Mickey Rourke

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Summary

Mickey Rourke is an American actor and occasional producer known for films including Rumble Fish, 9½ Weeks, Angel Heart, Barfly, The Wrestler, Sin City, and Iron Man 2. His public record is politically mixed: he supported George W. Bush and the Iraq War, later backed Ben Carson, and subsequently became an outspoken critic of Donald Trump. He supported Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2020 and Harris in 2024, defended NFL players protesting racial discrimination, and criticized the separation of migrant children from their parents. Rourke has also supported animal welfare, including spay-and-neuter campaigns and a PETA public-service announcement. These positions show intermittent liberal and humanitarian signals, but his career and public persona are not principally organized around DEI, identity politics, or representation-focused creative work.