Mickey Rourke Looks Shocking in First New Photos Since ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ Ousting

Mickey Rourke, 72, was spotted outside his Los Angeles home on August 11, the first public sighting of the Oscar-nominated actor since he returned to the United States following a brief and troubled appearance on the UK reality show Celebrity Big Brother.

Rourke has lived many lives, even by Hollywood standards — after developing a reputation as a big-screen hunk in ’80s classics like 9 1/2 Weeks and Angel Heart (and an off-screen bad boy who often had his name in the news due to his hard-partying behavior), Rourke withdrew from the world of film to pursue a career in professional boxing. After a tentative return to acting in the late ’90s, Rourke developed a full-scale comeback, with starring roles in 2005’s Sin City and 2008’s The Wrestler, a part which snagged him a Best Actor Oscar nomination.