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Robert Downey Jr.
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Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:

The son of once-celebrated independent movie director Robert Downey--and a dead ringer for his father's younger self--this brash young actor debuted on-screen as a puppy in his father's satire Pound (1970). He won small roles in such films as Firstborn (1984), Weird Science (1985), and Back to School (1986). A quick-witted performer with a ready smirk, he outpaced his fellow Brat Packers with performances that stood out in, but didn't quite redeem, spotty-at-best films such as Less Than Zero (1987), The Pick-up Artist (1987), and Johnny Be Good (1988). Following a strong supporting role as a young, idealistic lawyer and foil to James Woods' jaded ex-activist in True Believer (1989), he displayed both charm and comic prowess in the comedy/fantasy Chances Are (1989), and got to play buddies with Mel Gibson in the flop Air America (1990). He seemed ill at ease (and badly miscast) as a slimy soap-opera producer in the ensemble comedy Soapdish (1991), and didn't fare much better in his father's comedy Too Much Sun (also 1991).

He then devoted himself to learning everything he could learn--or absorb in some way--about Charlie Chaplin, in order to play the movies' supreme genius in both onscreen and offscreen guise, from youth to old age. His performance in Chaplin (1992) was nothing short of astonishing, and it earned him an Academy Award nomination. That's a tough act to follow, but he did, by delivering an assured comic performance in the sentimental fantasy Heart and Souls (1993). He participated in the freeform documentary The Last Party (also 1993), set at the 1992 Democratic National Convention; his father appears in the film as well. Recent credits include Short Cuts (1993), Natural Born Killers and Only You (both 1994).

Robert Downey Jr. stared in:

Title Year Saw with/at: Scene On Rating
Weird Science 1985 With Jessica 0000-00-00 ** 1/2
Back To School 1986 With Jessica 0000-00-00 *** 1/2
Chances Are 1989 With Jessica 0000-00-00 ****
Air America 1990 With Jessica 0000-00-00 **
Soapdish 1991 With Trish at Showcase Orange 0000-00-00 ***
Heart and Souls 1993 I don't remember 0000-00-00 **
Short Cuts 1993 With Bob Sandine at Cine 1-4 0000-00-00 *
Only You 1994 Don't Remebert 0000-00-00 ** 1/2
Home for the Holidays 1995 Suzy 2024-02-19 ***
U. S. Marshals 1998 On DVD 0000-00-00 ** 1/2
Bowfinger 1999 In Chicago Suburb with Neil Olsen and Shrini Vassan 0000-00-00 ***
Wonder Boys 2000 2001-05-18 ***
Good Night, and Good Luck 2005 w/ Suzy on DVD 2006-05-19 *** 1/2
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005 2008-11-02 ** 1/2
Iron Man 2008 Wallingford Holiday 2008-05-09 ***
The Incredible Hulk 2008 2008-11-15 **
Tropic Thunder 2008 Suzy and Kendra 2008-11-21 ** 1/2
Sherlock Holmes 2009 Suzy 2010-01-22 ***
Iron Man 2 2010 Family 2010-11-20 **
Due Date 2010 Suzy 2011-04-18 * 1/2
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011 Suzy 2012-07-15 * 1/2
The Avengers 2012 Rave North Haven 2012-06-15 ***
Iron Man 3 2013 2013-11-15 ** 1/2
Chef 2014 Suzy 2014-08-10 *** 1/2
Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 Suzy 2015-09-01 * 1/2
Captain America: Civil War 2016 On airplane to AK 2016-08-11 *
Spider-Man: Homecoming 2017 Plane to Phoenix 2017-10-10 ** 1/2
Avengers: Infinity War 2018 Hanna at Middletown 2018-04-27 *
Avengers: Endgame 2019 Suzy and Hanna at Middletown 2019-04-26 * 1/2
Oppenheimer 2023 Suzy 2023-11-11 ** 1/2