Mickey Rourke appeared in a 2003 film written by Sylvester Stallone.
Mickey Rourke . After retiring from boxing in 1994 , Rourke returned to acting and had supporting roles in several films , including the drama The Rainmaker ( 1997 ) , the comedy-drama Buffalo '66 ( 1998 ) , the thriller-remake of Get Carter ( 2000 ) , the mystery film The Pledge ( 2001 ) , the crime dark comedy-drama Spun ( 2002 ) , the action film Once Upon a Time in Mexico ( 2003 ) and the action thriller Man on Fire ( 2004 ) , playing the role of a corrupt lawyer . Since then , Rourke has appeared in several commercially successful films including the 2010 films Iron Man 2 and The Expendables and the 2011 film Immortals . The Expendables is a 2010 American ensemble action film written by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone , and directed by Stallone , who also starred in the lead role .