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Robert Downey Jr. and Charlie Sheen have certain things in common.
Both were born into show business families in 1965. Both started acting at a young age; Downey was 5, Sheen was 8. And both have kept the tabloid presses humming for much of their adult careers with sordid tales of extremely bad behavior often linked to the abuse of substances banned by law.
And in their roles as actors both have disrupted popular TV shows—but while Sheen’s messy saga continues to unfold, Downey’s story is one of redemption.
Downey hit bottom right around the time he joined the cast of Fox’s Ally McBeal for the show’s 2000-01 season.
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