{"id":3964,"date":"2025-11-04T22:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:13:08","slug":"robert-downey-jr-high-school-yearbook-photo-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/robert-downey-jr-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Downey Jr. High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"celeb_name\">Robert Downey Jr.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Actor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Birthdate:&nbsp;<\/strong>Apr 04, 1965<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>High School:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Santa-Monica-High-School\/1591?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Santa Monica High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yearbooks:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/yearbooks\/Santa-Monica-High-School\/10354?page=0&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1982<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Yearbook photos of Robert Downey Jr. from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Santa-Monica-High-School\/1591?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Santa Monica High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"4019\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/young-robert-downey-jr.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Downey Jr. high school yearbook photo \" class=\"wp-image-4019\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"4020\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/robert-downey-jr-image.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Monica High School 1982 yearbook\" class=\"wp-image-4020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/robert-downey-jr-image.jpg 323w, https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/robert-downey-jr-image-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/yearbooks\/Santa-Monica-High-School\/10354?page=178&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Robert John Downey Jr.&nbsp;<\/strong>(born April 4, 1965) is an American actor. He attended&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Santa-Monica-High-School\/1591?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Santa Monica High School<\/a>&nbsp;before dropping out of high school his Junior year to pursue acting professionally.&nbsp;His&nbsp;first role came at the age of five with his father in the movie&nbsp;<em>Pound<\/em>. Since, Downey has acted in films&nbsp;<em>Weird Science, Johnny Be Good, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Zodiac, Tropic Thunder, Sherlock Holmes&nbsp;<\/em>(and it\u2019s sequel), and most notably for his role as Tony Stark in<em>&nbsp;Iron Man<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Avengers<\/em>.<em>&nbsp;<\/em>He is also well-known for his role on the hit show&nbsp;<em>Ally McBeal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Golden Globe Award for&nbsp;<strong>Best Cast<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Short Cuts<\/em>, 1994<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Golden Globe Award for&nbsp;<strong>Best Supporting Actor \u2013 Series, Miniseries or Television Film<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Ally McBeal<\/em>,&nbsp;2001<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Screen Actors Guild Award for&nbsp;<strong>Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series&nbsp;<\/strong>in&nbsp;<em>Ally McBeal<\/em>, 2001<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Golden Globe Award for&nbsp;<strong>Best Actor \u2013 Motion Picture Musical or Comedy<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Sherlock Holmes<\/em>,&nbsp;2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/celebrities\/\">Celeb Yearbook Blogs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/alec-baldwin-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Alec Baldwin High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/matthew-mcconaughey-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Matthew McConaughey High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/brad-pitt-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Brad Pitt High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/matt-damon-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Matt Damon High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/ben-stiller-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Ben Stiller High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/bradley-cooper-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Bradley Cooper High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/charlie-sheen-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Charlie Sheen High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/demi-moore-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Demi Moore High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/jake-gyllenhaal-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Jake Gyllenhaal High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/john-cusack-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">John Cusack High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Downey Jr. Actor Birthdate:&nbsp;Apr 04, 1965 High School:&nbsp;Santa Monica High School Yearbooks:&nbsp;1982 Yearbook photos of Robert Downey Jr. from&nbsp;Santa Monica High School &nbsp; Robert John Downey Jr.&nbsp;(born April 4, 1965) is an American actor. He attended&nbsp;Santa Monica High School&nbsp;before dropping out of high school his Junior year to pursue acting professionally.&nbsp;His&nbsp;first role came at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3964"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7905,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions\/7905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}