The after-result of his injured body and swollen face kept him away from both boxing and acting for some years.
Rourke eventually made his acting comeback in 1994 when he appeared as Frank T. Wells in the film F.T.W. He continued to work in films like Fall Time, The Rainmaker, Buffalo '66, and Out in Fifty.
In the 2000s, he saw a comparatively successful phase, portraying roles like Marv in 2005's Sin City and Ivan Vanko/Whiplash in 2010's Iron Man 2.
