Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A kpọrọ Rooney n'ọrụ agha n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, o jere ozi ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ abụọ na-atụrụ ihe karịrị nde ndị agha abụọ n'elu ikpo okwu na redio, e nyekwara ya Ọlaedo Nwanyị maka ịrụ ọrụ n'ebe a na-alụ agha. Mgbe ọ laghachiri n'afọ 1945, o meela agadi maka ọrụ ụmụaka, mana ọ dị mkpụmkpụ maka ọtụtụ ọrụ ndị okenye, ọ nweghịkwa ike inweta ọtụtụ ọrụ ndị isi. Agbanyeghị, ọtụtụ obere mmefu ego, mana ihe nkiri noir nke ndị nkatọ nabatara nke ọma nwere Rooney na-eduga n'oge a na 1950s. A nabatara ewu ewu nke Rooney site na ọrụ nkwado nke ọma na fim ndị dị ka "The Bold and the Brave" (1956), "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (1962), "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963), "Pete's Dragon" (1977), na "The Black Stallion" (1979). Maka ọrụ ya na "The Bold and the Brave" na "The Black Stallion", Rooney natara nhọpụta maka ihe nrite Academy Award maka Best Actor na Ọrụ Nkwado na
1957 na 1980 n'otu n'otu. Na mbido afọ 1980, ọ laghachiri na Broadway na "Sugar Babies", ọrụ nke mere ka a họpụta ya maka Tony Award na Drama Desk Award maka Ọkacha mma na-eme ihe nkiri na egwu egwu, wee bụrụ kpakpando a ma ama. O mere ọtụtụ narị ngosipụta na TV, gụnyere ihe nkiri, ihe omume dị iche iche, na ihe ngosi okwu.