Robert Downey Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert Downey Sr.

actor and director from the United States

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1936

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: screenwriter, actor, cinematographer, camera operator, film director, film producer, film editor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Robert John Downey Sr.
(born Robert Elias Jr.; June 24, 1935) is a retired American actor, director, producer, writer and cinematographer and the father and namesake of actor Robert Downey Jr.
He is known for writing and directing the underground film Putney Swope, a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world.
According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Downey Sr.'s films during the 1960s were "strictly take-no-prisoners affairs, with minimal budgets and outrageous satire, effectively pushing forward the countercultural agenda of the day."