Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ƙirƙira shi a matsayin mai maye gurbin wani ɗan wasan Disney na baya, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey ya fara bayyana a cikin gajeren "Plane Crazy", yana fitowa a fili a cikin gajeren fim "Steamboat Willie" (1928), ɗayan farkon zane-zanen sauti. Ya ci gaba da fitowa a fina-finai sama da 130, gami da "The Band Concert" (1935), "Brave Little Tailor" (1938), da "Fantasia" (1940). Mickey ya fito ne a cikin gajeren fina-finai, amma kuma a wasu lokuta a cikin fina-finai. Goma daga cikin zane-zanen Mickey an zabi su ne don kyautar Kwalejin don Mafi kyawun Hoton Hoton Hotuna, wanda daya daga cikinsu, "Lend a Paw", ya lashe kyautar a
A shekara ta 1942. A shekara ta 1978, Mickey ya zama dan wasan kwaikwayo na farko da ya sami tauraro a kan Hollywood Walk of Fame.