https://padlet.com/sahabur441/x0p57l9dqf0d Sasha Saburov en-us 2017-11-16 11:03:23 UTC 2017-11-22 11:54:46 UTC hello@padlet.com sahabur441 https://padlet.com/sahabur441/x0p57l9dqf0d/wish/207599061 Robert John Downey Jr. born April 4, 1965, New York, is an American actor, producer and musician. Laureate of the Golden Globe Awards (2001, 2010), BAFTA (1993), The USA Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001) and Saturn (1994, 2009, 2014), nominee for the Oscar Awards (1993, 2009) and "Emmy" (2001).

He began his acting career as a child, playing in his father's film Zagon (1970). Near the beginning of the 1990s, Downey became a sought-after actor, in part due to his roles in the films "Air America" ​​(1990), "The Great Foam" (1991) and "Native Killers" (1994). The most famous and successful role of Robert in the XX century is the role of Charlie Chaplin in the same name by Richard Attenborough, who brought him the BAFTA and the first Oscar nomination.

After a series of high-profile scandals in the late 1990s related to drug addiction and prison terms, Downey returned to the screen with a secondary role in the television series "Ellie Macbil", which brought him the first "Golden Globe" in 2001. Then came the roles in a number of successful films, including "Gothic" (2003), "Kiss in the Strong" (2005) and "Zodiac" (2007). In 2008, the "Soldiers of Failure" appeared, which brought Downey the second Oscar nomination, and the "Iron Man", which initiated a large-scale media franchise called the "Marvel Cinematic Universe". In the latter Downey played the role of super hero Tony Stark / Iron Man - the same role, he soon repeated in the films "Iron Man 2" (2010), "Avengers" (2012), "Iron Man 3" (2013), "Avengers: "(2015)," The First Avenger: Confrontation "(2016) and" Spider-Man: Returning Home "(2017). Also known for the role of Sherlock Holmes in the films Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: The Game of Shadows (2011). For the role in the first part was awarded the second "Golden Globe".

In 2013, 2014 and 2015, Downey topped the list of the highest-paid Hollywood actors according to the Forbes version]]> 2017-11-16 11:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sahabur441/x0p57l9dqf0d/wish/207599061 sahabur441 https://padlet.com/sahabur441/x0p57l9dqf0d/wish/207599379 Born April 4, 1965 in Manhattan, New York, the youngest of two children. His father is Robert Downey Sr. - director, actor and producer, and his mother - Elsie (in the nee Ford) - also an actress. Father Downey has Irish and Jewish descent, and his mother has German and Scottish descent. His father was born with the name Robert Elias, but changed his name to Downey (like his stepfather James Downey) when he was a minor and wanted to join the army [5] [6].

Downey had small roles in his father's projects as a child. He made his debut in cinema at the age of five and played a sick puppy in the movie "Zagon" (1970), then at the age of seven he starred in "The Palace of Grisera" (1972) [5]. At the age of 10, he lived in England and studied classical ballet as part of a larger educational program. [7] He grew up in Greenwich Village and studied at the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center in northern New York when he was a teenager. When his parents divorced in 1978, Downey moved to California with his father, but in 1982 he left Santa Monica High School and moved to New York to pursue an acting career.]]> 2017-11-16 11:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sahabur441/x0p57l9dqf0d/wish/207599379 sahabur441 https://padlet.com/sahabur441/x0p57l9dqf0d/wish/207600095 At the age of 20 in 1985 Downey Jr. joined the team that released the most popular American television show "Saturday Night Live". After the experience on television, he finally decided to connect fate with the cinema and moved to Hollywood. In 1987, Robert Downey took the lead in the comedy James Toback "Specialist in film". After several works in teenage comedies, Downey declared himself the role of a desperate teenage addict in the film "Less than zero" (1987), which became successful. In 1992, when the movie "Chaplin" was released on the screen by Richard Attenborough, in which the actor played the legendary comic, Downey Jr.'s acting role earned high marks and the actor won the BAFTA award for Best Actor, and was also nominated for " Golden Globe "and the" Oscar "in the category" Best Actor "(both awards that year went to Al Pacino for his role in the film" The Scent of a Woman "). Criticism and the public called Robert Downey Jr. one of the most promising actors of the younger generation.


However, during this period, the actor has a drug addiction, which after a series of high-profile scandals, he is fired from the studios where he was engaged in filming, and the court (for possession of heroin, cocaine and weapons) sentenced to imprisonment (in 1996 year was sentenced to 16 months in prison in Los Angeles) and forced treatment. According to Downey, his acquaintance with marijuana took place at the age of 8 years, not without the help of his own father.

Because of the addiction, he divorced his first wife, singer and model Deborah Falconer, with whom they have a joint son of Indio Falconer Downey. A turning point in Downey's life was the acquaintance with the producer Susan Levin on the set of the thriller "Gothic", where he played with Halle Berry and Penelope Cruz. Robert underwent another course of treatment in Los Angeles for the sake of his love for Susan and, having recovered, offered her an arm and a heart.

The actor's game received flattering reviews after the release of the comedian detective "Kiss Smile." In parallel with this work, Downey Jr. releases an album of songs of his own composition and performance called "The Futurist". Out of the album, Robert showed the audience his magnificent vocal and musical talents. In 2006, his performance of the role of a mysterious Lionel, who comes into contact with the heroine Nicole Kidman in the movie "Fur", received the most enthusiastic responses of film critics.

However, the real degeneration of Robert gets after his confirmation of the main role in the film "Iron Man". After the release of the film, the studios literally cast the actor with various proposals.

In 2008, Ben Stiller's film "Soldiers of Failure", which tells the story of the actors who ended up in a real war, but who consider it just a shoot. Robert played in the movie Kirk Lazurus, five-time winner of the Oscar, which for the sake of a new role changed the pigmentation of his skin. The brilliant game of Downey Jr. brought him the second Oscar nomination (the prize was posthumously given to Heath Ledger for the film "The Dark Knight"), the Golden Globe nomination and the British Academy prize.

At the end of 2009, Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes movie appeared on the screens, where, along with Jude Lowe, who plays Dr. Watson, Robert performed the role of the famous detective Holmes.In the first weekend, the film broke all records at the box office, and Robert Downey - Junior received the Golden Globe Award in the nomination "Best Actor - Comedy or Musical".

In 2010, the sequel to the movie "Iron Man 2" was released. Robert has already signed up to participate in the third part of the film and in "The Avengers".

In 2011, the second part of the film about Sherlock Holmes - "Sherlock Holmes: The Game of Shadows", where the hero Downey Jr. fights with Professor Moriarty, was released.

A year later on the wide screens appeared the tape "The Avengers", as well as the final part of the trilogy about Tony Starke - "Iron Man 3". Since the end of March 2013, the actor was in the promotion in support of this picture. In 2015, the film "The Avengers: The Era of Altron" was released, in 2018 will be released the sequel "The Avengers: The War of Infinity".]]> 2017-11-16 11:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sahabur441/x0p57l9dqf0d/wish/207600095 sahabur441 https://padlet.com/sahabur441/x0p57l9dqf0d/wish/207601915 2017-11-16 11:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sahabur441/x0p57l9dqf0d/wish/207601915