Lisa Bonet

Mickey Rourke, 52: There was a time when Mickey Rourke was so seductive that he could entice a blindfolded Kim Basinger to devour the entire contents of her fridge, and make it rain blood while having sexy times with Lisa Bonet. His acting chops even invited Brando comparisons, ... morealthough his bad behavior eventually led him to put his big-screen career on hold. In the early '90s, he became a professional boxer, a decision that helped destroy his good looks, a disturbing disfigurement seemingly made worse by one too many trips under the knife, a charge he denies. "Somebody said to me the other day, 'You don't look like you used to,'" he recalled to Entertainment Weekly in October 2008. "But who does? I mean, when I was boxing I had six nose operations, I had cartilage taken from behind my ear, I had short-term memory loss, I've got an equilibrium problem, I don't have as many teeth in my head as I used to." When asked if his pugilistic pursuits were perhaps a "subconscious attempt" to erase the handsome face that made him famous, he acknowledges, "There may be some validity to that." It's only fitting that Rourke's comeback began in earnest with "Sin City," in which he was hidden behind prosthetics to play a scar-covered, flat-topped heavy named Marv. And though his visage is irrevocably altered, his talent remains: He's already generating award buzz for "The Wrestler," a role that left its mark. For one scene in the ring, Rourke purposely sliced his forehead with a razor, adding yet another scar to his once good-looking mug.