Robert Downey Jr.

  • Date of Birth: April 04, 1965
  • Place of Birth: New York, New York
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Robert Downey Jr.
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Robert John Downey Jr. was born in Greenwich Village, New York City. He's the son of underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.. His first part in a movie was in his father's "Pound" (1970), where 5-year-old Downey played a puppy. When he was 20 years old, he joined "Saturday Night Live" (1975) for one season. After that, he went to Hollywood. In 1987, he got the leading role in director James Toback's film "The Pick-up Artist" (1987), where he was up against Molly Ringwald. The same year, he played drug addict Julian Wells in the movie "Less Than Zero" (1987). In 1992, he played Charles Chaplin in Sir Richard Attenborough's film "Chaplin" (1992). For his astonishing performance, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In the year 2000, guest starred in the comedy series "Ally McBeal" (1997), where he portrayed the attorney Larry Paul, who became Ally's love interest. For that performance, he won the Golden Globe for "best supporting actor in a comedy series". On "Ally McBeal" (1997), Downey got to show he can sing as well as act when he sang Joni Mitchell's "River", "Chances Are" as a duet with Vonda Shepard, and also "Every Breath You Take" together with Sting. He released one song of his own, "Snakes", on the "Ally McBeal" (1997) album "For Once In My Life", and a full album of his work titled "The Futurist" in 2005.

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Full Name: Robert John Downey Jr
Height: 5'9"
Nickname(s): Bob
Notable feature(s): Funny sense of humour
Education: Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA
Resides in: Beverly Hills
Family: Father Robert Downey Sr., Mother Elsie, Sister Allyson, Wife Susan, Son Indio.
Other: Lived with Sarah Jessica Parker for 7 years.
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  • marllenn14
    marllenn14
    robert i love you:* You are my favorite actor, i have his album FUTURIST and songs from ally Mcbeal.I have all youre movies.I want wallpaeers with him please. my idd is marllenn_14@yahoo.com
    posted 62 days ago
  • chinger
    chinger
    robert downey jr is the best actor in the world and i like 5 of his characters

    wayne gale
    kirk lazarus
    james barris
    tony stark
    harry lockhart

    keep up the good work robert downey jr

    and also you are the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude
    posted 65 days ago
  • lynettemcfall
    lynettemcfall
    RDJ is so friggn hot!
    posted 88 days ago
  • Twil1ght
    Twil1ght







    posted 108 days ago
  • niko15
    niko15
    Mr nice guy, fantastic actor and a very very impresive come back for a guy who's life and career was turned upside down and nearly destroyed from taking drugs. After spending many days in jail and recovery and rehabilitation got his break after spending a lot of time with Sir Elton John who had him appear in one of his video clips which gave Robert a helping hand in getting back on the road with his acting. Good on ya Robert Wishing all the best mate. Cheers "Chris"
    posted 131 days ago
  • brownie0730
    brownie0730
    u r an awesum actor & im glad u put urself back togetther & u r very handsome & i cant wait to see Sherlock Holmes
    posted 133 days ago
  • ehenry71
    ehenry71
    Yeah, I know... he's trouble, but man was he great in Iron Man!!!! And, he was really good in The Soloist!
    posted 148 days ago
  • lesliegalbiati
    lesliegalbiati
    The man of my life...too bad he dont even know that...Maybe in the next life
    posted 186 days ago
  • debzeppeliniv
    debzeppeliniv
    So glad to see that he has over come his demons. Hopefully an inspiration to all of us. I think he is getting closer to being one of the best.
    posted 207 days ago
  • neogirl3
    neogirl3
    Oh Charles Chaplin XDD back then when I watched that film everything was different, can´t realize that it´s him, my sis just told me lol XD great to see him again; oh he was so attractive and he still is^_^
    posted 242 days ago
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