Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. is the great second-act story of modern Hollywood, and that is precisely why I rate him above most of his box-office peers. The fourteen-billion-dollar gross is impressive, but numbers were never the point — his BAFTA-winning turn as Chaplin showed a once-in-a-generation talent long before the blockbusters. What moves me is that the comeback was built on craft, not luck: the wit, timing, and vulnerability he brought to his defining roles were earned the hard way. He turned personal ruin, including a 1996 drug arrest and six months in Los Angeles County Jail, into the most bankable charisma in film history; California pardoned him in 2015. Redemption rarely scales like that, and I doubt we will see it again.

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Name (English)

Robert Downey Jr.

Name (Japanese)

ロバート・ダウニー・Jr

Reading

ろばーと・だうにー・Jr

Born

April 4, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Manhattan, New York, United States

Height

173 cm

Occupation

actor / television actor / film producer / singer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

High school

Santa Monica High School

Awards & achievements

• 2015 California Hall of Fame
• 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
• 1993 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• 1994 Golden Globe Awards
• 1993 Saturn Award for Best Actor
• 2009 Saturn Award for Best Actor
• 2014 Saturn Award for Best Actor
• 2019 Saturn Award for Best Actor

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/robertdowneyjr/
• Xhttps://x.com/RobertDowneyJr
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Downey%20Jr.
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%A6%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165219

Tags

• New York
• actor
• television actor
• film producer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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