Comparison And Contrast Essay: The Iron Pirates
Mustafa Abdalla
English 101
Essay #2 Comparisons/ Contrast
12/02/2013
The Iron Pirates
Robert Downey Jr. and Johnny Depp are two actors that people could barely decide who’s better than the other, and have a very talented way in acting and attracting people’s attention. Johnny Depp was born on June 9th 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, and Robert Downey Jr. was born on April 4th 1965 in Greenwich Village, New York. According to Shaman-Art; Johnny Depp’s father, John Depp, was a civil engineer, and his mother, Betty Sue Depp, was a full blooded Cherokee stock, and worked as waitress and homemaker. Vanessa Paradis was his wife, but not on papers. He has a daughter, Lily-rose-Melody Depp, and a son, Jack John Christopher Depp lll. He also has two sisters and a brother: Danny, his half-brother from the same mother, Elisa Christie Depp Dembrowski, who was Johnny’s personal assistant for many movies, and his other half-sister from the same mother, Deborah John Depp. According to Wikipedia; Robert Downey Jr.’s father, Robert Downey Sr., is an actor, producer, writer cinematographer and an …show more content…
independent filmmaker, while his mother, Elsie Ford, was a singer and dancer. Robert Jr. and his ex-wife, Deborah Falconer, had a son named Indio Falconer, born September 7th 1993. Later on when he married his other wife, Susan Downey, he had another son named Exton Elias, who was born on February 7th 2012. His only sister, Allyson, is two years older than him. Both, Robert Downey Jr., and Johnny Depp are high school drop outs. (Shaman-Art np) (Wikipedia np)
Johnny Depp’s acting career was a great coincidence. Lizzy said that Johnny had a friend named Lori, who believed in his special talent, so she introduced him to her friend who is already an actor: Nicholas Cage. Both, Johnny and Nicholas became great friends right away, so Nicholas suggested to Johnny that he try acting. Johnny laughed at first, but realized that acting might be a great way for him to bring in some much needed money and bankroll his music. Johnny went to meet Nicholas’ agent. She loved Johnny as soon as he walked in and much to his surprise she signed him right away even though he had no experience at all. (Lizzy np)
Robert Downey Jr.
started off easy as his father was already in the entertainment industry. According to his Biography, he was fifteen when he played a very small role in ‘Up the Academy’ (1980). That was when his passion for acting became even stronger. And when he was 17, he dropped out of school with his father’s permission in order to become a professional actor. After that, Downey Jr. moved to New York, where he shared accommodation with his sister, while trying to get his acting career started. He took on a number of part-time jobs, including working as a restaurant busboy, working in a shoe store and performing in Soho underground nightclubs as ‘living art’. He had also joined his local theatre group and began to earn roles in off-Broadway theatre productions. An agent finally spotted Downey Jr. and arranged for him to audition for Hollywood films. (Biography
np)
Johnny Depp started his first movie debut in 1984, and he’s an actor till now. Robert Downey Jr.’s first debut was when he was five years old in 1970, and is also active as an actor till now. Johnny worked with many people such as; Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley, James Russo, David Wenham, and Jason Clarke. Robert with many people as well such as; Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Jamie Foxx, and Val Kilmer.(IMDB np) Robert Downey has made almost sixty movies so far, while Johnny has made about 43 movies. Even though both actors are very talented, handsome, good looking, and attractive, Johnny Depp has more fans than Robert Downey Jr. IMDB says that Johnny Depp’s awards are forty-nine wins and seventy nominations. Robert Downey Jr. has twenty-seven wins and sixty-one nominations. (IMDB np)
They both have a very successful acting career, but according to IMDB, acting was like a gift to them. “I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker” (Robert). While Johnny was all focused on building up his music band. I started out as a guitarist in the early '80s. I hooked up with a guy who idolized James Dean he gave me a copy of the Dean biography, "The Mutant King", which I thought was really interesting. While reading the book I watched ‘Rebel without a Cause’ (1955), and I thought, "Wow, this guy really has something", and I was hooked. I wasn't really into acting at the time - but James Dean was the catalyst (Johnny). And both of them are still doing an outstanding job on attracting people’s attention and working really hard as professional, well paid and respected actors.
Work Citation
Lizzy. http://johnny-depp.org/johnny/biography/. (July 31st, 2009, last updated November 5, 2013). 12/02/2013. Web.
IMDB. “Robert Downey Jr.’s Biography” http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000375/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm. 12/02/2013. Web.
Bio. . “Robert Downey Jr.’s Biography”. http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/robert-downey-jr.html. 12/02/2013. Web.
Wikipedia. “Robert Downey Jr.”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Downey,_Jr. 12/02/2013. Web.
IMDB. “Johnny Depp’s Biography”. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000136/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm . 12/02/2013. Web.
English 101
Essay #2 Comparisons/ Contrast
12/02/2013
The Iron Pirates
Robert Downey Jr. and Johnny Depp are two actors that people could barely decide who’s better than the other, and have a very talented way in acting and attracting people’s attention. Johnny Depp was born on June 9th 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, and Robert Downey Jr. was born on April 4th 1965 in Greenwich Village, New York. According to Shaman-Art; Johnny Depp’s father, John Depp, was a civil engineer, and his mother, Betty Sue Depp, was a full blooded Cherokee stock, and worked as waitress and homemaker. Vanessa Paradis was his wife, but not on papers. He has a daughter, Lily-rose-Melody Depp, and a son, Jack John Christopher Depp lll. He also has two sisters and a brother: Danny, his half-brother from the same mother, Elisa Christie Depp Dembrowski, who was Johnny’s personal assistant for many movies, and his other half-sister from the same mother, Deborah John Depp. According to Wikipedia; Robert Downey Jr.’s father, Robert Downey Sr., is an actor, producer, writer cinematographer and an …show more content…
independent filmmaker, while his mother, Elsie Ford, was a singer and dancer. Robert Jr. and his ex-wife, Deborah Falconer, had a son named Indio Falconer, born September 7th 1993. Later on when he married his other wife, Susan Downey, he had another son named Exton Elias, who was born on February 7th 2012. His only sister, Allyson, is two years older than him. Both, Robert Downey Jr., and Johnny Depp are high school drop outs. (Shaman-Art np) (Wikipedia np)
Johnny Depp’s acting career was a great coincidence. Lizzy said that Johnny had a friend named Lori, who believed in his special talent, so she introduced him to her friend who is already an actor: Nicholas Cage. Both, Johnny and Nicholas became great friends right away, so Nicholas suggested to Johnny that he try acting. Johnny laughed at first, but realized that acting might be a great way for him to bring in some much needed money and bankroll his music. Johnny went to meet Nicholas’ agent. She loved Johnny as soon as he walked in and much to his surprise she signed him right away even though he had no experience at all. (Lizzy np)
Robert Downey Jr.
started off easy as his father was already in the entertainment industry. According to his Biography, he was fifteen when he played a very small role in ‘Up the Academy’ (1980). That was when his passion for acting became even stronger. And when he was 17, he dropped out of school with his father’s permission in order to become a professional actor. After that, Downey Jr. moved to New York, where he shared accommodation with his sister, while trying to get his acting career started. He took on a number of part-time jobs, including working as a restaurant busboy, working in a shoe store and performing in Soho underground nightclubs as ‘living art’. He had also joined his local theatre group and began to earn roles in off-Broadway theatre productions. An agent finally spotted Downey Jr. and arranged for him to audition for Hollywood films. (Biography
np)
Johnny Depp started his first movie debut in 1984, and he’s an actor till now. Robert Downey Jr.’s first debut was when he was five years old in 1970, and is also active as an actor till now. Johnny worked with many people such as; Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley, James Russo, David Wenham, and Jason Clarke. Robert with many people as well such as; Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Jamie Foxx, and Val Kilmer.(IMDB np) Robert Downey has made almost sixty movies so far, while Johnny has made about 43 movies. Even though both actors are very talented, handsome, good looking, and attractive, Johnny Depp has more fans than Robert Downey Jr. IMDB says that Johnny Depp’s awards are forty-nine wins and seventy nominations. Robert Downey Jr. has twenty-seven wins and sixty-one nominations. (IMDB np)
They both have a very successful acting career, but according to IMDB, acting was like a gift to them. “I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker” (Robert). While Johnny was all focused on building up his music band. I started out as a guitarist in the early '80s. I hooked up with a guy who idolized James Dean he gave me a copy of the Dean biography, "The Mutant King", which I thought was really interesting. While reading the book I watched ‘Rebel without a Cause’ (1955), and I thought, "Wow, this guy really has something", and I was hooked. I wasn't really into acting at the time - but James Dean was the catalyst (Johnny). And both of them are still doing an outstanding job on attracting people’s attention and working really hard as professional, well paid and respected actors.
Work Citation
Lizzy. http://johnny-depp.org/johnny/biography/. (July 31st, 2009, last updated November 5, 2013). 12/02/2013. Web.
IMDB. “Robert Downey Jr.’s Biography” http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000375/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm. 12/02/2013. Web.
Bio. . “Robert Downey Jr.’s Biography”. http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/robert-downey-jr.html. 12/02/2013. Web.
Wikipedia. “Robert Downey Jr.”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Downey,_Jr. 12/02/2013. Web.
IMDB. “Johnny Depp’s Biography”. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000136/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm . 12/02/2013. Web.