Robert Downey Jr. 1965 60
Robert Downey Jr. 1965 60
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965), also known as RDJ, is an American actor. One of the highest-grossing actors of all time, his films as a leading actor have grossed over $14 billion worldwide. In 2008, Downey was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and from 2013 to 2015, Forbes listed him as Hollywood's highest-paid actor. He receives numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
At age five, Downey made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s 1970 film Pound. He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in Weird Science (1985) and Less than Zero (1987) teen films. Downey's portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic Chaplin garnered him a BAFTA Award for Best Actor and his first Academy Award nomination. Following a stint at the Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility on drug charges, he joined the TV series Ally McBeal in 2000. He won a Golden Globe Award for the role. Downey was fired from the show in 2001 in the wake of additional drug charges. He stayed in a court-ordered drug treatment program and has maintained his sobriety since 2003.
Downey made his acting comeback in the 2003 film The Singing Detective, after Mel Gibson paid his insurance bond because completion bond companies would not insure him, and went on to star in the black comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), the thriller Zodiac (2007) and the action comedy Tropic Thunder (2008). Downey gained global recognition for starring as Iron Man in ten Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films, from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). He also played Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009), which earned him his second Golden Globe, and in its 2011 sequel.
Downey has also taken on dramatic parts in The Judge (2014) and Oppenheimer (2023), winning an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss in the latter. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing multiple characters in the black comedy miniseries The Sympathizer (2024). He debuted on Broadway that year, playing the title role in Ayad Akhtar's McNeal.
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2027 Avengers: Secret Wars as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2026 Avengers: Doomsday as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2025 Play Dirty Producer
2025 The Fantastic 4: First Steps as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited)
2025 All-Star Weekend as Mexican Stranger
2025 The Hider Producer
2025 Sherlock Holmes 3 as Sherlock Holmes
2025 A Head Full of Ghosts Producer
2025 Vertigo as John 'Scottie' Ferguson Producer
2025 Die Early
2024 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
2024 Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024 Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude as Self
2023 The Story of Our Time: The Making of Oppenheimer as Self
2023 Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss
2023 Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as Self - Lewis Strauss
2022 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self - Presenter
2022 "Sr." as Self Producer
2021 Val as Self (archive footage)
2021 Sweet Tooth Executive Producer
2020 MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains as Self
2020 Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self
2020 Dolittle as Dr. John Dolittle
2019 Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footge)
2019 The Age of A.I as Executive Producer Executive Producer
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home as Tony Stark (archive footage) (uncredited), Tony Stark (Uncredited)
2019 Avengers: Endgame as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2018 Avengers: Infinity War as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2017 A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming as Self
2016 The Nice Guys as Sid Shattuck (uncredited)
2016 Captain America: Civil War as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2015 Phase 2 Tag Scenes: A Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two as Self
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2014 Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop! as Self
2014 The Judge as Hank Palmer Executive Producer
2014 I Am Steve McQueen as Self - Narrator (voice)
2014 Chef as Marvin
2014 Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe as Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man
2013 Iron Man 3 Unmasked as Self
2013 Iron Man 3 as Tony Stark
2012 Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry as Self
2012 The Avengers as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Sherlock Holmes
2011 Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant as Tony Stark (archive footage)
2010 Due Date as Peter Highman
2010 Love and Distrust as Rob (segment "Auto Motives")
2010 Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon as Self (archive footage)
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
2010 Iron Man 2 as Tony Stark
2010 Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented as Self
2009 Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
2009 The Soloist as Steve Lopez
2008 I Am Iron Man as Self
2008 Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness as Kirk Lazarus
2008 Animal House: The Inside Story as Self
2008 Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus
2008 The Incredible Hulk as Tony Stark (uncredited)
2008 Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound as Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man
2008 Iron Man as Tony Stark
2008 Charlie Bartlett as Nathan Gardner
2007 Voom Portraits as Self
2007 Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
2007 Lucky You as Telephone Jack
2007 Zodiac as Paul Avery
2006 One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' as Self / Barris
2006 The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales as Self
2006 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints as Dito Producer
2006 Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus as Lionel Sweeney
2006 A Scanner Darkly as James Barris
2006 Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow as Narrator
2006 Game 6 as Steven Schwimmer
2006 The Shaggy Dog as Dr. Kozak
2005 The Outsider as Self
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. as Joe Wershba
2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Harry Lockhart
2004 Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self
2004 Eros as Nick Penrose
2004 Biography: Val Kilmer as Self
2004 Equilibrium as Nick Penrose
2004 The Route V50 as Traveller
2003 Gothika as Pete Graham
2003 The Singing Detective as Dan Dark
2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003 Whatever We Do as Bobby
2002 Lethargy as Animal Therapist
2001 Pieta as Self
2001 Last Party 2000 as Self
2000 Wonder Boys as Terry Crabtree
1999 Black and White as Terry Donager
1999 Bowfinger as Jerry Renfro
1999 Friends & Lovers as Hans
1999 In Dreams as Vivian Thompson
1998 Two Girls and a Guy as Blake
1998 U.S. Marshals as Royce
1998 The Gingerbread Man as Clyde Pell
1997 Hugo Pool as Franz Mazur
1997 One Night Stand as Charlie
1996 Danger Zone as Jim Scott
1995 Richard III as Earl Rivers
1995 Restoration as Robert Merivel
1995 Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree as Mr. Willowby
1995 Home for the Holidays as Tommy Larson
1994 Natural Born Killers as Wayne Gale
1994 Hail Caesar as Jerry
1994 Only You as Peter Wright
1994 Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
1993 Short Cuts as Bill Bush
1993 The Last Party as Self Writer
1993 Heart and Souls as Thomas Reilly
1993 Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
1992 Chaplin as Charles Spencer Chaplin
1991 Soapdish as David Seton Barnes
1990 Too Much Sun as Reed Richmond
1990 Air America as Billy Covington
1989 Chances Are as Alex Finch
1989 True Believer as Roger Baron
1989 That's Adequate as Albert Einstein
1988 1969 as Ralph Carr
1988 Johnny Be Good as Leo Wiggins
1987 Less Than Zero as Julian
1987 Rented Lips as Wolf Dangler
1987 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as (voice)
1987 The Pick-up Artist as Jack Jericho
1986 America as Paulie Hackley
1986 Back to School as Derek
1986 Arrival as Eddie
1985 Weird Science as Ian
1985 Girls Just Want to Have Fun as Punk Party Crasher (uncredited)
1985 Tuff Turf as Jimmy Parker
1984 Firstborn as Lee
1983 Baby It's You as Stewart
1980 Up the Academy as Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited)
1975 Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight as Himself
1972 Greaser's Palace as Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited)
1970 Pound as Puppy
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6.63 Crime 13
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