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Actor Robert Downey Jr. loses father and filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.: “You were optimistic to the end”

The Last Achievement of Robert Downey Sr. in the film world dates back to 2011. Then he acted alongside Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller and Casey Affleck in “Tower Heist”. Unlike his son Robert Downey Jr., who has been discredited by drug use and possession of weapons, among other things, the private life of Robert Downey Sr. a little less known.

Father and son Downey have also rarely appeared on the red carpet together during their careers in the film industry. Downey Jr. At the age of five, he made his debut as an actor in his father’s film, “Pound”. Iron Man’s blockbuster success made Downey Jr. for a time one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood. In 2010, he founded his own production house, which Downey Jr. even more in his father’s footsteps as a filmmaker.

Downey Sr. has been married three times, and has alongside Robert Downey Jr. another daughter Allyson from his first marriage. His widow is bestselling author Rosemary Rogers, who is Robert Downey Jr. also honors in his Instagram post. “You are a saint, our thoughts are with you, and we pray for you,” he writes.

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