Time gives birth to its heroes. If fifty years ago, ladies, watching a movie novelty in a movie theater, delightedly stood still, watching the courageous Richard Burton, the handsome Marlon Brando or the charismatic Paul Newman, then today's cinema offers to appreciate other idols. “There is a time for everything,” the famous saying goes. Cinema no longer plays the role for which it was conceived, turning into a completely entertaining action. One thing is good: even among modern cinematic crafts, you can find a real diamond. That diamond is Robert Downey Jr. The biography of the actor is quite entertaining.
Origin
Two-time Golden Globe laureate, two-time nominee for the most prestigious film award in the world, as well as the lucky BAFTA prize winner Robert Downey Jr., it seems, was originally kissed by fate. A successful actor, the idol of millions of people, regardless of their gender and age, producer and musician, he has come a long way, and his fame is fully deserved. Films with Robert Downey Jr. are loved and appreciated throughout the world.
Robert, the fruit of love from the creative union of director Robert Downey Sr. and actress Elsie Ford, was born in New York in 1965. Looking at the actor’s typically Irish physiognomy , it is impossible to imagine that a fraction of Slavic blood flows in his veins, but, however, this is so. Downey Jr. is a descendant of Russian-Jewish emigrants on his father, and does not hesitate at all.
Carier start
From the very beginning, Robert proved that he can play the most unexpected roles. So, at the age of five, he played not just anyone, but a sick puppy in the rather unusual film "Corral." The debut of the boy could not leave indifferent neither the producers, nor Downey Sr., who, as if seeing his son for the first time, began to film him in his own paintings. Robert was lucky to play in several films of his father, and he always remembers this period of his career with great warmth.
An interesting period came in Robert's life - when he was ten years old, he studied classical ballet in the UK and, as if forgetting that he had once dreamed of becoming an actor, began to dream about a career in ballet. But fate cannot be deceived, and the cinema itself has found a future star.
Universities
In 1982, Robert moved to the "sleepless" city of New York, which always attracted him and attracted him, and was already seriously engaged in acting.
The filmography of Robert Downey Jr. begins with one of the popular television shows in America of the eighties, "Saturday Night Live", which, incidentally, opened up a lot of stars to the world. A handsome and charming young man who, apparently, also had remarkable talent, immediately fell in love with both the audience and the producers. Robert himself also tasted the glory and firmly decided that his future was connected only with the blue screen. Appetite, as you know, comes only during meals, and the young ambitious actor soon realized that he was cramped on television. He was attracted by Hollywood.
First achievements
Filmography of Robert Downey Jr. probably would not have been so interesting and varied, if not for one case ... But more on that later. The first film of Robert in the "City of Cinema" was the comedy "Specialist in Production", in which the actor was lucky to get the main role. This work was followed by several more of the same type of paintings, and Robert was already beginning to think that he was stuck forever in the image of a charming dandy, when suddenly he turned up the very case that every person has only once in his life. The script for the film Less Than Zero did not inspire confidence - it was too gloomy. However, Robert Downey Jr., whose filmography a little later simply began to dazzle with various unusual roles, was the proud owner of a scent for good directors. Robert was not mistaken - the picture became incredibly successful and even a cult, and his role as a teenager, who understands that there’s nowhere else to fall, brought the young actor real fame.
Awards
Every good actor always prefers to work in the theater than in the movie. Many artists claim that working in the theater, you not only maintain such necessary contact with the audience, but also understand that you have no right to make a mistake, because there will be no “second take” on the stage, this obliges you to get together and play for real brilliantly. And good actors watch old silent films. Downey Jr considered himself a fan of a little movie and sincerely admired Charlie Chaplin, whose genius to some extent did not give him rest. Robert probably could not have imagined that one day he, an almost unknown actor, would risk "trying on" the image of the legendary comedian ... However, this happened. And the image "sat on it" like a glove. The film Chaplin, released in 1992, received incredibly high praise, and Robert from a simple actor turned into an actor of class A. He also received his first Baft and nominations for Golden Globe and Oscar. It was by no means shameful to lose Al Pacino, especially since the superstitious Robert was seriously afraid that after such a crushing success, he would never see such luck ... However, he was mistaken. Since then, the filmography of Robert Downey Jr. has only begun to replenish with quality paintings.
Dependence
Alas, at some point Robert broke. Success really turned his head. And for some time he, as they say, set off in all serious ways, just living his life. In the end, he realized that he was sick ... The film "Less Than Zero" to some extent proved to be prophetic, and the actor was horrified to realize that he was as much suffering from drug addiction as his hero in the same picture, which became his first step to success. However, it is not enough to understand - you also need to strive to somehow get out of this swamp ... And it was very difficult for the actor to do this. It would seem, here it is, the inglorious finale - Robert Downey Jr.’s filmography is finished, and the once young promising actor is doomed to a terrible death from drugs ... Drunkenness, scandals, fights - all this began to haunt Chaplin, then was fired from the studio, and then real imprisonment for possession of drugs and weapons. The miracle helped.
Love
Not only the filmography of Robert Downey Jr suffered from drug addiction of the actor. Robert's first wife, unable to bear the nightmare in which her husband dipped her, eventually left him. And for him, this only became an additional reason to kill himself as soon as possible. When Robert was offered to play in the movie "Gothic", he was not sure that he wanted to take on the project. And yet he took it.
Apparently, he felt that his salvation was here ... And he was not mistaken. Susan Levin, the producer of the picture, became his good angel. It was she who helped him again become the former Robert, breathed fresh energy into him. After some time, the actor, cured of addiction, suggested the chosen one to become his wife.
Private life
The filmography of Robert Downey Jr. is a real flower garden, in which you can find both real masterpieces of world cinema, as well as simple but effective films. Oddly enough, among all his many awards, Robert identifies only one - Susan. The wife of Robert Downey Jr. is still his guardian angel and manager at the same time, and thanks to her, the actor gets good roles in interesting projects. She is sympathetic to the many fans of her husband who literally attack him. Yes, despite the fact that Robert Downey Jr. is not tall, the actor is considered a real sex symbol.