Mickey Rourke is a famous American actor and a professional boxer in the past. Due to his acting gift, smart appearance and unbelievable charm, he managed a conquest millions of people worldwide. The number of projects, shows and movies he participated in is simply uncountable.
However, he is mostly famous for 9 ½ Weeks, Sin City and The Wrestler.
It is a well-known fact that Mickey always wanted to build boxing career and that’s actually what he did. In periods when he wasn’t dealing with this kind of sport, he was developing acting gift and that’s how he eventually got into the moviemaking industry. The film 9 ½ Weeks brought him immediate worldwide recognition and ever since that time, he remains to be one of the most sought-after performers.
Finally, apart from acting, Rourke also performs on a stage, features in ads, does screenwriting and even voices various video games.
But what about his personal and family life? Let’s find out more about it.
Mickey’s father Philip was a bodybuilder. Unfortunately, the celebrity’s parents divorced when he was just 6 years old and absence of father, made a big impact on a future star. Philip died in 1982, at the age of 58.
After the divorce with Philip, the mother Annette remarried but also divorced after several years. Nowadays, the mother and son are not close and communicate very rarely.
Eugene is a stepfather, who worked as a police officer and had five kids before marrying Annette. Rourke never liked the step-dad as he was very abusive and never treated his mom nicely. Eugene died in 2010, aged 83.
The famed actor has two blood siblings, 5 step-siblings and a half-sister.
A brother Joseph was also involved into the filmmaking business and worked as an actor and stuntman. In 2004, at the age of 50, Joey passed away from lung cancer. Brother’s death had a huge impact on Mickey and pushed him to write a script for a movie The Wrestler.
Patricia is the third sibling, who currently resides in Miami and is happily married.
In accordance to some sources, in a marriage with Eugene there was born a daughter, whose name is unfortunately not known.
Janet is a step-sister to a famed actor, but other resources claim that she is his abovementioned half-sister.
There is also a step-brother named Michael, who is Eugene’s son. He appeared in one movie. Today, he is homeless and addicted to drugs.
There are also 3 other step siblings but no information is available about their occupation or personal lives.
As for the movie legend’s personal life, he was first married to an actress Debra Feuer. The couple met on a set of a film and after dating for some time tied the knot. They had been in a marriage since 1981 and up till 1989. The main ground for a divorce was Mickey’s jealousy and desire to get lots of love, care and attention from wife. According to Feuer he was simply neurotic. One more big reason for breaking up was Rourke’s addiction to drugs.
An actress Carre Otis became the artist’s second wife in 1992. This union lasted six years and as the first marriage also didn’t result in any children. As Otis once stated, Mickey was a very jealous and not confident, which led him to being abusive.
Since 2009 and up till present moment, the actor is in relationship with a Russian model Anastassija Makarenko. The couple seems to be in love and who knows, maybe they will make their status official soon.
Finally, the film performer doesn’t have any children, as he has a fear to repeat father’s mistakes. However, he once said that he wanted to have a child with Otis but they walked separate ways.
That is all.
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