Robert John Downey
Robert John Downey, Jr. was
born on April 4, 1965. He is an American actor who made his screen debut at the
age of five, appearing in his father Robert Downey, Sr.'s film Pound.
He has appeared in roles associated with the Brat Pack, such as Less Than Zero and Weird Science. Other films he has starred
in include Air America, Soapdish,
and Natural Born Killers. He starred as Charlie
Chaplin, the title character in the 1992 film Chaplin,
earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
After being released
from the California
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in 2000 for
drug charges, Downey joined the cast of the TV series Ally McBeal playing Calista
Flockhart's love interest. His performance was praised and he
received a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor
in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film.
His character was written out when Downey was fired after two drug arrests in
late 2000 and early 2001. After one last stay in a court-ordered drug treatment
program, Downey finally achieved sobriety.
His more recent films
include The Singing Detective, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, A Scanner Darkly, Gothika, Zodiac and Tropic
Thunder. In 2008, Downey played the role of Marvel superhero Tony Stark /
Iron Man in the live action film Iron Man, a role he reprised in Iron Man 2, Marvel's The Avengers, and Iron Man 3.
He reprised his role in a cameo appearance in The Incredible Hulk. He will again reprise
his role in the upcoming films, Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron and
another Avengers sequel. In 2009, he played the title character in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes and again in 2011's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
He's starred in six movies that have each grossed over $500 million at the box
office worldwide. Two of those films, The Avengers and Iron Man
3, each earned over $1 billion. Downey tops the Forbes list
of Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actors with an estimated $75 million in earnings between
June 2012 and June 2013.
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