Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Yakagadzirwa sechinotsiva munhu wekare weDisney, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey akatanga kuoneka mupfupi "Plane Crazy", achitanga pachena mufirimu pfupi "Steamboat Willie" (1928), imwe yemakatuni ekutanga. Akaenderera mberi achioneka mumafirimu anopfuura 130, kusanganisira "The Band Concert" (1935), "Brave Little Tailor" (1938), uye "Fantasia" (1940). Mickey akaonekwa zvikurukuru mumafirimu mapfupi, asiwo dzimwe nguva mumafirimu marefu. Mifananidzo gumi yaMickey yakasarudzwa nokuda kweAcademy Award yeBest Animated Short Film, imwe yacho, "Lend a Paw", yakakunda mubayiro muna 1942
. Muna 1978, Mickey akava munhu wokutanga wemifananidzo yakavezwa kuva nenyeredzi paHollywood Walk of Fame.