Robert John Downey Jr. is a well known American actor who attracts attention from an early age. Sadly, in the younger days, he became known mostly because of opiate addiction but eventually managed to get out and dedicate to his career.
Robert Downey Jr. was born on April 4, 1965. In 2008, Time magazine included him among the 100 most influential people in the world.
From 2013 to 2015, Forbes declared him the best-paid actor. In North America, his films earned over $ 5.8 billion, and outside North America about $ 14.4 billion.
He started playing when he was only five years old in the movie Pound. Later films during the 80s led to co-operation with actors known as Brat Pack.
These were the films that included teen sci-fi comedy like Weird Science.
For the role in the film, Chaplin was nominated for the Oscar in the Best Actor category.
In August 2008 he acted in comedy Tropic Thunder along with Jack Blac and Ben Stiller. For the support role in the film, Kirk Lazarus he received an Oscar.
After several scandals for allegations of drug abuse, few companies didn't want to hire Robert for a big movie project.
The situation changed after Mel Gibson took his side. After that, Robert began to get offers for numerous movies, and the biggest success was Marvel's big project where he appeared in many movies.
He started with Iron Man 2008 and finished with Endgame from 2019. He also played in Sherlock Holmes films for which he received the Golden Globe Award.
In the films of superheroes, he played with Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Sam L. Jackson, and many others.
In 2005 he married Susan Downey with whom she has two children. Robert has another son with Deborah Falconer from whom he divorced in 2004.
With his wife Susan, he founded the production company Team Downey.