Robert Downey Jr Net Worth, Biography, Age, Family, Wife, Father

Robert Downey Jr Net Worth, Biography, Family, Wife, Father, Robert Downey Jr is one of the most popular and talented producers and actors. His career has been considered by the critical and popular success he achieved in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and many legal troubles. After a long-time, Robert Downey Jr. got commercial success in his career.

His name was listed among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. From 2013 to 2015, he was named by Forbes as the highest–paid actor in Hollywood.

Robert Downey Jr Net Worth, Biography, Age, Family, Wife, Father

The Early Life of Robert Downey Jr Biography

He was born on April 4, 1965, in Manhattan, New York City. He was the younger of 2 kids. His father was an actor and filmmaker while his mother was an actress who was featured in the films of Downey Sr. His original family name was Elias, and his father had changed to enlist in the army. Robert and his older sister Allyson were raised in Greenwich Village.

When he was a child, he was surrounded by drugs. His father was also a drug addict and let him use marijuana at the age of 6. Later, his father regretted it. He later mentioned that drug use turned out to be an emotional bond between him and his father. Eventually, he started spending every night abusing alcohol and calling many times in pursuit of drugs.

During his childhood, he played minor roles in his father’s movies. At the age of 5, he made his acting debut, when he played a sick puppy in the absurdist comedy Pound in 1970. At the age of 7, he was featured in the surrealist Western Greaser’s Palace in 1972.

When he was 10 years old, he was residing in England, where he studied classical ballet as part of his big curriculum. Robert Downey Jr. started attending the Stage Door Manor Performing Arts Training Center located in upstate New York in his teens.

After his parents’ divorce in 1978, he moved to California with his father. However, he started pursuing his acting career on a full-time basis by dropping out of Santa Monica High School and moving back to New York.

Career details of Robert Downey Jr.

He made his debut as an actor at the age of 5 in the movie titled Pound in 1970, his own father’s film. He played roles in Tuff Turf, Weird Science, True Believer, and Wonder Boys throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In the year 1992, he got an Academy Award nomination and became a winner of the British Academy Award for Best Actor for Chaplin.

He was featured as a motivating film makeup artist in Robert Altman’s Short Cuts in 1993. He starred as a tabloid TV journalist with Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis in Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers in 1994. Again, he starred as a young man with a special relationship with 4 ghosts in The Heart and Souls in 1993.

In 1995, Robert Downey Jr. was featured in Restoration with Med Ryan, Hugh Grant, and Ian McKellen. In the same year, he was featured in Richard III in 1995. In 1997, he was seen in The Gingerbread Man with Embeth Davidtz and Daryl Hannah.

In the next years, he was featured in many movies directed by many directors and producers. Some of them include Black & White in 1999, In Dreams in 1999, Wonder Boys in 2000, etc.

During the career journey, he also suffered from drug-related issues from 1996 to 2001. This is how it has led to many arrests, rehab visits, and incarcerations. Robert Downey Jr. was eventually fired from Ally McBeal in 1997. After cleaning his image and becoming a sober personality, he started to rebuild his career in the year 2003.

After that, he marked his debut with his debut album named ‘The Futurist.’ In May 2008, he attained critical acclaim and box office success all over the world for his starring role in Iron Man 2008. Now, the path to success was kept waiting for him. Robert Downey Jr. also won many awards and appreciation.

The Personal Life of Robert Downey Jr

In 2005, Robert Downey Jr. married Susan Downey. The couple has 2 kids. He also has another son Indio Falconer Downey from his first marriage to Deborah Falconer.

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