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…
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
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…
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