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From Drug Addict to Hollywood's Greatest Actor, Robert Downey Jr.

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By Mehedi Hasan ShawonPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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This dialogue in 'I Am Iron Man' - Avengers Endgame movie will be remembered by millions of movie lovers. Iron Man is the most famous and popular character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I am talking about Iron Man famous actor Robert Downey Jr.

The life of the famous actor 'Robert Downey Jr' was not like this. Today he is at the peak of success after overcoming many obstacles in life. Today we will know about different events of different times of his life.

Father becomes a superhero in everyone's life. But Robert Downey's life is different. In his life, his father appeared not as a superhero but as a super villain.

At the age of six, he gave up drugs! He started using heroin regularly from the age of six and became a full-fledged drug addict by the age of eight. He was so addicted to drugs that he was jailed more than three times due to excessive drug addiction. In 2001, he was jailed twice due to drug addiction. Robert Downey Jr.'s first wife left him in 1991 due to his drug addiction.

He was born on April 4, 1965 in a rich family. Because her father was a producer and mother was an actress. He got an opportunity to act in the movie 'Pound' directed by his father at the age of 5. Through this, he appeared in films.

After that, he worked in various movies but did not get much popularity. But in 1987, he acted as a drug addict in the movie "Less Than Zero" and caught the attention of critics. Since then he started getting film offers from big Hollywood producers.

But the best period of his acting career started from 2008. The iconic character of Marvel Comics rose to the peak of popularity by acting in the movie 'Iron Man'. Since then, he is known as Tony Stark or Iron Man. However, in 2009, he became famous for his role as a detective in Sherlock Holmes. He won the 'Golden Globe' Award in the Best Actor category for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes.

In 2008, he was paid half a million US dollars for his role in the movie Iron Man. Because of this success, he became the world's 'highest paid movie star' with a salary of more than 75 million US dollars in two movies, 'Avengers Infinity War' and 'Avengers Endgame'. But Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth were paid 25 million US dollars. The 3 Iron Man movies he starred in together grossed around $2.5 billion.

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owney Jr. is one of the most influential actors in the world with his acting skills and good manners. Robert Downey Jr.'s movies are very popular. His life has a story of turning around from failure. If you want to know the story of success from failure, you must watch this video. From his whole life there are success stories of failed people. He played the role of Tony Stark in the movie Iron Man. Marvel Studios started the Avengers series by Robert Downey Jr. Robert Downey Jr.'s childhood was far from happy. His father allowed him to take drugs since childhood. Robert Downey Jr.'s first wife left him due to drug addiction. He has been jailed several times for drug addiction. Robert Downey Jr. can be considered as a shining example of how to bounce back from failure. In 2008 came the best time of his career.

He got a lot of fame all over the world by acting in Iron Man movies. Since then, the progress of Robert Downey Jr. began. In 2009, Robert Downey Jr. played the role of Sherlock Holmes and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He is also the highest paid actor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He played one of the main roles in Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame movies.

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