Robert Downey, Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Holl… Read Full Bio ↴Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after three decades in the business. Downey received an Academy Award nomination and won the BAFTA (British Academy Award) for Best Actor for his performance in the title role of Chaplin, released in 1992 by TriStar Pictures.
This fall, the actor strikes out in a new direction with the release of The Futurist, his debut album as a singer/songwriter, on the Sony Classical label. Working in collaboration with producers Jonathan Elias and Mark Hudson in a style he calls .highbrow pop with jazz and classical influences,. Downey has written eight powerful, deeply felt new songs for The Futurist, which also includes two striking covers . Charlie Chaplin.s .Smile,. featuring jazz bassist Charlie Haden, and the Yes classic .Your Move,. with Yes.s Jon Anderson joining him on the vocal. Downey began playing music and writing songs when he was a struggling actor in New York some 20 years ago, with influences as diverse as Harry Nilsson and Steely Dan, and The Police and U2. After years of encouragement from friends and colleagues, the actor decided to go into the studio and build his first album (for which he also designed the cover) largely on original tunes that have been around for several years as well new songs he recently wrote. .This is the most haunting and daunting thing you could ever decide to dedicate yourself to,. he said of making the record. .It.s so collaborative, and I.ve been working with so many great musicians. With Jonathan and Mark, I.ve learned more in the last two months than in the last 10 years. The process has been really gratifying.. Downey has written songs for films in which he appeared, and his smoky, expressive singing was also featured in his award-winning performance on the television series Ally McBeal.
Downey has currently finished production on two films. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is an action comedy that co-stars Val Kilmer. In the Warner Bros. film, Downey plays a thief who masquerades as an actor. The film is slated to be released in 2005. The second film is Richard Linklater.s futuristic drama A Scanner Darkly. The film costars Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Woody Harrelson, living in an America that has lost the war on drugs.
In October 2003 Downey was seen in two very different films. The first being the ICON film The Singing Detective, which was a musical/drama/remake of the popular BBC hit of the same name. The film has Downey singing and dancing alongside Adrien Brody, Katie Holmes and Robin Wright-Penn. The second film was the Warner Bros. thriller Gothika starring Halle Berry and Penelope Cruz. Downey played a psychiatrist who works in a mental institution.
Downey made his primetime television debut in 2001 joining the cast of the Fox TV series Ally McBeal, playing the role of attorney Larry Paul. For this role, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Comedy Series. In addition, Downey was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
In 2000, Downey co-starred with Michael Douglas and Toby Maguire in Wonder Boys, directed by Curtis Hanson. In this dramatic comedy, Downey played the role of a bisexual literary agent. In April 2000 he starred alongside Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy in the hit comedy Bowfinger.
In September of 1999 he starred in Black and White, written and directed by James Toback, along with Ben Stiller, Elijah Wood, Gaby Hoffman, Brooke Shields and Claudia Schiffer. Black and White is about a group of white high school teens and their excursions into the lives of Harlem.s black hip-hop crowd. In January of 1999, he starred with Annette Bening and Aidan Quinn in the Dreamworks SKG film In Dreams, directed by Neil Jordan, playing the villain.
In 1998, Downey co-starred with Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes in Warner Bros. U.S. Marshals, directed by Stuart Baird. Also, he starred with Heather Graham and Natasha Gregson Wagner in the critically acclaimed Two Girls and a Guy, directed by James Toback.
In 1997, Downey was seen in Robert Altman.s The Gingerbread Man, starring with Kenneth Branagh, Daryl Hannah and Embeth Davidtz; Hugo Pool, directed by his father Robert Downey Sr., starring Sean Penn and Patrick Dempsey; and in New Line Cinema.s One Night Stand, directed by Mike Figgis and starring Wesley Snipes and Nastassja Kinski.
In 1995, Downey starred in Miramax's Restoration, with Hugh Grant, Meg Ryan and Ian McKellen, directed by Michael Hoffman. Also that year, he starred in Richard III, for MGM/UA, in which he appears opposite his Restoration co-star McKellen. In Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (1994), with Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis, Downey starred as a tabloid TV journalist who exploits a murderous couple's killing spree to boost his ratings.
In Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993), he appeared as an aspiring film make-up artist whose best friend commits murder. For the comedy Hearts and Souls (1993), Downey starred as a young man with a special relationship with four ghosts.
His other film credits include The Last Party, Soapdish, Air America, Chances Are, True Believer, Johnny Be Good, 1969, Less Than Zero, The Pick-Up Artist, Back to School, Tuff Turf, Weird Science, Firstborn and Pound, in which he made his feature film debut and which was directed by Robert Downey Sr.
This fall, the actor strikes out in a new direction with the release of The Futurist, his debut album as a singer/songwriter, on the Sony Classical label. Working in collaboration with producers Jonathan Elias and Mark Hudson in a style he calls .highbrow pop with jazz and classical influences,. Downey has written eight powerful, deeply felt new songs for The Futurist, which also includes two striking covers . Charlie Chaplin.s .Smile,. featuring jazz bassist Charlie Haden, and the Yes classic .Your Move,. with Yes.s Jon Anderson joining him on the vocal. Downey began playing music and writing songs when he was a struggling actor in New York some 20 years ago, with influences as diverse as Harry Nilsson and Steely Dan, and The Police and U2. After years of encouragement from friends and colleagues, the actor decided to go into the studio and build his first album (for which he also designed the cover) largely on original tunes that have been around for several years as well new songs he recently wrote. .This is the most haunting and daunting thing you could ever decide to dedicate yourself to,. he said of making the record. .It.s so collaborative, and I.ve been working with so many great musicians. With Jonathan and Mark, I.ve learned more in the last two months than in the last 10 years. The process has been really gratifying.. Downey has written songs for films in which he appeared, and his smoky, expressive singing was also featured in his award-winning performance on the television series Ally McBeal.
Downey has currently finished production on two films. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is an action comedy that co-stars Val Kilmer. In the Warner Bros. film, Downey plays a thief who masquerades as an actor. The film is slated to be released in 2005. The second film is Richard Linklater.s futuristic drama A Scanner Darkly. The film costars Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Woody Harrelson, living in an America that has lost the war on drugs.
In October 2003 Downey was seen in two very different films. The first being the ICON film The Singing Detective, which was a musical/drama/remake of the popular BBC hit of the same name. The film has Downey singing and dancing alongside Adrien Brody, Katie Holmes and Robin Wright-Penn. The second film was the Warner Bros. thriller Gothika starring Halle Berry and Penelope Cruz. Downey played a psychiatrist who works in a mental institution.
Downey made his primetime television debut in 2001 joining the cast of the Fox TV series Ally McBeal, playing the role of attorney Larry Paul. For this role, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Comedy Series. In addition, Downey was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
In 2000, Downey co-starred with Michael Douglas and Toby Maguire in Wonder Boys, directed by Curtis Hanson. In this dramatic comedy, Downey played the role of a bisexual literary agent. In April 2000 he starred alongside Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy in the hit comedy Bowfinger.
In September of 1999 he starred in Black and White, written and directed by James Toback, along with Ben Stiller, Elijah Wood, Gaby Hoffman, Brooke Shields and Claudia Schiffer. Black and White is about a group of white high school teens and their excursions into the lives of Harlem.s black hip-hop crowd. In January of 1999, he starred with Annette Bening and Aidan Quinn in the Dreamworks SKG film In Dreams, directed by Neil Jordan, playing the villain.
In 1998, Downey co-starred with Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes in Warner Bros. U.S. Marshals, directed by Stuart Baird. Also, he starred with Heather Graham and Natasha Gregson Wagner in the critically acclaimed Two Girls and a Guy, directed by James Toback.
In 1997, Downey was seen in Robert Altman.s The Gingerbread Man, starring with Kenneth Branagh, Daryl Hannah and Embeth Davidtz; Hugo Pool, directed by his father Robert Downey Sr., starring Sean Penn and Patrick Dempsey; and in New Line Cinema.s One Night Stand, directed by Mike Figgis and starring Wesley Snipes and Nastassja Kinski.
In 1995, Downey starred in Miramax's Restoration, with Hugh Grant, Meg Ryan and Ian McKellen, directed by Michael Hoffman. Also that year, he starred in Richard III, for MGM/UA, in which he appears opposite his Restoration co-star McKellen. In Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (1994), with Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis, Downey starred as a tabloid TV journalist who exploits a murderous couple's killing spree to boost his ratings.
In Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993), he appeared as an aspiring film make-up artist whose best friend commits murder. For the comedy Hearts and Souls (1993), Downey starred as a young man with a special relationship with four ghosts.
His other film credits include The Last Party, Soapdish, Air America, Chances Are, True Believer, Johnny Be Good, 1969, Less Than Zero, The Pick-Up Artist, Back to School, Tuff Turf, Weird Science, Firstborn and Pound, in which he made his feature film debut and which was directed by Robert Downey Sr.
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