Robert Downey Jr. Turns 60: Look Back on His Major Life Milestones

He celebrates his 60th birthday on April 4th.

Robert Downey Jr. Turns 60: Look Back on His Major Life Milestones

Robert Downey Jr. is now one of the highest-grossing actors of all time, but he went on a rollercoaster journey to cement his status as a Hollywood legend. Born in April 1965, Downey Jr. is the younger of two children shared by the late Robert Downey Sr., an actor and filmmaker, and Elsie Ann Ford, an actress. Long before he became Tony Stark, Downey Jr. made his acting debut in his father’s  film Pound at the age of 5 and held a small role just…

Hardly anyone has such an ambivalent Hollywood career as Robert Downey Jr... Dizzying heights mix with cellar-deep setbacks. Today he becomes 60 years old and is as good as never before in his professional life as in his private life. Genius and madness often lie close together. This certainly applies to the native New York-born Robert Downey Jr.. The Hollywood superstar was one of the most promising talents of the dream factory in the 1980s and…

A man with several lives and resurrections. That could be said of Robert Downey Jr., and yet he would not reach to sum up his long career so far, the swings of his personal and professional life, and the uniqueness of his origins as an artist. He was the son of one of the visionaries of the underground cinema of the late 1960s, the one who formed him for great aspirations and also snatched the “Senior” from his own name. He was also a fashion ac…

The actor, star of 'Iron Man' and 'Sherlock Holmes', was born on April 4, 1965 in New York

The debut at 5 years old, the Marvel era and then the supporting Oscar for Oppenheimer (ANSA)