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==Early life== Philip Andre Rourke Jr. was born on September 16, 1952, in [[Schenectady, New York]],<ref name="arrest2007"/> to Annette (''nΓ©e'' Cameron) and Philip Andre Rourke (1924β1982).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Philip-Rourke/6000000012334722357|title=Philip Andre Rourke|date=August 21, 2022|website=geni_family_tree}}</ref> He has [[Irish American|Irish]] and [[French American|French]] ancestry.<ref>{{cite web|last=Reed |first=Jebediah |url=http://www.radaronline.com/features/2006/10/humble_fish.php |title=Living in Oblivion |publisher=Radar Online |date=October 20, 2006 |access-date=January 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207114158/http://www.radaronline.com/features/2006/10/humble_fish.php |archive-date=December 7, 2008 }}</ref> He was raised [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] and still practices his faith.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cathnews.acu.edu.au/510/32.php|title=Actor Mickey Rourke "saved" by his Catholic faith|publisher=CathNews|date=October 7, 2005|access-date=January 13, 2009|archive-date=July 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706113905/http://cathnews.acu.edu.au/510/32.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/Mickey+Rourke-28942.html|title=Mickey Rourke Saved By Priest|publisher=FemaleFirst|date=October 7, 2009|access-date=May 8, 2010|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416204442/https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/Mickey+Rourke-28942.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/5077/saved-by-priest-and-his-catholic-faith-says-hollywood-actor-mickey-rourke|title='Saved By Priest and his catholic faith' says Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke|publisher=CNA|access-date=May 8, 2010}}</ref> His father left the family when Rourke was around 6.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/magazine/30rourke-t.html | title=His Fists Are up and His Guard is Down | work=The New York Times | date=November 28, 2008 | last1=Jordan | first1=Pat }}</ref> After his parents divorced, his mother married Eugene Addis, a [[Miami Beach]] police officer with five sons, and moved Rourke and two younger siblings to [[South Florida]]. Rourke has mentioned his stepfather was physically abusive to both him and his mother.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/mickey_rourke_reveals_details_on_abusive_childhood___the_friends_who_saved_him/2098725/?amp=1 | title=Mickey Rourke Reveals Details on Abusive Childhood & the Friends Who Saved Him | date=October 7, 2009 }}</ref><ref>"Rourke's Mob Connection" New York Post, February 26, 2002</ref> There, he graduated from [[Miami Beach Senior High School]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8812771_ITM|title=The Importance (and Roller-Coaster Ride) of Being Mickey Rourke|work=The Miami Herald|date=August 4, 2006|access-date=January 13, 2009|first=Roberto|last=Santiago}}</ref>
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