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Listen, smile, agree, then do whatever you were going to do anyway.
Robert Downey, Jr.
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Robert Downey, Jr.
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 4
Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Musician
Screenwriter
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Television Actor
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Robert John Downey Jr.
RDJ
Robert Downey
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