Action movie actor Mickey Rourke beat up a fan in a London nightclub because he was trying to take his picture.

Rourke, 49, who was photographed with different women during his short staying in London, got so furious over the man that knocked him to the ground and smashed his camera

An onlooker at trendy Boujis nightclub revealed to Britain's Saturday Telegraph newspaper: "Last Tuesday night Rourke was knocking back the vodkas with his new best friend, Australian cricketer Shane Warne, when he took exception to a fan taking his photograph.

"The two of them were sitting at a table when Rourke suddenly leapt up and grappled this guy to the ground.

It turns out he just wanted a keepsake but Rourke was incensed. He grabbed the camera and smashed it on the floor."