Robert Downey Sr.: Perbedaan antara revisi

Robert Elias Jr. lahir di [[Manhattan]], [[Kota New York]] dari pasangan Elizabeth (''[[née]]'' McLauchlen) yang bekerja sebagai model dan Robert Elias Sr. yang bekerja di bidang manajemen motel dan rumah makan.<ref name=bookref1 /> Kakek-nenek dari pihak ayah adalah orang [[Yahudi Lituania]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Nate|last=Bloom|url=https://www.jweekly.com/2012/04/12/celebrity-jews-maggie-gyllenhaal-barbara-walters-larry-david-ben-stiller-mo/|title=Celebrity Jews: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Barbara Walters, Larry David, Ben Stiller & more|work=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]]|date=April 12, 2012|access-date=May 10, 2018}}</ref> sedangkan ibunya adalah keturunan berdarah campuran [[Yahudi Hungaria]] dan Irlandia.<ref name="hgatesbookref1">{{cite book|last1=Gates|first1=Henry Louis|author-link1=Henry Louis Gates, Jr.|orig-year=First published 2014|chapter=Robert Downey Jr.|title=Finding Your Roots: The Official Companion to the PBS Series|edition=1st|publisher=UNC Press Books|date=September 15, 2014|isbn=978-1469618012|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IDVcBAAAQBAJ&q=%22The+Ormay+family+gravestones%22&pg=PA146|access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|6ZzKGak0jYI|Robert Downey Jr. – Inside The Actors Studio Pt. 1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Daisy Fried |title=Senior Class |url=http://www.citypaper.net/articles/042497/article017.shtml |work=Philadelphia City Paper |date=May 1, 1997 |access-date=June 17, 2008 |archive-date=2008-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128235353/http://www.citypaper.net/articles/042497/article017.shtml |dead-url=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Erik|last=Hedegaard|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/to-hell-and-back-with-robert-downey-jr-20080821|title=To Hell and Back With Robert Downey Jr.|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=August 21, 2008|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509013412/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/to-hell-and-back-with-robert-downey-jr-20080821|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news|first=Jamie|last=Diamond |title=FILM; Robert Downey Jr. Is Chaplin (on Screen) and a Child (Off) |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2DB1039F933A15751C1A964958260 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date= December 20, 1992|access-date=June 17, 2008}}</ref> He grew up in [[Rockville Centre, New York]].<ref name = NYTObit>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/movies/robert-downey-sr-dead.html|title = Robert Downey Sr., Filmmaker and Provocateur, Is Dead at 85|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = July 7, 2021|accessdate = July 8, 2021|last = Genzlinger|first = Neil}}</ref> Dia mengubah nama keluarganya menjadi Downey (mengikuti ayah tirinya James Downey) ketika dia ingin mendaftar di Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat saat masih di bawah umur.<ref name=NYT /><ref>{{cite news | last = Fulton| first = Rick | title = Robert Downey Jr: I don't even know what it's like to be stoned any more | url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/robert-downey-jr-i-dont-even-1073895| work = [[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] | date = October 27, 2010}}</ref><ref name=NYT /> Downey kemudian mengatakan dia menulis novel yang tidak diterbitkan selama waktunya di tentara, meskipun menghabiskan sebagian besar karier militernya "di benteng."<ref name = NYTObit/>