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Robert John Downey, Jr. (born April 4, 1965)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.biography.com/people/robert-downey-jr-9542052#awesm=~oCxqtKtfHvhoGj )〕 is an American actor whose career has included critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, and a resurgence of commercial success in middle age. Making his screen debut at the age of five, appearing in his father's film ''Pound'' (1970), he appeared in roles associated with the Brat Pack, such as the teen sci-fi comedy ''Weird Science'' (1985) and the drama ''Less Than Zero'' (1987). Other films he has starred in include the action comedy ''Air America'' (1990), the comedy ''Soapdish'' (1991), and the crime film ''Natural Born Killers'' (1994). He starred as Charlie Chaplin, the title character in the 1992 film ''Chaplin'', which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. After being released in 2000 from the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison where he was on drug charges, Downey joined the cast of the TV series ''Ally McBeal'' playing Calista Flockhart's love interest. His performance was praised and he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film. His character was written out when Downey was fired after two drug arrests in late 2000 and early 2001. After one last stay in a court-ordered drug treatment program, Downey finally achieved sobriety. His more recent films include the musical comedy crime film ''The Singing Detective'' (2003), the supernatural horror film ''Gothika'' (2003), the crime comedy ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' (2005), the animated science fiction thriller ''A Scanner Darkly'' (2006), the mystery thriller ''Zodiac'' (2007), and the satirical action comedy ''Tropic Thunder'' (2008), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Beginning in 2008, Downey has portrayed the role of Marvel Comics superhero Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in several films as either the lead role, member of an ensemble cast, or in a cameo. He played the title character in Guy Ritchie's ''Sherlock Holmes'' (2009) and its sequel (2011). Downey has starred in several movies that have each grossed over $500 million at the box office worldwide. Three of those films, ''The Avengers'', ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' and ''Iron Man 3'', each earned over $1 billion. For three consecutive years from 2012-2015, 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. ==Early life and family== Downey was born in Manhattan, New York, the younger of two children. His father, Robert Downey Sr., is an actor and filmmaker, while his mother, Elsie Ann (née Ford), was also an actress, who appeared in Downey Sr.'s films. Downey's father is of half Lithuanian Jewish, one quarter Hungarian Jewish, and one quarter Irish, descent, while Downey's mother has Scottish, German, and Swiss ancestry.〔Stated on ''Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.'', PBS, April 22, 2012〕 Downey and his older sister, Allyson, grew up in Greenwich Village. As a child, Downey was "surrounded by drugs". His father, a drug addict, allowed Downey to use marijuana at age six, an incident which his father has said he now regrets.〔 Downey stated that drug use became an emotional bond between him and his father: "When my dad and I would do drugs together, it was like him trying to express his love for me in the only way he knew how." Eventually, Downey began spending every night abusing alcohol and "making a thousand phone calls in pursuit of drugs". During his childhood Downey had minor roles in his father's films. He made his acting debut at the age of five, playing a sick puppy in the absurdist comedy ''Pound'' (1970), and then at aged seven appeared in the surrealist ''Greaser's Palace'' (1972).〔 At the age of ten, he was living in England and studied classical ballet as part of a larger curriculum. He attended the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York as a teenager. When his parents divorced in 1978, Downey moved to California with his father, but in 1982 he dropped out of Santa Monica High School and moved back to New York to pursue an acting career full-time. Downey and Kiefer Sutherland, who shared the screen together in the 1988 drama film ''1969'', were roommates for three years when he first moved to Hollywood to pursue his career in acting.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-celebroommates/2/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Downey, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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