Mickey Rourke, the once-dashing star of Hollywood’s golden era, recently stepped out in Los Angeles, presenting a dramatically altered appearance. The 73-year-old actor, now bald, was seen outside the residence from which he might soon be evicted, reportedly due to nearly $60,000 in unpaid rent.

On New Year’s Day, Rourke was spotted picking up a Taco Bell delivery, a stark contrast to the glamorous image he once commanded in his prime. This public appearance has sparked concern among fans, given the drastic change since he was last photographed in August, when he appeared with a noticeably fuller head of hair.

His attire during the outing was casual and somewhat disheveled, consisting of a striped sweater, a rosary, and bare feet. Rourke’s somber demeanor was evident, reflecting the personal challenges he currently faces.

Efforts to reach Rourke’s representatives for comment have so far been unsuccessful. As the situation unfolds, many are left wondering about the future of this once-celebrated actor.

The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Rourkey for comment but have not yet heard back. 

According to documents obtained by the Daily Mailthat were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, Rouke was given a three-day notice on December 18 to pay up on his allegedly overdue rent or to vacate the premises. At the time, Rourke owed $59,100, according to the complaint from plaintiff Eric T. Goldie.

Rourke (real name: Philip Rourke Jr.) has only been renting the three-bedroom home since March 30, when he signed a lease for $5,200 in rent per month.

The lawsuit indicates that the monthly rent on the 2.5-bathroom home was later raised to $7,000 beginning in Rourke’s second month of occupancy.

Rourke’s rented home has a major connection to early 20th-century Los Angeles history, as the house — which was constructed in 1926 — was occupied in the 1940s by the influential crime novelist Raymond Chandler, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The house is also centrally located in Los Angeles’ Beverly Grove neighborhood, just south of West Hollywood and only blocks away from the popular Grove outdoor shopping center and the neighboring Farmer’s Market.

According to the complaint, Rourke wasn’t home when someone attempted to give him the three-day notice on December 18, so the document was posted outside the house.

In addition to the $59,100 that Rourke allegedly owes in back rent, Goldie is also seeking to have the Iron Man II actor pay his attorney fees and to end the lease, which would presumably prevent Rourke from continuing to live at the house even if he did pay up.

The lawsuit is the latest setback for the Angel Heart actor, after he was kicked out of the UK Celebrity Big Brother house last year over ‘unacceptable language and behavior’ directed at his fellow housemate, JoJo Siwa. 

In April, Rourke’s brief stint in the Celebrity Big Brother house came to an unexpected end when he was booted from the show after making homophobic comments directed at Siwa, 22.

In one episode, the Rumble Fish actor referred to Siwa’s sexuality and said that he would ‘vote the lesbian out real quick.’

After Rourke was called out for his plans to vote out Siwa, he took advantage of British slang by saying, ‘I need a f*g,’ as if referring to a cigarette, before he gestured to Siwa and added, ‘I’m not talking to you.’

Fans of the show branded Rourke a ‘homophobe’ on social media over his comments, including an incident in which he left Siwa in tears by claiming that he would be able to ‘make her straight.’

Rourke was once a Hollywood heartthrob who established himself as an in-demand leading man in films including Diner (1982), Francis Ford Coppola’s Rumble Fish (1983), 9 1/2 Weeks (1986) and Angel Heart (1987).

But in the early 1990s, Rourke retreated from acting after a string of underperforming films and instead pursued an earlier passion, boxing. He was 39-years-old when he re-entered the ring as a professional. 

The punishing physical nature of the sport left Rourke with serious injuries requiring reconstructive surgery, which significantly changed his appearance and ended any chance of returning to his status as a popular romantic lead.

Reflecting on his return to boxing in a 2009 interview with The Daily Mail, he said: ‘I went back because of shame.’

‘I was a good amateur and took a year off due to a concussion. I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three,’ he recalled.  

He had intended to return to the ring for just one bout, but that spiraled into eight, until he was advised to stop because of neurological problems.

‘I didn’t lose any pro fights, but I got properly kicked every day in the gym,’ he said.

The New York-born actor broke his nose twice – leading to five operations – and smashed his cheekbone.

‘I had to have cartilage taken from my ear to rebuild my nose, and a couple of operations to scrape out the cartilage because the scar tissue wasn’t healing properly. That was one of the most painful operations, but the worst was hemorrhoids.’

For years, Rourke’s face attracted speculation, as many wondered if his varying looks were down to years of boxing or ‘bad surgery’.

‘Most of it was to mend the mess of my face because of the boxing, but I went to the wrong guy to put my face back together,’ he explained.

That same year, his first wife, Debra Feuer, claimed, while speaking to the Mirror, that his bouts of procedures were largely because he was ‘so insecure’. 

‘He got worse when he met his second wife, Carre Otis,’ the former actress – who was married to him from 1981 to 1989 – told the outlet.

‘She had issues with drugs but she was so beautiful that Mickey wanted to be a part of her world. That’s when the plastic surgery started. He’ll kill me for saying this but he wanted the part in one film so badly that he got cheek implants.

‘He told me he was swollen because he’d had his molar teeth removed. But I knew that was untrue – he didn’t have any molars to take out.’

In 2017, Rourke admitted he had gotten a ‘nose job’ as he shared a picture of himself bandaged up in a hospital bed. 

‘Moments after ‘ nose surgery with Dr. Dhir,’ he penned. ‘Now i am ‘pretty again ‘:(lol)…one more to go. ‘I don’t know what day it is don’t even realize operation is over.’

Last year, he opened up about his regret over taking steroids and eating huge meals six times a day to gain weight for his role in 2008 movie, The Wrestler.

The actor always denied using the performance-enhancing drug to achieve his muscle-bound look in the Oscar-nominated film. But as he looked back on the role on Instagram, he finally admitted to using the drug and said it took him four or five years to shift the weight.

Mickey shared a snap of himself in the movie alongside a caption which read: ‘Was just finishing up my nightly 2 hr trainning. [sic] I was thinking back to when I did a film called the Wrestler.’

‘I honestly regret putting on 70 pounds to look the part.. I did not feel comfortable in my own skin and it took almost 4 or 5 years to get back to 180.

‘It was not a great well thought out plan, I of course used steroids and ate enormous amounts of food 6 times a day.

‘Was very stupid on my part my, only real accomplishment was long hrs in gym. I regret it but I’ve made many dumb ass decisions in my life. I cringe when I see photos of myself.

‘I never said I was the sharpest pencil in the box. Oh well I was thinking out loud and thought perhaps I could get this mesg out to some young dude who wants to get bigger and bigger.’

Mickey’s Hollywood career reached its peak in 1986 when he won the leading male role in the erotic drama 9 1/2 Weeks opposite Kim Basinger.

But the lead roles faded away as he dipped in and out of the movie business and boxing until he got a second shot at a meaty part with Sin City in 2005, a role he has reprised for the sequel with Jessica Alba.

The star admitted that at one point, he was blacklisted in Hollywood for being too difficult to work with but thanked younger directors for the reason his acting career was resurrected.

‘The young guys are cool. They don’t care about what they hear. They judge me by my acting ability, not my old reputation,’ the eighties action star explained to Fox News .

‘I have a love/hate relationship with acting. I enjoy what I’m doing at the moment because I can give everything that I’m taught. I have my confidence.’

He made a comeback in 2008 with the title role in Darren Aronofsky’s drama The Wrestler, in which he played a washed-up professional wrestler trying to hold on to what career he had left while trying to revive his floundering relationship with his daughter.

The film was a hit with critics and won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival, while Rourke received a BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for his role, as well as an Oscar nomination.

After the success of The Wrestler, Rourke went on to play the villain Whiplash in Iron Man 2, though most of his subsequent movies were low-budget films that received little attention.