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Robert Downey Jr.

Birth name: Robert John Downey Jr.

Birth date: 04.04.1965

Robert John Downey Jr. was born in Greenwich Village, New York City at 1.10 pm. 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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Filmography

# The Soloist (2008) .... Steve Lopez # Tropic Thunder (2008) .... Kirk Lazarus # The Incredible Hulk (2008) .... Tony Stark # Iron Man (2008) .... Tony Stark / Iron Man # Charlie Bartlett (2007) .... The Principal # Lucky You (2007) .... Telephone Jack # Zodiac (2007/I) .... Paul Avery # A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) .... Dito # Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) .... Lionel Sweeney # A Scanner Darkly (2006) .... James Barris # The Shaggy Dog (2006) .... Dr. Kozak # "Family Guy" .... Patrick Pewterschmidt (1 episode, 2005) ... aka Padre de familia (USA: Spanish title) - Fat Guy Strangler (2005) TV episode (voice) .... Patrick Pewterschmidt # Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) .... Joe Wershba # Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) .... Harry Lockhart # Game 6 (2005) .... Steven Schwimmer # Eros (2004) .... Nick Penrose (segment "Equilibrium") ... aka Eros (France) # Gothika (2003) .... Pete Graham # The Singing Detective (2003) .... Dan Dark # Whatever We Do (2003) .... Bobby # "Ally McBeal" .... Larry Paul (15 episodes, 2000-2002) - Heart and Soul (2002) TV episode (uncredited) .... Larry Paul - The Wedding (2001) TV episode .... Larry Paul - Home Again (2001) TV episode .... Larry Paul - Queen Bee (2001) TV episode .... Larry Paul - Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade (2001) TV episode .... Larry Paul (10 more) # Lethargy (2002) .... Animal Therapist # Auto Motives (2000) .... Rob # Wonder Boys (2000) .... Terry Crabtree # Black and White (1999/I) .... Terry Donager # Bowfinger (1999) .... Jerry Renfro # Friends & Lovers (1999) .... Hans ... aka Friends and Lovers (Philippines: English title) ... aka Love and Testosterone (International: English title: informal title) # In Dreams (1999) .... Vivian Thompson # U.S. Marshals (1998) .... Special Agent John Royce # The Gingerbread Man (1998) .... Clyde Pell # Hugo Pool (1997) .... Franz Mazur ... aka Pool Girl (UK: DVD title) # Two Girls and a Guy (1997) .... Blake Allen # One Night Stand (1997) .... Charlie # Danger Zone (1997) .... Jim Scott # Restoration (1995) .... Robert Merivel # Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) (TV) .... Mr. Willowby # Home for the Holidays (1995) .... Tommy Larson # Richard III (1995) .... Lord Rivers # Only You (1994) .... Peter Wright, alias Damon Bradley ... aka Him ... aka Just in Time # Natural Born Killers (1994) .... Wayne Gale # Hail Caesar (1994) .... Jerry # Short Cuts (1993) .... Bill Bush # Heart and Souls (1993) .... Thomas Reilly # Chaplin (1992) .... Charles Spencer Chaplin ... aka Charlot (Italy) # Soapdish (1991) .... David Seton Barnes # Too Much Sun (1991) .... Reed Richmond # Air America (1990) .... Billy Covington # Chances Are (1989) .... Alex Finch # True Believer (1989) .... Roger Baron ... aka Fighting Justice (Philippines: English title) # That's Adequate (1989) .... Albert Einstein # 1969 (1988) .... Ralph Carr # Rented Lips (1988) .... Wolf Dangler # Johnny Be Good (1988) .... Leo Wiggins # Less Than Zero (1987) .... Julian Wells # The Pick-up Artist (1987) (as Robert Downey) .... Jack Jericho # America (1986) .... Paulie Hackley ... aka Moonbeam # Back to School (1986) .... Derek # "Saturday Night Live" .... Various (18 episodes, 1985-1986) ... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title) ... aka SNL (USA: informal title) ... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title) ... aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title) ... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title) - Anjelica Huston and Billy Martin/George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic (1986) TV episode (as Robert Downey) .... Various - Jimmy Breslin and Marvin Hagler/Level 42/E.G. Daily (1986) TV episode (as Robert Downey) .... Various - Catherine Oxenberg and Paul Simon/Ladysmith Black Mambazo (1986) TV episode (as Robert Downey) .... Various - Tony Danza/Laurie Anderson (1986) TV episode (as Robert Downey) .... Various - Oprah Winfrey/Joe Jackson (1986) TV episode (as Robert Downey) .... Various (13 more) # "Mussolini: The Untold Story" (1985) (mini) TV mini-series .... Bruno Mussolini # Weird Science (1985) (as Robert Downey) .... Ian # Tuff Turf (1985) (as Robert Downey) .... Jimmy Parker # Deadwait (1985) # Firstborn (1984) .... Lee ... aka First Born ... aka Moving In (Europe: English title: video title) # Baby It's You (1983) .... Stewart # Up the Academy (1980) (uncredited) ... aka Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy ... aka Mad Magazine's Up the Academy ... aka The Brave Young Men of Weinberg # Greaser's Palace (1972) (uncredited) # Pound (1970) (as Bob Downey) .... Puppy