Robert Downey jr. has been acting
forever from a very young age he's had
parts in his father Robert Downey
seniors movies born to a director and an
actress
he seemed destined for a career in
showbiz I know who I am
I'm a goob Lena dude disguised as
another dude and what a career it's been
beginning with his dad's movie pound in
1970 he made his big screen debut as a
puppy there little by little his career
started to take off Robert Downey jr.
has held a few different positions in
Hollywood and has gone from one of the
lowest to one of the highest-paid actors
of all time this is the amazing
evolution of Robert Downey jr. in movies
venturing outside of his father's films
Downey jr. was cast as cool guy Ian in
the 1985 classic weird science the actor
was also part of the cast of Saturday
Night Live for a while before signing up
to play Julian a Coke addicted teenager
from 1987 s less than zero the movie was
based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel of
the same name and gave him the
opportunity to flex his dramatic chops
suddenly people were saying holy [ __ ]
this kid can act good thing too because
he was on his way to working with one of
the most in-demand actors of the time
someone who would turn out to be a very
important ally down the road working
with Mel Gibson on 1990s air America the
two actors became fast friends as Billy
Downey played a young pilot who loses
his license during the Vietnam War era
as a result his job opportunities are
minimal so when he's recruited to fly
delivery planes and Laos he accepts the
only downside is that his peers and
bosses are actually all dangerous
criminals and what started as a neat
employment opportunity quickly erodes
into a life-threatening situation as a
director Richard Attenborough told the
stories of important historical figures
Winston Churchill Mahatma Gandhi and
Ernest Hemingway to name a few but it
was when he saw to tell the story of
comedy legend Charlie Chaplin that he
crossed paths with Robert Downey jr. the
role required versatility someone who
can nail Chaplin's comedic timing as
well as his tortured soul audiences were
taken aback by what the actor could do
and were in awe of the physical
resemblance between the two men the
Academy took notice too and come award
season his performance earned him a
nomination in the
Best Actor category over the decade that
followed his Oscar nom the actor went
through struggles in his personal life
some of them got him into trouble with
Hollywood and as a result his reputation
came under fire after all the negative
press filmmakers were reluctant to cast
Downey jr. but if you take a look at his
eye on TV page it appears as though he
never stopped working even if there is a
noticeable difference in the quality of
his characters in 2003 a good word from
old friend Mel Gibson went a long way in
talking with the team behind the singing
detective Gibson suggested they also
cast our DJ and vouched for his friend
in a big way which some people argue was
the turning point of his whole career
cited among lifelong fans as their
favorite are DJ performance Kiss Kiss
Bang Bang was the birthplace of a
brand-new kind of sarcastic wiseass and
if you haven't seen it you really should
directed by Shane Black and co-starring
Val Kilmer the movie is a twisting
murder mystery with some of the most
epic and witty exchanges of all time and
if you can keep up with the
back-and-forth you'll probably agree the
2005 comedy seemed to soften audiences
up a little and the actors career picked
up steam and hasn't stopped since in his
work as Harry Lockhart our DJ proved
that he can handle the kind of dialogue
that requires a sharp tongue good thing
too because perfectly timed rants happen
to be the main export of the next big
character heading his way without a
question the actor is a household name
because of his work as Tony Stark aka
Iron Man the relatively niche character
is now a veritable worldwide phenomena
and audiences will flood the theater
every single time the Avenger appears on
the big screen that's good news for
everyone fans get more of what they want
the studio gets to expand the Cinematic
Universe and the actor gets to keep
playing a character he clearly loves
it's a good thing that playing Stark has
been such a positive experience so far
since iron man still has a few more
appearances to make clearly Robert
Downey jr. is a man of many talents his
characters are layered and complex
always interesting that the amount of
layers belonging to Curt Lazarus
Tropic Thunder is over-the-top and
that's exactly the point
the dude playing a dude disguised as
another dude is an oscar-winning
Australian method actor who gets cast as
a soldier and then turn
to a soldier for real you know what it's
complicated
just do yourself a favor and watch the
movie by 2009 our DJ had experience
playing characters that had first become
famous in books and since the stories of
Sherlock Holmes have been corrupted so
many times we can't blame anyone who is
skeptical when they first heard about
the Guy Ritchie reboot with Jude Law
playing the Watson to his Holmes downy
blue viewers away with his take on the
titular detective and even won a Golden
Globe for the movie was incredibly
successful and so was its sequel
recently it was announced that the
franchise is getting a third installment
and we can't wait in between saving the
world and being a dad the actor has also
founded a production company fittingly
named team Downey along with his wife
Susan they recently produced the film
called the judge in 2014 and because he
clearly didn't have enough on his plate
already he starred in it too
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