Mickey Goldmill is a fictional character created by Sylvester Stallone and portrayed by Burgess Meredith in the Rocky film series.

Meredith was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the first film, as was his co-star Burt Young.

The character's gravelly voice, intense demeanor and popular catchphrases helped make him highly recognizable as well as a common source of parody and satire in pop culture.

Mickey recalled that he once knocked his opponent, Ginny Russell, out of the ring the same day that Luis Firpo did the same to Jack Dempsey: September 14, 1923.

When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed gives Rocky an unlikely shot at the title, Mickey approaches him about being his manager.

Eventually, after Apollo's efforts at publicly goading and embarrassing Rocky into a fight, Mickey again becomes his trainer for the rematch.

For the second fight with a now-determined Apollo, he utilizes unique training methods (such as chasing and attempting to catch a chicken) to help Rocky gain speed.

The rematch takes place and, after a brutal fight that leaves both men exhausted, knocked down and clinging to the ropes in an effort to stand back up, Rocky wins the title.

He states that Rocky, when he fought Apollo, was "supernatural", "hard", "nasty" and had a "cast-iron jaw", but has now gotten "civilized" and lost the hunger that allowed him to win.

Upon this reveal, Rocky's confidence in himself is damaged greatly, making him even more eager to accept the challenge in order to prove his worth; he convinces Mickey to train him anyway, with the promise that this would be their last match.

Rocky, still distraught over Mickey's condition, is not fully focused on the match, is quickly overpowered and takes a merciless beating from his opponent.

He is interred in a Jewish mausoleum outside of Philadelphia, the private service attended by Rocky, his wife Adrian, his brother-in-law Paulie and Goldmill's longtime friend and cornerman Al Silvani.