* Robert Downey Sr's Surname was Elias until
he joined the army at 16
Downey was his stepfathers name.
* Robert studied ballet in London
aged 10
* He once served peppermint tea to
Sting as a young waiter.
* Robert once had a job as a
living piece of art in a
Soho nightclub.
* He never graduated High School.
* Robert's "Claim To Faim" was in
1987 as drug addict Jullien in
Less Than Zero.
* He once dated Sex & The Citie's
Sarah Jessica Parker.
* Robert married Deborah Falconer
In her mother's back yard in
May 1992. In Walnut Creek,
California.
* Robert hated filming in
U S Marshalls.
*Robert Downey Jr. was once arrested for driving his car naked whilst throwing imaginary rats out of the window - bet you didn't know that!
