he was a troubled actor who made several
high-profile comebacks before securing
himself as a Hollywood superstar welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
taking a look at the career of Robert
Downey jr. born in New York City on
April 4th 1965 he was influenced to take
up acting at a young age by his parents
who were both film performers by the
time he was 10 he had already appeared
in two of his father’s films and had
been sent overseas to study classical
ballet afterward he returned home to
attend the stage-door Manor Performing
Arts training center and in 1985 joined
the cast of Saturday Night Live
unfortunately he was fired the following
year due to low ratings despite this
false start and television he had
already appeared in several
coming-of-age films such as back to
school and weird science before landing
his first lead role in 1987’s the pickup
artist what’s your name
Brandi that’s a great name that’s really
original sounding such a female looking
girl that same year he received
attention for his portrayal of a junkie
in less than zero ironically Downey soon
got caught up in his own struggle with
substance abuse at first his career
seemed unaffected as he began starring
opposite top Hollywood talent such as
Mel Gibson in Air America he also won a
BAFTA Award and secured an Academy Award
nomination for his riveting performance
in the biographical film Chaplin however
in 1996 things started to fall apart
when he was arrested for driving under
the influence while in possession of
heroin and a firearm as a result Downey
was required to take daily drug tests on
the set of 1997 s two girls and a guy
while he managed to stay clean for the
shoot he quickly fell back into his old
habit and spent several years drifting
back and forth between treatment
facilities and prison in 2000 Downey
attempted to refresh his career and
public image by appearing in the popular
drama series Ally McBeal while he
received high praise for his performance
he was dropped when he was once again
arrested on possession charges
his uphill battle to clean himself up
came to a head on the set of 2003 s
horror film Gothica when he met his
second wife and gained strength from her
or following this turning point he set
out to re-energize his career by landing
parts in various projects such as Kiss
Kiss Bang Bang good night and good luck
and the 2007 thriller zodiac do you know
that more people die in the East Bay
commute every three months than that
idiot ever killed in 2008 Downey finally
made it big when he appeared in his
first ever blockbuster film Iron Man as
the rich industrialist turned superhero
Tony Stark before starring opposite Ben
Stiller in the comedy hit Tropic Thunder
the offbeat role was so well received
that he was awarded with an Oscar
nomination for Best Supporting Actor I’m
a dude playing a dude disguised as
another dude Downey then further
positioned himself as a box-office
juggernaut by starring in Guy Ritchie’s
wildly successful adaptation of Sherlock
Holmes before again wearing the robotic
suit that made him an overnight
sensation in Iron Man 2 and 2012’s The
Avengers
high-profile comebacks before securing
himself as a Hollywood superstar welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
taking a look at the career of Robert
Downey jr. born in New York City on
April 4th 1965 he was influenced to take
up acting at a young age by his parents
who were both film performers by the
time he was 10 he had already appeared
in two of his father’s films and had
been sent overseas to study classical
ballet afterward he returned home to
attend the stage-door Manor Performing
Arts training center and in 1985 joined
the cast of Saturday Night Live
unfortunately he was fired the following
year due to low ratings despite this
false start and television he had
already appeared in several
coming-of-age films such as back to
school and weird science before landing
his first lead role in 1987’s the pickup
artist what’s your name
Brandi that’s a great name that’s really
original sounding such a female looking
girl that same year he received
attention for his portrayal of a junkie
in less than zero ironically Downey soon
got caught up in his own struggle with
substance abuse at first his career
seemed unaffected as he began starring
opposite top Hollywood talent such as
Mel Gibson in Air America he also won a
BAFTA Award and secured an Academy Award
nomination for his riveting performance
in the biographical film Chaplin however
in 1996 things started to fall apart
when he was arrested for driving under
the influence while in possession of
heroin and a firearm as a result Downey
was required to take daily drug tests on
the set of 1997 s two girls and a guy
while he managed to stay clean for the
shoot he quickly fell back into his old
habit and spent several years drifting
back and forth between treatment
facilities and prison in 2000 Downey
attempted to refresh his career and
public image by appearing in the popular
drama series Ally McBeal while he
received high praise for his performance
he was dropped when he was once again
arrested on possession charges
his uphill battle to clean himself up
came to a head on the set of 2003 s
horror film Gothica when he met his
second wife and gained strength from her
or following this turning point he set
out to re-energize his career by landing
parts in various projects such as Kiss
Kiss Bang Bang good night and good luck
and the 2007 thriller zodiac do you know
that more people die in the East Bay
commute every three months than that
idiot ever killed in 2008 Downey finally
made it big when he appeared in his
first ever blockbuster film Iron Man as
the rich industrialist turned superhero
Tony Stark before starring opposite Ben
Stiller in the comedy hit Tropic Thunder
the offbeat role was so well received
that he was awarded with an Oscar
nomination for Best Supporting Actor I’m
a dude playing a dude disguised as
another dude Downey then further
positioned himself as a box-office
juggernaut by starring in Guy Ritchie’s
wildly successful adaptation of Sherlock
Holmes before again wearing the robotic
suit that made him an overnight
sensation in Iron Man 2 and 2012’s The
Avengers
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