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Young Americans, August 1990
Robert Downey Jr. A - Z
        

The whole deal on the guy they're calling Binky.


Anthony Michael Hall has been his bestest chum since those pervy brat days on Weird Science.

Baby It's You, his first movie from which he was cruelly sliced at the editing stage.

Binky, that nickname coined by co-star and mate James Woods.

Chances Are, a weird comedy flick co-starring ex-Blue Moon girl Cybill Shepherd.

Cigarettes, unfortunately our Bob can't seem to shake the filthy habbit.

Earrings were once his movie trademark in his punk kid days.

Emile Ardolino, director of Chances Are also shouted the odds on the set or Dirty Dancing.

Firstborn, his second real movie, he got the part because he says he was rude and obnoxious towards the director at the audition (a handy tip, perhaps).

Gel is never far from Robbo's locks.

Girlfriend Sarah Jessica Parker is the lucky lady who spends those special moments with beefy Bob.

Golden Boy of Hollywood seems to be our Bob at the moment.

He'd charm the shoes off Imelda Marcos," said one movie pundit.

Hippies, he played one in the not very huge hit movie 1969.

Horn rimmed glasses, his favourite type of spec.

I scare myself", he once quipped rather strangely.

Jack Jericho, the likely lad Bob played in The Pick-Up Artist.

James Spader, another good friend who played his drug dealer in Less Than Zero.

James Woods, the esteemed actor who has said that he wants to adopt cutey Bob.

John Hughes, the man behind Weird Science amongst others.

Johnny Be Good, a tale of football chaps co-starring Anthony Michael Hall.

Kelly LeBrock, the "monster" Bob and Anthony created in Weird Science.

Kiefer Sutherland, the unshaved one played Bob's sidekick in the uninspiring coming of age movie 1969.

Less Than Zero, the hard-hitting tale of rich kids and drugs which got Robert really noticed in Hollywood.

Living 'art', Bob was once a piece of this in a wonky café in New York. He wore an orange spacesuit and played with dollies in a glass case (of course).

Molly Ringwald and Mary Stuart Masterson have both been Bob's girly co-stars in The Pick-Up Artist and Chances Are respectively.

Natural Electricity", Bob possesses it whatever it is according to 20th Century Fox former President of Production.

Overdose scene, the one in Less Than Zero is his proudest piece of screen work to date.

Pick-Up Artist, Molly and Dennis Hopper were there too.

Previous jobs for our Bobby have included the glamour activities of bus-boying and shoe-selling.

Quiet and moody, Bob's a real smouldering star in the Jimmy Dean mould.

Reincarnation, the subject of Chances Are, it involves Bob falling for Mary Stuart only to realise that he's the re-incarnation of Cybill Shepherd's dead husband. (Oh yeah??)

Saturday Night Live, Bob rolled around the floor in a straight jacket babbling nonsense on this cult US comedy showcase.

Springer Spaniel, he played one of these cute puppy daugs in one of his dad's wonderful movies.

True Believer, his latest and most grown up movie is the one where he co-stars James Woods, he also wears a very nice Armani tie in it (just in case you're interested).

Underpants, Bob prefers the big baggy cotton ones with the loose elastic (we're told).

Volkswagen Beetle, the scene of an extremely saucy encounter between our Bob and the once untainted Molly Ringwald (the bounder).

Warren Beatty, one of his biggest acting mentors who warned him about forgetting lines and bumping into sideboards.

Weird Science, probably his biggest hit to date.

Xact attention to detail is how Roberto likes to work (like man).

Yuppie, Robbo plays one with a conscience in True Believer.

Zero, something Robert is certainly always a lot more of.