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Today we are going to see the story of a drug addict person who changed himself in one of the most famous personalities in the world.
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Is now one of the most popular and well-paid actor on the planet. He become famous for his role in the MARVEL COMICS SERIES as IRON MAN.
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. was born on 1965. His father was well know writter,an actor and producer, and his mother was also an well know actress.
In spite of all these he did not have the childhood you might imagine him having far from it. His father was a drug addicted person and he allows him to take the drugs at the small age of 6 yrs.
One of his interview ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Has told that he was thought that drugs is only way to express the love toward him by his father.
His first acting roles were minor ones in his father's movie. At the age of 10 he moved to England, where he learned CLASSICAL BALLET. After his parents got divorced he moved to CALIFORNIA with his father. In 1982 he was dropped from the SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL. Then he moved back to the NEW YORK to pursue full time career in acting.
In spite of odd that comes with the drug addiction and alcohol he acted in many movies. In 1994 he was awarded with the ACADEMIC AWARD FOR BEST ACTING in the movie NATURAL KILLER.
From 1996 DOWNEY JR. trouble began. The actor was arrested for countless times for the charges on drugs addiction including cocaine,heroin. He was also arrested for having the unloaded handgun.
He was sentenced to jail where he was attacked by his fellow prisoners. In 1999 he was again arrested for missing the drug test and sent back to jail. He was working in a kitchen, washing dashes for 8 cent per hour.
After he released from prison, it appears that he left the drug behind and started the new chapter. He was cast on hit series ALLY McBEAL, where he was praised for his work. But this new chapter was totally a lie and he was still doing drugs.
In 2001 he found in an alley behind a motel barefooted and in a fetal position. He was arrested and also he was fired from the show. He almost went bankrupt.
In 2003 his life changed, when he met the love of his life and his current wife SUSAN LEVIN. She insisted that she would only marry him if he gave up drugs for good.
So after so many years of struggle with arrest, drug addiction and unsuccessful rehab, he was ready to make full recovery and decided that he will never going to take drugs again.
In dramatic way he threw all his drugs into the Pacific ocean. After that he went into 12 srep progran and started doing meditation, yoga and martial arts. He described his beating drug addiction as came out from 20 yrs of coma.
In 2008 he started playing the iconic character of IRON MAN, and he made this character world wide famous as TONY STARK. Almost 10 years in this role, he appeared in IRON MAN 2, IRON MAN 3, THE AVENGERS, AVENGERS- INFINITY WAR and AVENGERS END GAME.
There is no doubt that ROBERT DOWNEY JR. has been through very hard time in his life, but he didn't let anything to stop him.
As one of the most talented actor of all time, one of the most popular actor in the world and one of the highest paid actor in Hollywood. Today he has the net worth of 300 million US dollar.
"REMEMBER THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU HIT THE BOTTOM DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO STAY THERE "
- ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
Its never too late to change your life. You can achieve anything that you want to hv dream in your mind. Just focus and put your all effort to achieve your dream. You will be successful one day.
THANK YOU!!!!
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