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Biography

Robert Downey Jr. was raised in Greenwich Village with his sister Alison, by avant-garde filmmaker, Robert Downey Sr. and actress Elsie Downey. His mother…more

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4/4/1964, New York City, New York, USA

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Role
- Teen Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 Teen Choice Awards 2008
    8/4/08
- Ally McBeal
  Larry Paul
  - S 4: Ep 23 The Wedding
    5/21/01
  - S 4: Ep 22 Home Again
    5/14/01
  - S 4: Ep 21 Queen Bee
    5/7/01
  - S 4: Ep 20 Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade
    4/30/01
  - S 4: Ep 19 In Search of Barry White
    4/23/01
  - + 18 More Credits
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 18 Anjelica Huston & Billy Martin/George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
    5/24/86
  - S 11: Ep 17 Jimmy Breslin & Marvin Hagler/Level 42, E.G. Daily
    5/17/86
  - S 11: Ep 16 Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Simon/Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    5/10/86
  - S 11: Ep 15 Tony Danza/Laurie Anderson
    4/19/86
  - S 11: Ep 14 Oprah Winfrey/Joe Jackson
    4/12/86
  - + 13 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 105 Show #2912
    4/29/08
  - S 13: Ep 169 Show #2582
    6/28/06
  - S 12: Ep 87 Show #2306
    1/20/05
  - S 11: Ep 50 Show #2081
    11/21/03
  - S 3: Ep 95 Show #0534
    2/6/96
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (32)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 24: Ep 73 December 15, 2011
    12/15/11
  - S 23: Ep 41 November 2, 2010
    11/2/10
  - S 22: Ep 152 April 29, 2010
    4/29/10
  - S 22: Ep 72 December 18, 2009
    12/18/09
  - S 20: Ep 228 August 15, 2008
    8/15/08
  - + 4 More Credits
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 153 Robert Downey Jr./Dave Barry
    5/13/10
  - S 4: Ep 177 Robert Downey Jr./Amy Smart
    8/11/08
- GMTV
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 82 Monday 26th April
    4/26/10
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 13 Robert Downey Jr, Demi Moore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Clarkson, Louie Spence, Paul Weller.
    4/23/10
  - S 14: Ep 15 Robert Downey Jr, Michael Aspel, Gwyneth Paltrow, The Ting Tings.
    5/2/08
  - S 8: Ep 5 Robert Downey Jr., Jane Krakowski, Pamela Anderson, The Tears.
    4/22/05
- Live from Studio Five
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 70 Friday 18/12/09
    12/18/09
  - S 1: Ep 66 Monday 14/12/09
    12/14/09
- The Graham Norton Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 11 Episode 77
    12/14/09
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 286 Episode #2.286
    8/6/09
- MTV Movie Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 17: Ep 1 2008 MTV Movie Awards
    6/1/08
  - S 4: Ep 1 1995 MTV Movie Awards
    6/10/95
  - S 1: Ep 1 1992 MTV Movie Awards
    7/10/92
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 169 April 29, 2008
    4/29/08
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 79: Ep 1 The 79th Annual Academy Awards
    2/25/07
  - S 65: Ep 1 The 65th Annual Academy Awards
    3/29/93
  - S 61: Ep 1 The 61st Annual Academy Awards
    3/29/89
- America's Most Wanted
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 19 February 24, 2007
    2/24/07
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 18 Sting/Robert Downey Jr.
    9/27/06
  - S 3: Ep 122 Robert Downey Jr./KT Tunstall/Amanda Bynes.
    3/8/06
  - S 3: Ep 54 Robert Downey Jr./Maura Tierney
    11/17/05
  - S 2: Ep 62 Robert Downey Jr./Christine Lahti
    11/30/04
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 13 Robert Downey Jr.
    7/9/06
- The View
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 202 July 7, 2006
    7/7/06
  - S 8: Ep 101 Downey/Marie
    1/25/05
- Family Guy
  Patrick Pewterschmidt
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Fat Guy Strangler
    11/27/05
- GMTV Today
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 225 Friday 11th November
    11/11/05
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 34 Robert Downey Jr, Steve Irwin, Alison Krauss and Union Station
    11/10/05
- At The Movies
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 39 9th November, 2005
    11/9/05
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 14: Ep 79 Show #3023
    10/17/05
  - S 13: Ep 107 Show #2828
    12/2/04
  - S 12: Ep 65 Show #2561
    9/22/03
- Shootout
  Self
  - S 2: Ep 27 Robert Downey jr., Val Kimer, Joel Silver, Shane Black
    5/22/05
  - S 1: Ep 20 Oscars 2004
    2/29/04
- The Paul O'Grady Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 35 Episode 35
    4/29/05
- This Morning
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 81 Monday 25th April
    4/25/05
- Last Call with Carson Daly
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 57 Robert Downey Jr. / Richard Kind
    2/1/05
- Shootout
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 14 Robert Downey Jr.
    1/18/04
- The Frank Skinner Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 6 Michael Moore, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Stipe
    11/14/03
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 40 10/24/03
    10/24/03
- Coming Attractions
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 8 Underworld; Runaway Jury; The Singing Detective; Gothika
    9/18/03
- Ally McBeal
  Larry Paul (uncredited)
  - S 5: Ep 17 Love Is All Around (2)
    4/15/02
  - S 5: Ep 15 Heart and Soul
    3/4/02
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 22: Ep 6 Robert Downey Jr./Fiona Apple
    11/16/96
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 211 August 10, 1990
    8/10/90
  - S 1: Ep 4 January 6, 1989
    1/6/89
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 9: Ep 74 Show #1341
    8/1/90

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- Robert studied classical ballet when he was 10 and attending the Perry House School in Chelsea in London, England.
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- Robert was forced to wear platform shoes during filming of Sherlock Holmes as director Guy Ritchie wanted him & co-star Jude Law to be the same height. The elevated heels caused Robert to stumble repeatedly throughout the shooting of the film.
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- Robert practices kung-fu with a trainer on a daily basis.
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- Robert: The best thing I can do, and I think this is the thing that's been my saving grace, is consider myself a worker amongst workers. When I deviate from that, things just don't turn out so sweet for me.
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- Robert: I've seen a bunch of movies where you think, here comes the big action sequence and there's the explosion and... That's when I go off to get more popcorn because I know the guys at the CGI studio or the stunt guys have taken over and I'm not following the story any more.
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- Robert: (on playing "Sherlock Holmes" and comparing his portrayal to those to play the role before him) In case you aren't aware I had a hell of a summer, and it's made me much more viable to play a lead role than I might have been in the past. And clearly I'm going to do it better than it's ever been done before.
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