Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an
American actor. His career has been characterized by critical success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, and a surge in popular and commercial success later in his career. In 2008, Downey was named by Time magazine among the 100 most influential people in the world, and from 2013 to 2015, he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid actor. At the age of five, he made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey
Sr.'s film
Pound in 1970. He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films
Weird Science (1985) and
Less Than Zero (1987). In 1992, Downey portrayed Charlie
Chaplin in the biopic
Chaplin, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor...
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