Robert Downey Jr. through the years
POSTED: 12:19 PM PDT Jun 14, 2011
UPDATED: 10:00 AM PDT May 03, 2013
With Robert Downey Jr. back in theaters with "Iron Man 3," let's take a look at the actor's life and career so far.
State of California
1999: From 1996 through 2001, Downey was arrested numerous times on drug-related charges, including cocaine, heroin and marijuana, and went several times through drug treatment programs unsuccessfully. After missing some mandatory drug tests, he was sentenced to three years at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, Calif., but ended up serving about a year before being released.
