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Robert Downey Jr.
$\"Robert$ Downey in 2014
Born	Robert John Downey Jr. (1965-04-04) April 4, 1965 (age 59) New York City, U.S.
Other names	RDJ
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970\u2013present
Works	Filmography
Spouses	\n Deborah Falconer \n (m. 1992; div. 2004) \n Susan Levin (m. 2005)
Partner	Sarah Jessica Parker (1984\u20131991)
Children	3
Father	Robert Downey Sr.
Awards	Full list
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Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965)^[1] is an American actor. His films as a leading actor have grossed over $14 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. In 2008, Downey was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. From 2013 to 2015, he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid actor.\n

At the age of five, Downey made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s 1970 film Pound. He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films Weird Science (1985) and Less than Zero (1987). Downey's portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic Chaplin garnered him a BAFTA Award for Best Actor and his first Academy Award nomination. Following a stint at the Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility on drug charges, he joined the TV series Ally McBeal in 2000 and won a Golden Globe Award for the role. Downey was fired from the show in 2001 in the wake of additional drug charges. He stayed in a court-ordered drug treatment program and has maintained his sobriety since 2003.\n

Downey made his acting comeback in the 2003 film The Singing Detective, after Mel Gibson paid his insurance bond because completion bond companies would not insure him,^[2] and went on to star in the black comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), the thriller Zodiac (2007) and the action comedy Tropic Thunder (2008). Downey gained global recognition for starring as Iron Man in ten Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films, from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). He also played Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009), which earned him his second Golden Globe, and in its 2011 sequel.\n

Downey has also taken on dramatic parts in The Judge (2014) and Oppenheimer (2023), winning an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss in the latter. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing multiple characters in the black comedy miniseries The Sympathizer (2024), and made his Broadway debut that year, playing the title role in Ayad Akhtar's McNeal.\n

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Year\n	Song\n	Soundtrack\n	Notes\n
1992\n	\"Smile\"\n	Chaplin OST\n	On The Futurist\n
1993\n	\"The Star-Spangled Banner\"\n	Heart and Souls OST\n	With B.B. King\n
2000\n	\"White Christmas\"\n	Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas\n	With Vonda Shepard\n
\"River\"\n	\n
2001\n	\"Every Breath You Take\"\n	Ally McBeal: For Once in My Life featuring Vonda Shepard\n	With Sting\n
\"Chances Are\"\n	With Vonda Shepard\n
\"Snakes\"\n	\n
2003\n	\"In My Dreams\"\n	The Singing Detective OST\n	\n
2005\n	\"Broken\"\n	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang OST\n	On The Futurist\n

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