Robert Downey Jr. is an American actor known for his wide range of big-budget movies i.e “Iron Man”, “Chaplin”,“ Avengers”, “ Sherlock Holmes”. Downey inhabited the position of one of the most meritorious and honorable actors and directors in Hollywood. Even after 4 decades in the business, he retains his elegant and cool glance.
Abrupt Facts About Robert Downey
| Born | April 4, 1965 ( age 56), Manhattan, New York the USA |
| Awards | BAFTA Awards 1992 Golden Globe Awards 1994Kids’ Choice Awards 2014MTV Movie Awards 2019 |
| Unforgettable Movie | Avengers Endgame |
| RDJ Net worth ($USD). | The US $300 million |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Actor, Producer |
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Family Stature
Born on April 4, 1964, in Manhattan, New York City, US. Loving son of an actor. and filmmaker Robert Downey sr. and actress Allyson Downey. His father is half Lithuanian-Jewish and half of the Irish descent and Downey’s mother had Scottish, German, and Swiss origin. Downey and his rustier sister Allyson ripened in Greenwich Village They both were involved in the industry from a very young age. When his parents divorced he used to move with his father to California but later dropped his high school and went to New York to incite full-time acting.
Height and Weight
Downey is 5 feet 9 inches tall and His weight varies from movie to movie
Drug In Life
At a minor age, he was surrounded by drugs, his father was a drug stoner and allowed Downey to consume marijuana at age six. He confesses in a conference that taking drugs with his father was a wonderful juncture for him, it was just like they jointly share their love and illustrate it by taking drugs. Downey commenced spending every night abusing liquor and bringing about a thousand phone calls in quest of drugs.
Challenges and Struggle in life
Downey’s personal life was full of sufferings and critical junctures. In May 1992 Downey married actress, Deborah Falconer. Two years later they had a son named ‘Indio’.
Later Downey’s status was coined as a father and a husband but it was not more, his life was changed In June 1996 he was found naked driving his Porsche and also consumed cocaine, heroin, and a .357 Magnum. After all that, within a month later he found again performing a pushing attempt, he found passed out in a neighbor’s house.
For the upcoming years, he was in the headlines, Downey’s career was almost coming to an end. For around 12 months he was in prison, Downey was arrested again in November 2000 this time he was found consuming cocaine in a Palm Spring hotel room, wearing a Wonder Woman costume. On 24 April 2001 Downey was arrested again and was divorced by Falconer in 2004.
Love Life of Robert Downey Jr.?
Robert Downey Jr. married Deborah Falconer after dating her for around 6 weeks, the relationship lasted for 12 years. But due to Downey’s drug addiction, Falconer left him in 2001 and finally divorced in 2004.
In 2005 he got married to Susan Levin, Downey met Susan on the set of her film ” Gothika” in 2003. At first, she was not interested in him. But ultimately, things turned romantic between them. Now more than 15 years have passed, they are happy and married and live a happy and romantic life together.
Susan Levin, now named Susan Downey, has 2 kids with Robert Downey named Exton and Every. Dewey’s oldest child, Indio was born in 1993 to her first wife.
Unfortunately, Indio has the same drug addiction as his father Robert Downey Jr he was also arrested in 2014 for possession of cocaine.
What is The story behind the making of Tony Stark?
During his adolescence, Downey had played nominal roles in his father’s films. Robert made his acting career at the age of 5 in absurdist comedy Pound (1970) and then he appeared at the age of 7 in the surrealist Western Greaser’s Palace (1972). Downey made his appearance in films such as Baby, It’s You (1983), Firstborn (1984), Weird Science (1985), and Back to School (1986). Downey, from a minor age to (1996-2001) his career troubles and (2001-2008) his career came back and at present: Iron Man, blockbuster movies and supplementary success. He is considered to be one of the best personalities in Hollywood. In 1992 he played the title role in the movie “Chaplin” which led him to be nominated for an Academic Award and BAFTA Award for best actor in a leading role.
What is Robert Downey Jr. Net Worth (US $ 300 MILLION )
In 2021, Robert Downey jr net worth is assessed to be $300 million. RDJ is one of the richest actors in Hollywood, he was the highest-paid actor in Marvel cinematic universe for Infinity war he charged $75 million, and for his first Avenger movie(2012) he charged $50 Million. Robert Downey Jr was reimbursed $500,000 for his role in Iron Man back in 2008. He usually charges a sum of $30 Million for his movies.
What are Robert Downey Jr Upcoming Movies?
In the next few years, Robert Downey Jr. will appear in numerous films that span various genres and he will continue as a star of his fans.
Some of his upcoming movies are shortlisted below:
| What if…?& Black Widow | 2021Disney+ series marvel cinematic universe |
| All-star weekend- TBA | 2021Saturday night live |
| Sherlock Holmes 3- On Hold | 22 December 2021Digital spy |
| Untitled John Brinkley Biopic | No release update team Downey films |
How Robert Downey or Tony Stark Earn?
Robert Downey Earnings
From his career uplift in 2008, he gave back to back blockbusters of the year
and become the favorite and most loving celebrity of the industry
Some of his blockbusters movies with collection (in cr) are below:
| Movie Name | Avengers Endgame |
| Release Date | 26 Jan 0209 |
| Total Gross | 373.22 cr |
| Movie Name | Avengers Infinity |
| Release Date | 27 April 2018 |
| Total Gross | 227.43 cr |
| Movie Name | Spiderman |
| Release Date | 7 July 2017 |
| Total Gross | 59.96 cr |
| Movie Name | Avengers age of Ultron |
| Release Date | 24 April 0201 |
| Total Gross | 80 cr. |
How much is Robert Downey Jr net worth in 2021?
Robert Downey Life after Tony Stark;
A boy who was addicted to drugs at the age of 8 years by his father. After a struggling and addictive life at a younger age, our hero Robert Downey Jr has grown up from his lost career, full of trash to an estimated worth of US $300 Million in 2021.
Most of his revenue was generated from his role as Tony Stark ( I.e. iron man) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He first appeared in the 2008 “Iron man” movie which was a blockbuster at the box office and Downey takes a comic character, into a famous and most loved superhero of millions of fans. After seeing the success of Iron man the board of directors decided to take the MCU to the next level of movies.
Tony Stark made his last appearance in 2019 “Avengers Endgame” and his contract for MCU was suspended as he was not seen as Tony Stark in further MCU phase 4 movies.
Pre-Marvel Career (Struggle phase of life of Tony Stark)
He was always a recognizable actor in the industry and made fame at a young age. Because his father, Robert Downey Sr. was a producer in Hollywood he stepped into the industry at a very young age of 5 years and worked in various reality and live shows. He had been cast for movies each year.
His life wasn’t full of pleasant, instead of joys and pleasure he grabbed into addiction in his 90’s and early 2000 years. His career was almost lost. He sent to prison several times because of taking cocaine, and other addictive drugs,
He was fired from his job and divorced by his first wife and left alone with his son Indio.
It was 2003 when he stuck off the addiction to drugs and decided to take his career again on track. And from 2003, he has been drug-free ever since. “The singing director” was his first film after three years of prison and drug-free asylum. From that point, he started to build his career in Hollywood and the industry began to trust him.
Becoming Tony Stark: (The Iron Man )
Finally, our hero Robert Downey Jr got the role for which he is made of!
Marvel announced Iron Man(2008) and Robert Downey as Tony Stark ( the iron man). From that movie, Robert gave the track to his career. Not even a track but he become a global extravaganza (phenomenon). When Marvel announced Downey as the lead role of Iron Man, some thought that the movie was a big flop but it became a blockbuster.
From that movie, Robert Downey had given $500000 which led to a great boost Robert Downey jr net worth at the time the movie was able to gather a total of $580 Million. Iron Man 2008 uplift the position of Downey at that time and he was considered to be the abundant actor at that time.
From Iron Man 1, Downey was signed for upcoming movies from marvel like Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3,
The Avengers, Age of Ultron, Civil war, which made him generate a lot of RDJ net worth. He also introduced the character of the “amazing spider-man” Avengers Endgame was his last movie in MCU, but he was in the lead role in 9 movies in MCU. which generated Robert Downey jr. net worth, He earned more than all other co-actors. He gained almost 8% profit from MCU.
What after MCU?
Robert Downey Jr. Will appeared in one more MCU movie i.e. “What If…&Black widow” he was not in the lead role but still charged $20 Million for his appearance in the movie.
He gained a wealth of about $300 Million, which is enough to run his early career. After MCU he gave his appearance in Dolittle in 2020 and will appear in the lead role of “Sherlock Holmes” in 2021 for the third time.
But these movies will not be able to inflate his wealth as much as Iron man uplifts his wealth
Still, he was alive in the hearts of millions of his fans. Stay Updated with us