When celebrities are deciding where they want to go gambling, they usually stick to places which are upscale and where there are other things to do like playing poker. As the current interest in poker rush, tons of famous names blurted out their love of poker or discovered its thrills for the first time.
Last June of 2004, Robert Downey Jr. and other celebrity flock together in Commerce Casino's California State Poker Championship and won $356, 400 in that event and a $25,000 seat in the 2005 World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship.
During this championship, Ben Affleck beat Tobey Maguire, the star from Spider man, another poker player who fares well in these events and who holds regular poker games for high rollers at his home in the Hollywood Hills. He often has poker playing friends join him like Dennis Hopper, Sharon Stone, and Matthew Perry.
During this championship, Ben Affleck beat Tobey Maguire, the star from Spider man, another poker player who fares well in these events and who holds regular poker games for high rollers at his home in the Hollywood Hills. He often has poker playing friends join him like Dennis Hopper, Sharon Stone, and Matthew Perry.
About Robert Downey Jr. : Robert Downey Jr. was a rising star during his early 20s. His career was primed to take off following his powerful portrayal of a troubled young man in Less Than Zero. He'd have to wait another half-decade before the movie industry would take serious note of his versatile talents as an actor, however, when he wowed critics and audiences alike with his portrayal of Charlie Chaplin.
In 1992, Robert Downey Jr. was selected to portray cinema's first international superstar, Charlie Chaplin, in Sir Richard Attenborough's biopic Chaplin. He had the chance to share the screen with Chaplin's daughter, acclaimed actress Geraldine Chaplin, who portrayed her own paternal grandmother. Robert Downey Jr. received stellar reviews for his performance, as well as his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
In addition to winning the British Academy Award for his superb performance, Robert Downey Jr. also received an Oscar nod, becoming the first and only former Saturday Night Live cast member to date to be up for a Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar.
Despite decent performances from Robert Downey Jr. after Chaplin (1992), his work was often overshadowed by the headlines he was making for his series of drug-related arrests. He seemed to be in the midst of a well-deserved comeback in 2000 when he joined the cast of FOX-TV's “Ally McBeal”.
In addition to winning the British Academy Award for his superb performance, Robert Downey Jr. also received an Oscar nod, becoming the first and only former Saturday Night Live cast member to date to be up for a Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar.
Despite decent performances from Robert Downey Jr. after Chaplin (1992), his work was often overshadowed by the headlines he was making for his series of drug-related arrests. He seemed to be in the midst of a well-deserved comeback in 2000 when he joined the cast of FOX-TV's “Ally McBeal”.
Going To A Rehab
His problems with the law began in June 1996 when he was pulled over for speeding and arrested for drunk driving, as well as for the possession of heroin, crack, cocaine, and an unloaded firearm. He received a three-year suspended sentence and was sent to a secure drug rehabilitation center.
His problems with the law began in June 1996 when he was pulled over for speeding and arrested for drunk driving, as well as for the possession of heroin, crack, cocaine, and an unloaded firearm. He received a three-year suspended sentence and was sent to a secure drug rehabilitation center.
In November 1996, Robert Downey Jr. returned to host Saturday Night Live. He appeared on the big screen in 1997, as an AIDS patient in One Night Stand with Weley Snipes and Nastassja Kinski, and in the comedy “Two Girls and a Guy” with Heather Graham. During the filming of the latter, he was subjected to daily drug testing. His troubles with the law persisted as his probation was revoked that October after being arrested for continued drug use. In December 1997, he was sentenced to 180 days in jail for violating his probation.
In March 1998, Robert Downey Jr. was released from prison and sent to a rehab center to complete the remainder of his six-month sentence. That year, he appeared in U.S. Marshals, as well as in the Robert Altman thriller “The Gingerbread Man”, which was a flop with both audiences and critics.
In June 1999, Robert Downey Jr. was arrested for being under the influence of drugs after he was found asleep on his neighbor’s bed. Being the third violation of his probation within three years, Judge Lawrence Mira sentenced the actor to 15 months at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran, California. He was released in August 2000, on $5,000 bail.
In June 1999, Robert Downey Jr. was arrested for being under the influence of drugs after he was found asleep on his neighbor’s bed. Being the third violation of his probation within three years, Judge Lawrence Mira sentenced the actor to 15 months at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran, California. He was released in August 2000, on $5,000 bail.
Downey's Back
Despite the fact that Robert Downey Jr. worked on movies almost every single year since 1970, 2008 was a pretty huge year for the actor.
In 2001, he earned an Emmy nomination and won a Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Comedy Series for his brief run on the show.
Despite the fact that Robert Downey Jr. worked on movies almost every single year since 1970, 2008 was a pretty huge year for the actor.
In 2001, he earned an Emmy nomination and won a Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Comedy Series for his brief run on the show.
In 2004, Robert Downey Jr. received the coveted Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award from Harvard University and, in 2008, he was the recipient of a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor for his work in Iron Man. Now, Robert Downey Jr will be playing the infamous character of Sherlock Holmes in a movie by the same name with Jude Law and an upcoming movie Iron Man 2.
Biography Source: AskMen.com
