Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Rooney akatanga kuita mu vaudeville semutambi wechidiki, uye akaita firimu rake rekutanga aine makore matanhatu. Akatamba zita remutambo mumutambo wakakurumbira we "Mickey McGuire" wemafirimu mafupi 78, kubva pamakore 7 kusvika ku13. Pazera remakore gumi nemana nemashanu, akatamba Puck mumutambo uye gare gare firimu rakachinjwa re "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Pazera remakore gumi nematanhatu akatanga kutamba Andy Hardy, uye akawana kuzivikanwa kwekutanga pazera remakore gumi nemanomwe saWhitey Marsh mu "Boys Town". Pazera remakore 19, Mickey Rooney akava wechipiri-muduku wechipiri mutevedzeri weMutambi Akanakisisa muMutungamiri weMutungamiri uye wechidiki wokutanga kuti asarudzirwe mubayiro weAcademy nokuda kwekuita kwake saMickey Moran mu1939 kufambiswa kwefirimu yeBroadway musical "Babes in Arms"; akapiwa mubayiro weAcademy Juvenile mu1939
. Rooney akagamuchira kukwikwidzwa kwake kwechipiri kweAcademy muchikamu chimwe chete nokuda kwebasa rake saHomer Macauley mu "The Human Comedy". Pazera remakore makumi maviri nematatu, yakamuita wechitatu muduku pane vose vakasarudzwa muboka iroro chairo asati apfuurwa naTimothée Chalamet ane makore makumi maviri nemaviri nokuda kwebasa rake saElio Perlman mufirimu rinonakidza revanhu vakuru rinonzi "Call Me by Your Name", muna 2017, makore 74 gare gare.