Robert John Downey Jr

Robert Downey Jr. is an American actor, producer, and musician. Being an extraordinary, charismatic and eccentric personality in life, the artist endows these character traits and his heroes. "Bad Hollywood Boy" managed to survive more than one turn in his life, which made him a frequent hero of the yellow press.

Robert Downey Jr. was born on April 4, 1965, the son of director, actor and producer Robert Downey. The mother of the future celebrity from the acting environment is actress Elsie Ford. Downey Sr. has Irish and Russian-Jewish roots, while his mother is Scottish and German.

Already in childhood, Robert has the opportunity to experience what an acting craft is. The boy participates in his father's projects. His career begins at age 5 when Robert plays a sick puppy in the 1970 film The Pen.

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At the age of 7, the actor plays in the "Palace of the Gricera", and at 10, for general development, he is engaged in classical ballet in England. In his youth, Robert Downey Jr. studies in New York at the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center.

In 1978, the parents divorced. The son follows his father to California, but soon realizes that to continue his acting career, he should go to New York.

Robert met Sarah Jessica Parker in 1984 on the set of the movie Firstborn. The American press eagerly followed the personal lives of two promising actors. However, then Sarah Jessica was mentioned mainly as the girlfriend of the famous actor.

A significant problem for the continuation of the relationship became drugs, which the performer became interested in in his youth. The girl tried to reeducate the bully Downey, but the actor did not want to give in. At the age of 8, Robert learned what marijuana was, because he grew up in a rather bohemian environment.

Downey Jr.'s romance with Sarah Jessica Parker lasted seven years, but the marriage never ended.

In 1992, a month after they met, the actor was married to Deborah Falconer. They have a common son, Indio, who was born in 1993. But the couple broke up because of Downey's drug addiction.

Robert Downey Jr and Sarah Jessica Parker were in a relationship from 1984-91. 💑

Indio also faced this problem and solved it safely. The father is proud that in the elder heir, as well as in him, a craving for music has awakened. In 2004, the actor recorded a solo album with songs of his own composition, took part in the creation of Vonda Shepard's disc.

For the sake of a second marriage, Robert managed to overcome the disease and free himself from cravings for illegal substances. The actor's wife in 2005 was the producer Susan Levin. She previously co-ordinated the series Santa Barbara. The future spouses met on the set of Gothic.

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After 5 years of marriage, Robert and Susan decided to open their own production company. A year later, it became known about the first pregnancy of the performer's wife. In 2012 and 2014, their common children were born - son Exton and daughter Avry.

Robert Downey Jr. is a noteworthy fashionist and collector, collecting vintage cars, stones and crystals. At one time, he brought home everything that was allowed to be taken from the Iron Man site. Over time, the souvenirs were sold to the children's friends.

In memory of "The Avengers", five leading actors, including Robert, got tattoos. On Instagram, the actor posted a video in which he is trying to fill the drawing with the master, since the sixth participant Mark Ruffalo refused the dubious decoration. Chris Hemsworth was forced, according to Downey.

Downey Jr. is a rowdy, alcoholic and drug addict. This opinion about the celebrity has existed for more than one year. For the first time his father offered the "weed" to the actor. Then in an interview, he said that the head of the family simply did not know how else to express his love.

The drugged Robert once entered a neighbor's house and settled down there to sleep, drove naked in a car, the police charged him for illegal possession of weapons, so getting to prison was only a matter of time. It happened in 1999. Downey did not show up for another banned substance testing and received three years in prison, of which he served one.

In 2000, Robert failed again. The police who visited the hotel room on an anonymous call found cocaine. The actor crashed out of the cast of the series "Ellie McBeal". The directors even rewrote the script to exclude his character from the final of the picture.

However, after 3 years, the public saw Downey sober and ready to work. In an effort to tie up with a destructive past, Mel Gibson helped - he invited me to star in the musical "The Singing Detective", paid for insurance, without which there is nothing to do in Hollywood.

Robert Downey Jr e Scarlett Johansson

In addition, Downey Jr. underwent treatment at the clinic. The doctors did not have to complain about the patient's behavior, they even let him go to the shooting of Elton John's video. The producer of Kiss Through Kiss, the one who created The Matrix with Keanu Reeves, was not afraid to invite the actor to the project, but just in case he held back the payment of the fee.

Robert's companion in his tempestuous youth is Shane Black, writer of The Kiss, The Last Boy Scout and Lethal Weapon. Breaking the psychological and creative deadlock, Downey and Black worked together on the black comedy Nicefellas and the 3rd part of Iron Man.

A friend of Mickey Rourke, another, according to Robert, who survived the "drug disaster", he persuaded to participate in "Iron Man - 2". I felt that I had to do it.

But the Japanese authorities, mindful of the stormy past of the star, banned Downey from entering the country.

At the age of 20, Robert Downey Jr. is once again convinced that he wants to be an actor. The guy tries his hand at television, and in 1987 he gets the main role in the youth comedy "Specialist in Removal". The charismatic actor is called in new comedy projects, but he happily takes on the role of a difficult teenager in the film "Less than Zero".

In 1992, Robert Downey Jr. played Charlie Chaplin in the film of the same name. Now he is really noticed as a serious actor. Robert was even nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe, but the competitors looked very strong that year. The Oscar went to Al Pacino for his work in Scent of a Woman.

Thanks to his supporting role in the TV series Ellie McBeal, Robert won the Golden Globe Award. The success encouraged the actor, a streak of luck began in his creative life.

In 1999, when it was not yet so openly talked about non-traditional orientation, he reincarnated as a gay man in the crime drama Black and White.

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Nearly every work in Downey Jr.'s filmography is critically acclaimed. So it was with work in the films "Kiss Right Out" and "Fur" with Nicole Kidman, where the actor played a man completely covered with hair.

With the star of "The Hangover in Vegas" Zach Galifianakis, Robert starred in the comedy "Close Up", with Jamie Foxx - in "The Soloist." He has an unusually dramatic role in the film "The Judge" - a lawyer and the son of an arbiter accused of murder. To save his father from prison, he reveals a secret - the judge is sick with cancer and suffers from blackouts.

Deafening popularity comes to the American with participation in the Iron Man franchise. In addition, today the beloved character also appears in The Avengers. These films are the main works in the creative biography of the actor.

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Downey Jr.'s hero is Tony Stark, one of the strongest characters in the Marvel universe. He is smart and charming. The actor brilliantly conveyed these qualities from the screen, so he fell in love with the public in the form of his character.

The role did not require steel biceps like other superheroes. Nevertheless, Robert worked with a personal trainer 4 times a week, lost weight and gained 10 kg of muscle mass.

With the advent of these films, the actor's photos were on the cover of the world's major newsreels. The American, who rolls his eyes, became popular on the Internet as the hero of a meme called "Your face when ...". Internet users have created thousands of collages featuring Downey spreading his arms in the Christ pose. And someone, using a neural network, decided that Robert was suitable for the role of Doc in the film "Back to the Future".

During his participation in superhero films, the artist had the opportunity to work on the same set with other Hollywood stars such as Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Holland, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke and others.

During the promotions to promote the franchise, Downey Jr. traveled half the world, including Moscow. Hollywood handsome met with Russian fans. It turned out that the artist speaks a little Russian.

Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow at the 84th Annual Academy Awards

In 2008, Downey Jr. is again one step away from the Oscars and Golden Globes for his role in the movie "Soldiers of Failure" by Ben Steeler. Some critics considered that getting into the list of nominees for the actor from an indistinct parody of war dramas was a misunderstanding. After all, it never occurred to anyone to nominate for the main award "Silence of the Ham", a mockery of the bestseller with Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. But the "Soldiers" were lucky.

In the project, Robert experimented with his appearance - he turned into a black one. The gilded statuette eventually went to Heath Ledger posthumously, and Downey Jr. was content with positive reviews. True, now, in the era of acute issues of morality and political correctness, he says that he would have thought about such a proposal a hundred times.

It was rumored that due to the outward resemblance of the actor, they planned to use the character of Johnny Depp in the image of the brother of the character in the 5th part of Pirates of the Caribbean. The producers refused to develop a related story when the performer of the role of Jack Sparrow began having family problems and litigation with the studio.

Downey's doubles also included his Spanish colleague Jose Garcia, familiar to the viewer from the thriller "Illusion of Deception". An actor with a beard and short hair can easily be confused with Javier Bardem or Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

In 2009, Robert played Sherlock Holmes in the film Guy Ritchie. And again success - followed by the shooting of two parts of the famous detective, the artist received the coveted Golden Globe in the box of awards.

The first film was nominated for an Oscar in the minor categories. Journalists quoted Downey as saying that the award would not go away from him, only there would be no one to hand it over. These are the rules of Hollywood - to give an award to one when the other deserves.

A detective thriller is not a direct adaptation of the works of Conan Doyle, but a story about the adventures of a detective. Perhaps that is why there were those who considered the picture a mockery of the writer's work. According to rumors, the episode invited "Russian Holmes" Vasily Livanov, but he refused to appear.

Part 3 is slated to premiere on Christmas Day 2021. Guy Ritchie, frustrated by the devastating criticism of the Aladdin remake, refused to film a sequel. Dexter Fletcher, co-author of Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, sat in the director's chair. The news seriously upset the fans, who were afraid that the new director would “kill the spirit” of the previous films.

In 2019, with the participation of Robert, the next part of the Avengers: Endgame franchise was released. The first weekend brought the creators of the project $ 1.2 billion, and the total box office receipts reached almost $ 2.8 billion, which became another record in the history of world cinema.

Tony Stark made Downey one of the highest paid actors (his fortune is estimated at $ 250-270 million). To the firm fees of $ 40 million for "Age of Ultron" and $ 50 million for "The Avengers" were further added interest from the rental fees.

Robert's contract contains a clause according to which $ 20 million is paid in advance. "Marvel" enters into an agreement for several series at once, and initially the amounts may be seven-digit. Yes, it's expensive, but the producers do not hesitate to take such a step, since the costs are repaid many times.

Downey has a philosophical attitude to space earnings: “Money tends to be very helpful to people in emergency situations. This is the main and most valuable thing for me in having money. " He is happy to spend on gifts, not on practical things like renovating the house. Without hesitation, Robert bought a magazine at auction, on the cover of which his mother was captured as a model.

Downey was considered an Oscar nominee. The only thing that stopped Disney from being nominated for the award was that the American Film Academy doesn't really like comic book heroes. In addition, Joaquin Phoenix with "Joker", which the jury favored, was among the contenders.

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The actor briefly left Marvel to play in the first non-MCU film in 6 years. Downey landed the role of the eccentric medic in the fantasy film The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle. Roberta's character is a veterinarian who can talk to animals. In this image, the artist replaced his colleague Eddie Murphy.

The premiere of the picture took place in early 2020. The talking four-legged friends of the main character were voiced by Rami Malek (gorilla Chi-Chi), Emma Thompson (parrot Polynesia), Tom Holland (dog Jeep), Selena Gomez (giraffe Betsy).

Iron Man, according to the plot, in the final "Avengers" was waiting for death. Fans refused to believe in the death of their favorite, and the Marvelites decided to revive, if not the character, then at least his voice in the film "Iron Heart". Stark will return in the form of artificial intelligence, helping a girl named Riri Williams in business.

From his own grave, the superhero got out in "Spider-Man: Far From Home."

As Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. will appear in the fantasy thriller Black Widow. It is interesting that the actor also uses a vivid image to participate in commercials. In the fall of 2019, a teaser for the OnePlus 7T game was shown, in which Tony Stark became the main character.

1970 - "Corral" 1990 - "Air America" ​​1992 - "Chaplin" 2000-2002 - "Ellie McBeal" 2003 - "Gothic" 2005 - "Kiss Through" 2006 - "Fur" 2008 - "Iron Man" 2008 - "Soldiers" failure "2009 -" Sherlock Holmes "2012 -" The Avengers "2017 -" Spider-Man: Homecoming "2018 -" Avengers: Infinity War "2019 -" Avengers: Endgame "

2020 - Doctor Dolittle's Amazing Journey

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Robert John Downey Jr Net Worth 2021

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Robert John Downey Jr Net Worth 2019

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Robert John Downey Jr Net Worth 2018

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