Have you ever wondered how Robert Downey jr went from a drug addict to ironman? You might know him from his movies or his most popular movies, the marvel movies such as iron man and the avengers movies like Avenger Endgame and Avengers Age of Ultron. You probably know RDJ and you probably have some sort of opinion on him. This is how Robert Downey Jr. went from a drug addict to a multi millionaire and playing the role of iron man. Robert Downey Jr. was born on April 4, 1965 In New York City to actress and writer Elsie Downey and underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. At age 5 RDJ made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr. 's film, pound in 1970. Then years later he continued to be in more movies then not long after that …show more content…
was able to stay sober on set while he was working on a film but that didn’t last long when he would soon start doing drugs more and more which made him go on day long benders. By the year 1995 he was smoking heroin and doing cocaine which led him to many arrests and he even had to go to a rehab facility. In the summer of 1996 he got arrested multiple times for reckless drug behavior. One time the police had stopped him for speeding but not only did they find him intoxicated but he also had cocaine and heroin on him. Later he was picked up again by the police when he wandered into his neighbor's house and passed out in their son's bedroom and this was just the beginning of his spiral. For the next few years Downey had been in and out of rehab. In 1999 Downey was sentenced to 36 months in state prison and then he also spent another 12 months there serving time before being paroled. After that he was arrested two more times within eight months. He was then sent to rehab for six months, This was the time Robert Downey jr called “rock bottom” Where he reached his lowest point in life of addiction and loss of everything. His wife left him and she took their son with her, He was in massive debt and on the verge of bankruptcy. That's when Downy decided it was time for