Robert Downey Jr.

Date of Birth: April 04, 1965
Place of Birth: New York, New York

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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.

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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starr70love

Yo Rob, YOu are a very admireable Guy , for real I am in the same kinda thing , Come to Kelowna chill and worry not the Lake is the best get away ever , just ask the girls <, Chillaxin Hugz and stuff Shar

posted 13 hours ago
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 66 days ago
chinger

robert downey jr is the best actor in the world and i like 5 of his characters

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harry lockhart

keep up the good work robert downey jr

and also you are the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude

posted 69 days ago
lynettemcfall

RDJ is so friggn hot!

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posted 112 days ago
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 136 days ago
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 137 days ago
ehenry71

Yeah, I know... he's trouble, but man was he great in Iron Man!!!! And, he was really good in The Soloist!

posted 152 days ago
lesliegalbiati

The man of my life...too bad he dont even know that...Maybe in the next life

posted 190 days ago
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 212 days ago

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The Avengers (Unrated, 2012)
Due Date (Unrated, 2010)
Iron Man 2 (Unrated, 2010)
Sherlock Holmes (Unrated, 2009)
The Soloist (PG-13, 2009)
Tropic Thunder (R, 2008)
Rain of Madness (Unrated, 2008)
The Incredible Hulk (PG-13, 2008)
Iron Man (PG-13, 2008)
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (Unrated, 2008)

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