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| Birth Name(s) : Robert John Downey Jr. |
Date of Birth: April 4, 1965 |
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Full Robert Downey Jr Biography
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", where 5-year-old Downey played a puppy.
When he was 20 years old he joined Saturday Night Live 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", where he was up againt Molly Ringwald. The same year he played drug addict Julian Wells in the movie "Less Than Zero". In 1992 he played Charlie Chaplin in Sir Richard Attenborough's film "Chaplin". For that astonishing performance he received an Oscar nomination for "best actor" which he unfortunately did not win.
Year 2000 he got to guest star in comedy series Ally McBeal, 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" 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. Until present he has only released one song of his own, "Snakes", on the latest Ally McBeal album "For Once In My Life". |
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Downey Jr. was born in New York City, New York to Elsie (Ford), a dancer and singer, and Robert Downey Sr., an actor, writer, producer, cinematographer, and director of underground films. He has a sister, Alison. Downey, Jr.'s mother was German and Scottish, and his father was Irish and Jewish. His father changed his surname from Elias to Downey, the name of his stepfather, so he could feign being older and join the army underaged.
The new book Conversations With Woody Allen reports that Film director Woody Allen wanted to cast Robert Downey Jr. and Winona Ryder in his film Melinda and Melinda in 2000, but was unable to do so because he could not get insurance on them. "I couldn't get insurance on them . . . We couldn't get bonded. The completion bonding companies would not bond the picture unless we could insure them," said Allen. "We were heartbroken because I had worked with Winona before and thought she was perfect for this and wanted to work with her again. And I had always wanted to work with Bob Downey and always thought he was a huge talent," Allen added.
Downey went on to appear in Elton John's video for the single "I Want Love" in 2001. On November 23, 2004, he released his debut musical album "The Futurist" on Sony Classical, for which he designed the cover art. He was invited to open for Duran Duran in 2005, but declined due to film commitments. |
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| I've always felt like such an outsider in this industry. Because I'm so insane I guess. |
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