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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.
Lord Castlepool
for Lord Castlepool in Treasure of Silver Lake
Suggested by jakubduda
The story takes place in the Wild West in the 19th century. Cornel Brinkley, the leader of the local bandits, learns about the legendary Indian treasure hidden on Silver Lake and wants to get it. He kills Erik Engel who has part of the map to the treasure. The murdered man is taken by stagecoach to Tulsa, to Engel's son Fred. He goes with Sam Hawkens and Gunstick Uncle to catch the killers. On the way, they meet a man with the bag of the murdered man. Fred thinks he is the father's killer and attacks him. But the man easily stuns him, and Hawkens recognizes his friend Old Shatterhand, a renowned hunter and woodsman. He promises help and tells them that his blood brother, the famous Apache chief Winnetou, is tracking bandits. He also meets Lord Castlepool in the saloon, who has come wild west to collect butterflies. The fight with the bandits begins. Winnetou, Old Shatterhand, and others make their way through Utah territory to Silver Lake. They come across a burned down Native American village, where they are attacked by the Utahs, who believe that they are the ones who burned the village down. Cornel and his men capture Ellen and take her to El Dora. Old Shatterhand comes up with a plan to free her and in the village then defeats Chief Grosser Wolf in a one-on-one fight, Chief Quick Panther breaks the deal, chases them. At the lake, Cornel and his men go to the treasure, kill Tonkawa. His men are dying. Winnetou and the others arrive at the scene. The bandits are captured.
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