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TELEVISION
ROLES

SCREENPLAYS

(AS “SIR” EDDIE COOK)

BULLET
(1996)
F.T.W.
(1994)
HOMEBOY
(1988)

MAJOR AWARDS

G
OLDEN
G
LOBE –
B
EST
A
CTOR (
D
RAMA) –
THE WRESTLER
BAFTA
F
ILM
A
WARD –
B
EST
A
CTOR –
THE WRESTLER
I
NDEPENDENT
S
PIRIT
A
WARD –
B
EST
A
CTOR –
THE WRESTLER
S
ATURN
A
WARD –
B
EST
S
UPPORTING
A
CTOR –
SIN CITY
N
ATIONAL
S
OCIETY OF
F
ILM
C
RITICS –
B
EST
S
UPPORTING
A
CTOR –
DINER
A
CADEMY
A
WARD
N
OMINATION FOR
B
EST
A
CTOR –
THE WRESTLER

VIDEO GAME VOICEOVERS

R
OGUE
W
ARRIOR:
B
LACK
R
AZOR
(2009)
ROLE:
R
ICHARD “
D
EMO
D
ICK”
M
ARCINKO

T
RUE
C
RIME:
N
EW
Y
ORK
C
ITY
(2005)
ROLE:
T
ERRY
H
IGGINS

D
RIV3R
(2004)
ROLE:
J
ERICHO

JAPANESE TV COMMERCIALS

S
UNTORY,
L
ARK AND
D
AIHATSU

POP
VIDEO
APPEARANCES

John Rich (“Shuttin’ Detroit Down”) 2009
Enrique Iglesias (“Hero”) 2001

MUSIC

Music supervisor on the 1996 film
Bullet

Provided the mid-song rap on the David Bowie song “Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)” which was on the 1987 Bowie album
Never Let Me Down
.

A
BOUT THE
A
UTHOR

B
ASED IN
B
EVERLY
H
ILLS,
B
RITISH-BORN JOURNALIST
A
LESSANDRO “
S
ANDRO”
M
ONETTI IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED AND RESPECTED SHOW BUSINESS WRITERS.
H
E HAS COVERED THE
H
OLLYWOOD SCENE FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS MAKING FREQUENT
TV
APPEARANCES AS A SHOWBIZ EXPERT AND GIVING
M
ASTERS-LEVEL UNIVERSITY LECTURES ON HOW TO INTERVIEW CELEBRITIES.
M
ONETTI HAS WORKED AS A MEDIA CONSULTANT FOR
SKY TV
, AS SHOWBIZ CORRESPONDENT FOR
NEWS OF THE WORLD
, AND AS A COLUMNIST FOR
SMASH HITS
MAGAZINE.
H
E NOW WRITES ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES FOR THE
SUNDAY EXPRESS
AND A GOSSIP COLUMN FOR THE
DAILY STAR SUNDAY
NEWSPAPERS.
M
ONETTI PROVIDES CELEBRITY REPORTS FOR
BBC
RADIO STATIONS AND MODERATES
Q
&
A
S WITH THE STARS AT
BAFTA
’S
LA
MOVIE SCREENINGS.
H
E HAS CLOSELY FOLLOWED
M
ICKEY
R
OURKE’S ROLLER-COASTER CAREER AS BOTH REPORTER AND FAN FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.

Table of Contents

PREFACE

1 THE NIGHTMARE YEARS

2 A LIFE ON SCREEN – PART I

3 LORD OF THE RING

4 A LIFE ON SCREEN – PART II

5 FEMMES FATALES

6 SIN CITIZEN

7 DESPERATE HOURS

8 THE WRESTLER

9 AND THE WINEER IS…

10 HITTING SELF-DESTRUCT

11 SOUL MATES

12 CHIC UNIQUE

13 FAR FROM EXPENDABLE

MICKEY ROURKE FILMOGRAPHY

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