Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi tuatahi a Rooney i roto i te vaudeville hei kaitapere tamariki, ā, i puta tana kiriata tuatahi i te 6 o ona tau. I takaro ia i te taitara taitara i roto i te raupapa rongonui "Mickey McGuire" o nga kiriata poto 78, mai i te 7 ki te 13 tau. I te 14 me te 15, i takaro ia i a Puck i roto i te whakaari me te kiriata i muri mai o "A Midsummer Night's Dream". I te 16 o ona tau ka tiimata ia ki te takaro i a Andy Hardy, ana i te 17 o ona tau ka mohio ia ki a Whitey Marsh i "Boys Town". 19 noa iho ōna tau
Ko Mickey Rooney te tuarua o nga taiohi o nga kaitakaro pai rawa atu i roto i te kaitakaro matua, me te taiohi tuatahi i whakaingoatia mo te Academy Award mo tana mahi hei Mickey Moran i te tau 1939 i te whakahoutanga o te kiriata Broadway "Babes in Arms"; i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he Tohu Tohu mo nga Rangatahi i te tau 1939. I whakawhiwhia a Rooney ki tana tohu tuarua mo te Academy Award i roto i te waahanga ano mo tana mahi hei Homer Macauley i roto i te "The Human Comedy". I te 23, ko ia ano te tuatoru o nga kaitono taiohi i roto i taua waahanga i mua i tana whiwhinga ki a Timothée Chalamet 22-tau-tau mo tana mahi hei Elio Perlman i roto i te kiriata whakaari whakaari whakaari whakaari "Whakaea mai i to Ingoa", i te 2017, 74 tau i muri mai.