Robert Downey Jr.
Golden Globe and Academy award winner Robert Downey Jr., who portrayed the billionaire playboy and gifted inventor Tony Stark in Marvel’s Iron Man and Avengers franchises on screen, was no superhero in real life. Between the years 1996 and 2001, Downey had been arrested, jailed and sent to rehab for numerous infractions which included cocaine, heroin and marijuana possession. The actor has openly admitted that his love affair with drugs had started at a very young age, causing him to spiral out of control. He miraculously turned his life around and is now enjoying new-found fame and has seemed to have left the horrors of his past.
