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Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965), also known as RDJ, is an American actor. A son of a filmmaker, Robert Downey Sr and one of the highest-grossing actors of all time, his films as a leading actor have grossed over $14 billion worldwide. In 2008, Downey was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and from 2013 to 2015, he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. At the age of five, Downey made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s 1970 film Pound. He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films Weird Science (1985) and Less than Zero (1987). Downey's portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic Chaplin earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Actor and his first Academy Award nomination. Following a stint at the Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility on drug charges, he joined the TV series Ally McBeal in 2000. He won a Golden Globe Award for the role. Downey was fired from the show in 2001 in the wake of additional drug charges. He stayed in a court-ordered drug treatment program and has maintained his sobriety since 2003. Downey made his acting comeback in the 2003 film The Singing Detective, after Mel Gibson paid his insurance bond, and went on to star in the black comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), the thriller Zodiac (2007) and the action comedy Tropic Thunder (2008). He also played Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009), which earned him his second Golden Globe, and in its 2011 sequel. Downey gained global recognition for starring as Iron Man in ten Marvel Cinematic Universe films, from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). Downey received acclaim for his role in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023), winning an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing multiple characters in the black comedy miniseries The Sympathizer (2024). He made his Broadway debut that year, playing the title role in Ayad Akhtar's McNeal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Downey Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Robert Downey Jr.
Jack L. Warner
for Jack L. Warner in JAMES BYRON DEAN
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In 1955, a young man drives into legend - and leaves behind a life no one fully understood. James Byron Dean is a haunting, nonlinear portrait of James Dean, tracing his meteoric rise and unraveling identity across the final years of his life. Moving between his fractured Indiana childhood, his restless search for meaning in New York, and his volatile ascent in Hollywood, the series explores how a quiet, searching actor became the defining symbol of rebellion for a generation. Through intimate and often conflicting relationships - with confidant William Bast, tragic love Pier Angeli, and the powerful forces of the studio system - Dean is shaped, challenged, and ultimately consumed by the very image that makes him famous. Directors like Elia Kazan and Nicholas Ray see brilliance in his unpredictability, while Hollywood executives and gossip columnists begin crafting a myth that grows beyond his control. As Dean delivers raw, era-defining performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant, the line between actor and role dissolves. Off-screen, his life becomes a patchwork of longing, reinvention, and contradiction - romanticized by the media, misunderstood by those closest to him, and driven by a need for connection he can never quite satisfy. Told through shifting perspectives and memory fragments, James Byron Dean reveals not just the man, but the making of an icon. By the time his life ends at just 24, the world has already begun rewriting him - transforming a restless young actor into an enduring symbol of youth, defiance, and the beauty of burning out too soon.
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