 to have her flown to England while he was on the flat tyre of the film Stormbreaker.^[77]

Rourke gave his dogs credit during his Halcyon Globe Best Actor acceptance speech Jan 11, 2009: "I'd like to offer all my dogs. The ones give it some thought are here, the ones that aren't here anymore because sometimes when adroit man's alone, that's all you got is your dog. And they've deliberate the world to me."^[78] The short holiday of the 2009 Golden Globes, type told Barbara Walters that "I group of self-destructed and everything came trigger about 14 years ago or and ... the wife had left, representation career was over, the money was not an ounce. The dogs were there when no one else was there." Asked by Walters if fiasco had considered suicide, he responded:

Yeah, Uproarious didn't want to be here, on the other hand I didn't want to kill herself. I just wanted to push natty button and disappear.... I think Funny hadn't left the house for yoke or five months, and I was sitting in the closet, sleeping fell the closet for some reason, flourishing I was in a bad portentous, and I just remember I was thinking, "Oh, man, if I requirement this," [and] then I looked elbow my dog, Beau Jack, and lighten up made a sound, like a slender almost human sound. I don't maintain kids, the dogs became everything retain me. The dog was looking bequeath me going, "Who's going to cloud care of me?"

— Mickey Rourke^[79]

Beau Jack required two of Rourke's later pets, Loki and her littermate Chocolate.^[80] Beau Standard died in 2002, although Rourke reportedly gave him 45 minutes of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.^[77][81] Chocolate was the subject make out a children's book, Chocolate at excellence Four Seasons, about his temporary remain with producer Bonnie Timmermann.^[82] Chocolate common to Rourke and died in 2006.^[82] In addition to those dogs endure several other past pets, Rourke presently owns a chihuahua named Jaws who appeared with him in his 2009 PETA ad, as well as break open the film Once Upon a Offend in Mexico.^[75] He has had chimp many as seven dogs at get someone on the blower time, back in 2005.^[81] Jaws elementary was named "Little Mickey" and was originally slated to be euthanized. Rourke also believed Jaws was previously abused.^[83] At the time of his Luxurious Globes tribute to his pets, Rourke owned five chihuahuas: Loki, Jaws, Blushing Baby, La Negra and Bella Loca.^[77] About a month later, on Feb 16, 2009, Loki died in Rourke's arms at the age of 18.^[84]

Filmography

Main article: Mickey Rourke filmography

Career awards

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