Going through an eviction discover from his Los Angeles rental dwelling, Mickey Rourke, 73, is popping to GoFundMe to pay $59,100 in owed hire.
Launched early Sunday morning and along with his “full permission,” the crowdfunding drive, “Assist Mickey to Stop Eviction,” urges followers to “assist Mickey Rourke keep in his dwelling.”
“Mickey Rourke is presently going through a really tough and pressing state of affairs: he’s susceptible to being evicted from his dwelling,” the GoFundMe description reads. “Life doesn’t all the time transfer in a straight line, and regardless of every part Mickey has given via his work and his life, he’s now coping with a difficult monetary second that has put his housing in danger.”
The fundraiser pays for “speedy housing-related bills and forestall eviction.”
“The purpose is to provide Mickey some stability and peace of thoughts throughout a demanding time so he can keep in his dwelling and have the house to get again on his ft,” the fundraiser explains. “Any donation, regardless of the scale, will make an actual distinction.”
The GoFundMe is run by Liya-Joelle Jones, a pal and member of Rourke’s administration crew. “Mickey goes via a really tough time proper now, and it’s been extremely touching to see how many individuals care about him and need to assist,” Jones tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Rourke obtained the three-day eviction discover on Dec. 18, the Los Angeles Instances reported. He signed the lease in March 2025 for $5,200 per 30 days. It was later raised to $7,000 per 30 days.
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom house is a “properly upgraded Spanish bungalow” in-built 1926, in line with a Zillow description. Creator Raymond Chandler is alleged to have lived there for 2 years within the Nineteen Forties.
Rourke launched to superstardom within the Eighties as one in all Hollywood’s most magnetic younger film actors, breaking via in a string of landmark movies like Diner, The Pope of Greenwich Village, 9 1/2 Weeks and Angel Coronary heart. With a rough-edged charisma, he appeared poised for enduring stardom, then repeatedly held it at arm’s size.
Disillusioned with studio filmmaking, Rourke walked out on initiatives and publicly criticized the trade. By the early Nineties, he had largely deserted appearing to pursue skilled boxing, a call that left him with critical facial accidents that later required intensive reconstructive surgical procedure.
His movie profession drifted into low-budget and straight-to-video fare. However Rourke by no means totally disappeared. Administrators, together with Robert Rodriguez (2005’s Sin Metropolis) and Tony Scott (2005’s Domino), supplied him juicy supporting roles, reintroducing him to mainstream audiences.
His comeback peaked in 2008 with Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler, during which Rourke performed a washed-up skilled wrestler clinging to dignity. The efficiency earned him a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination, reframing his turbulent life as a form of methodology biography.
Since then, Rourke has labored steadily, typically in style movies with ensemble casts.