Top 10 Facts about Robert Downey JR aka Ironman !

"Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn't mean you have to stay there."

-Robert Downey JR.

1-Bright lights, big city! When Robert was 16, he quit school and moved back to New York to start his acting career. His first gigs were in off-Broadway plays.

2-His father, Robert Downey Sr., is an actor and filmmaker, while his mother Elsie Ann, was an actress who appeared in Downey Sr.’s films.

3-He married his first wife after dating her for only 42 days.

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4-As a child, Downey was “surrounded by drugs”. His father, a drug addict, allowed Downey to use marijuana at age six.

5-Downey was a huge fan of the Iron Man comics as a child.

6-The people love him! He has taken home three People’s Choice Awards – all for his work as Tony Stark aka Iron Man.

7-He’s multi-talented. Robert can sing as well as act. In 2004 he released a jazz album entitled “The Futurist.” 

8-He earned his first Oscar nomination for best Actor after starring as Charlie Chaplin in "Chaplin".

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9-As of 2018, the U.S. domestic box office grosses of Downey’s movies total over $4.3 billion, with worldwide grosses surpassing $9.6 billion, making Downey the fifth highest grossing U.S. domestic box office star of all time.

10-For three consecutive years from 2012 to 2015, Downey has topped the Forbes list of Hollywood’s highest-paid actors, making an estimated $80 million in earnings between June 2014 and June 2015.

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