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Mickey Rourke is an American actor who has primarily appeared in drama, action, and thriller films. Trained as a boxer in his early years, Rourke had more...a short stint as a pro fighter in the 1990s. He has carved out a niche over the last decades in gritty, marginalized anti-hero roles. Mickey has also signed on to The Wrestler an upcoming movie about a washed up wrestler. The part was originally Nicholas Cage's but he dropped the role for unknown reasons. Mickey has begun undergoing actual pro-wrestling training under WWE Hall of Famer Afa The Wild Samoan.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, Terrence Malick, 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. less
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