Robert Downey Jr Biography

- Height: 5’ 9” (1.75 m).

- Was a childhood friend with Richard Hall, professionally known as Moby.

- Worked as a living piece of art at a nightclub in Soho, New York City.

- Rushed into marriage with his first wife, Deborah Falconer, after having dated her for a mere 42 days.

- Sting and Billy Idol performed at his wedding to second wife, Susan Downey.

- Favourite actor is Peter O’Toole.

- During the 1980s, lived for seven years with ‘Sex and the City’ star Sarah Jessica Parker, whom he met when they co-starred in ‘Firstborn’ (1984).

- Whilst on drugs, wandered into a stranger’s house and promptly fell asleep on the child’s bed.

- Loved the vintage clothing he wore in the film ‘Chaplin’ (1992) so much that he was allowed to take some items home to keep.

- Worked on an art installation with contemporary artist Sam Taylor Wood, entitled ‘Pieta’. It was exhibited as part of Taylor Wood’s 2002 ‘Mute’ exhibition at the White Cube 2 art gallery in London.

- Turned down the role of Zaphod Beeblebrox in ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ (2005), which was played by Sam Rockwell instead.

- Immediately after being fired from Ally McBeal, he was allowed out of rehab for one day to star in the music video for Elton John’s song ’I Want Love’, which was shot in one take.

- Signed with Sketchers USA for a global footwear deal in 2002 and in December 2003, starred in a straight-to-Internet mini-feature Volvo advertisement called ‘The Route V50’.

- Claims his practice of King Fu helped him overcome his drug addiction.

- Musical influences include a variety of artists such as Genesis, Supertramp, U2, The Police, Steely Dan and Harry Nilsson.

- Provided voice for the character of Patrick Pewterschmidt in a 2005 episode of the hilarious and somewhat irreverent adult cartoon television series ‘Family Guy’ (1999).