ROBERT DOWNEY Jr.

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Born April 4, 1965, in New York City, Robert Downey Jr. began acting as a young child. He made his first film appearances and was a cast member on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s, but his growing success was marred by years of struggles with drug abuse. Eventually turning his life around, he earned a resurgance of critical and popular acclaim, and is considered one of Hollywood's A-list actors.











Family Life

Born April 4th, 1965, in New York City, the son of the avant-garde filmmaker Robert Downey, Sr., best known for the 1969 film Putney Swope, Robert Downey, Jr. began acting as a young child. His mother, Elsie, was an actress who instilled in her son a love of performing. Raised in Greenwich Village with his older sister, Alison, Downey made his film debut playing a puppy in his father's film, Pound (1970), in which actors played dogs. He would go on to have small parts in several more of his father's films.

Downey's parents divorced when he was 13, and the young actor ended up living in Los Angeles with his father. At the age of 16, however, he dropped out of high school and was on the move again, relocating to New York to live with his mother.



Robert Downey Jr. is a celebrity actor who is probably remembered most famously for his battle with drug addiction and subsequent jail time. His father was a filmmaker and this meant that he got an early start in the movies at 5 years of age. He featured on Saturday night live and from there began acting in feature films (ironically he played a drug addict in one of his first movies). His career did wane slightly after his release from prison, but he again found major success with the movie Iron Man in which his performance was widely applauded. The following is a list of movies that Robert Downey Jr. has acted in over his career.

Actor (Movie Title/Year/Character)

• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) Sherlock Holmes
• Due Date (2010) Peter Highman
• Iron Man 2 (2010) Tony Stark
• Sherlock Holmes (2009) Sherlock Holmes
• The Soloist (2009) Steve Lopez
• Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness (2008) (V) (uncredited) Kirk Lazarus
• Tropic Thunder (2008) Kirk Lazarus
• The Incredible Hulk (2008) (uncredited) Tony Stark
• Iron Man (2008) Tony Stark
• Charlie Bartlett (2007) Principal Nathan Gardner
• Lucky You (2007) Telephone Jack
• Zodiac (2007/I) Paul Avery
• Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) Lionel Sweeney
• A Scanner Darkly (2006) James Barris
• The Shaggy Dog (2006) Dr. Kozak
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) Dito
• Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) Joe Wershba
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) Harry Lockhart
• Game 6 (2005) Steven Schwimmer
• Eros (2004) Nick Penrose (segment “Equilibrium”)
• Gothika (2003) Pete Graham
• The Singing Detective (2003) Dan Dark
• Whatever We Do (2003) Bobby
• Lethargy (2002) Animal Therapist
• Auto Motives (2000) Rob
• Wonder Boys (2000) Terry Crabtree
• Black and White (1999/I) Terry Donager
• Bowfinger (1999) Jerry Renfro
• Friends & Lovers (1999) Hans
• In Dreams (1999) Vivian Thompson
• U.S. Marshals (1998) Special Agent John Royce
• The Gingerbread Man (1998) Clyde Pell
• Hugo Pool (1997) Franz Mazur
• Two Girls and a Guy (1997) Blake
• One Night Stand (1997) Charlie
• Danger Zone (1996) Jim Scott
• Restoration (1995) Robert Merivel
• Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree (1995) (TV) Mr. Willowby
• Home for the Holidays (1995) Tommy Larson
• Richard III (1995) Lord Rivers
• Only You (1994) Peter Wright
• Natural Born Killers (1994) Wayne Gale
• Hail Caesar (1994) Jerry
• Short Cuts (1993) Bill Bush
• Heart and Souls (1993) Thomas Reilly
• Chaplin (1992) Charles Spencer Chaplin
• Soapdish (1991) David Seton Barnes
• Too Much Sun (1990) Reed Richmond
• Air America (1990) Billy Covington
• Chances Are (1989) Alex Finch
• True Believer (1989) Roger Baron
• That’s Adequate (1989) Albert Einstein
• 1969 (1988) Ralph Carr
• Rented Lips (1988) Wolf Dangler
• Johnny Be Good (1988) Leo Wiggins
• Less Than Zero (1987) Julian
• The Pick-up Artist (1987) Jack Jericho
• America (1986) Paulie Hackley
• Back to School (1986) Derek Lutz
• Tuff Turf (1985) Jimmy Parker
• Deadwait (1985)
• Firstborn (1984) Lee
• Baby It’s You (1983) Stewart
• Up the Academy (1980) (uncredited)
• Greaser’s Palace (1972) (uncredited)
• Pound (1970) Puppy