Robert Downey Jr.'s quirkiest characters

Wayne Gale in "Natural Born Killers" (1994)

It was a salacious film of its moment, and a prescient precursor of things to come. Oliver Stone’s whirlwind thesis on criminal celebrity stars Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis as outlaw couple Mickey and Mallory, but Downey is unforgettable in the supporting role of bloodthirsty Aussie-accented journalist Gale—representative of all the tabloid junkies who salivate for stories of macabre mayhem. From O.J. Simpson to Phil Spector, our fascination with high profile crime goes beyond hard news. For many it's a drug of choice, and Downey showed us the ugly soul of the pusher.