Mickey Rourke was born Phillip Rourke in Schenectady, New York. As a teenager his family moved to Miami Beach and young Phil attended Miami Beach Senior High School. While at the school he briefly took an acting class with Jay Jenson. Jenson counted among his drama students Andy Garcia and Brett Ratner. However, at the time, Rourke's interest lay in boxing. Fighting out of Miami Beach's Fifth Str ... show all
Mickey Rourke was born Phillip Rourke in Schenectady, New York. As a teenager his family moved to Miami Beach and young Phil attended Miami Beach Senior High School. While at the school he briefly took an acting class with Jay Jenson. Jenson counted among his drama students Andy Garcia and Brett Ratner. However, at the time, Rourke's interest lay in boxing. Fighting out of Miami Beach's Fifth Street Gym and the Elizabeth Varrick Gym in Coconut Grove, Phil Rourke rolled up a 20-4 amateur boxing record with 17 knockouts. Rourke never lost his "love" for boxing. At the height of his movie career, he decided to become a professional boxer. He turned pro under the nickname Marielito, and ran up a "glossy" undefeated record of 6-0-2. He never received the "world title shot" he desired. As a matter of fact, his move towards pro boxing almost ended his acting career. hide
Genres:Drama Countries:USA Directors:Steve Buscemi Actors:Willem Dafoe | Edward Furlong | Danny Trejo | Mark Boone Junior | Seymour Cassel | Mickey Rourke | Tom Arnold | John Heard | Chris Bauer | Rockets Redglare | Jake La Botz | Mark Engelhardt | Edward Bunker | Victor Pagan | Ernest Harden Jr.
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Genres:Drama Countries:USA Directors:Francis Ford Coppola Actors:Matt Dillon | Mickey Rourke | Diane Lane | Dennis Hopper | Diana Scarwid | Vincent Spano | Nicolas Cage | Chris Penn | Laurence Fishburne | William Smith | Michael Higgins | Glenn Withrow | Tom Waits | Herb Rice | Maybelle Wallace
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Genres:Action | Crime | Drama Countries:USA Directors:Julien Temple Actors:Mickey Rourke | Frank Senger | Adrien Brody | John Enos III | Fatmir Haskaj | Joe Dain | Manny Perez | Shirley Scott | Heather Laszlo | Jerry Grayson | Suzanne Shepherd | Ted Levine | Matthew Powers | Jerry Dean | Tupac Shakur
Butch "Bullet" Stein is a Jewish junkie from the mean streets of Brooklyn, is paroled after eight years in prison. Butch rips off a runner for local drug dealer, Tank, and is soon right back into his old habits of snorting coke and shooting up heroin with his best friend Lester. Enraged by Butch's affront and already determined to get revenge on him for a past wrong, Tank sets about getting even with his old enemy by hiring a hulking brute, Gates to beat Butch. When the confrontation occurs, however, Gates breaks his hand on the battle-hardened Butch. Besides Lester, the only people in Butch's corner are his two brothers, the mentally-unhinged Vietnam War veteran Louis and aspiring artist Ruby, neither of whom can be counted on to help him in the inevitable showdown. Download:DivXiPod