American actor (born 1965)
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He turned a public unraveling into the most improbable second act in Hollywood: from tabloid wreckage in the early 2000s to the armored centerpiece of the biggest franchise on earth, then an Oscar thirty years after his first nomination.
Robert John Downey Jr. made his debut at five in his father's 1970 film Pound, spent the '80s rising through Brat Pack teen movies, and earned his first Academy Award nomination playing Charlie Chaplin in 1992. A cycle of arrests and rehab derailed him through the late '90s — he won a Golden Globe on Ally McBeal in 2000, then got fired in 2001 after more drug charges, finally getting sober in 2003. Mel Gibson paid his insurance bond to restart his career with The Singing Detective that year. Iron Man in 2008 made him the axis of the Marvel Cinematic Universe across ten films through Avengers:…
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I always had an interest in the story of everything. A little bit of an existential crisis always helps when you’re looking for a sea change.
You don’t get an education if you press a space bar, you know? You get an education if you open up the back of the TV. So yes.
It’s a very American thing to build up and break down and come back. It is in its own weird way the heroes journey.
It’s hard not to be occasionally overwhelmed by the enormity of the challenge we’re facing in this pandemic but nothing has slowed for the strong of spirit during this time.
I have the best fans in the world and I aim to utilise my platform for good — to share things I uncover about the world, climate, technology.
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