Mickey Rourke first became famous in the 80s following the release of "Nine 1/2 Weeks," where he co-starred with a young Kim Basinger - almost 30 years later and after a stint at a boxing career, what is Mickey Rourke's net worth?
Mickey Rourke was one of the most universally beloved hunks of the 80s, after he spent "Nine 1/2 Weeks" teaching Kim Basinger how to please him inside a bedroom, in a film that came out decades before "50 Shades of Grey" was even conceived - and that's the movie where Mickey Rourke's net worth started to really grow.
Before he made it as an actor, he was an occasional amateur boxer, according to Business Insider. After he became famous for various roles in the 80s and 90s, he decided to go back to the ring in 1999, to less than spectacular effects - luckily, Mickey Rourke's net worth could definitely afford him a few bad stints on the boxing ring!
In his second run as a boxer, Rourke suffered some injuries to the face that forced him to go into surgery, after which his face was forever changed, according to The Guardian. When he finally went through his comeback on the silver screen with "Sin City", the man who had been a heartthrob as a young actor was practically unrecognizable, though it's fair to say that Mickey Rourke's net worth at the time was already high enough to land him a comfortable life.
Back in 2008, the actor teamed up with Oscar-nominated director Darren Aronofsky for "The Wrestler," where he played a once-famous wrestler that had faded into oblivion. The performance brought him his first - and only so far - Academy Award nomination.
Now, Rourke is surrounded in controversy after many say the fight he just won in Moscow, where he knocked out 29 year-old Elliot Seymour, was fixed - or at least his punches weren't all too convincing, according to Yahoo News.
Currently, Mickey Rourke's net worth is around $15 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth - let's just hope he won't use that kind of money to fix upcoming fights!
