Robert Downey Jr.
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor. His films as a leading actor have grossed over $14 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Downey's career has been characterized by some early success, a period of drug-related problems and run-ins with the law, and a surge in popular and commercial success in the 2000s. In 2008, Downey was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. From 2013 to 2015, he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid actor. At the age of five, Downey made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s film Pound in 1970. He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films Weird Science (1985) and Less than Zero (1987). Downey's portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic Chaplin received a BAFTA Award. Following a stint at the Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility on drug charges, he joined the TV series Ally McBeal in 2000, and 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 himю He 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 films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Iron Man (2008), and leading up to Avengers: Endgame (2019). He has also played Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009), which earned him his second Golden Globe, and its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). 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 his portrayal of Lewis Strauss in the latter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Downey Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2027 · Avengers: Secret Wars as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
- 2026 · Avengers: Doomsday as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
- 2024 · Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024 · The Sympathizer as Claude / Professor Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / Priest
- 2024 · Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude as Self
- 2023 · Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2023 · Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss
- 2023 · Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as Self - Lewis Strauss
- 2023 · Downey's Dream Cars as Self - Host
- 2022 · 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self - Presenter
- 2022 · "Sr." as Self
- 2022 · Downey's Dream Cars as Robert Downey Jr.
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Assembled as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage)
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Legends as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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
- 2019 · The Age of A.I. as Self - Host
- 2019 · Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways as Self
- 2019 · The Chef Show as Self
- 2019 · Avengers: Endgame as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- 2018 · Avengers: Infinity War as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- 2018 · My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman as Self
- 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 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Avengers: Age of Ultron as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop! as Self
- 2014 · The Judge as Hank Palmer
- 2014 · I Am Steve McQueen as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Sock or Hat? as Self
- 2014 · Chef as Marvin
- 2014 · Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe as Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · Iron Man 3 as Tony Stark
- 2013 · The Frame as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- 2012 · Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry as Self
- 2012 · The Avengers as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage)
- 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 · Stark Expo Shorts as Iron Man / Tony Stark
- 2010 · Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented as Self
- 2009 · Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 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
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' as Self / Barris
- 2006 · A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints as Dito
- 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 · The Reichen Show as Self
- 2005 · The Showbiz Show with David Spade as
- 2005 · Good Night, and Good Luck. as Joe Wershba
- 2005 · Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Harry Lockhart
- 2004 · Eros as Nick Penrose
- 2004 · Equilibrium as Nick Penrose
- 2004 · The Route V50 as Traveller
- 2003 · Gothika as Pete Graham
- 2003 · The Singing Detective as Dan Dark
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as
- 2003 · Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin as
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 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 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Black and White as Terry Donager
- 1999 · Bowfinger as Jerry Renfro
- 1999 · Friends & Lovers as Hans
- 1999 · Family Guy as Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice)
- 1999 · In Dreams as Vivian Thompson
- 1998 · Two Girls and a Guy as Blake
- 1998 · U.S. Marshals as John Royce
- 1998 · The Gingerbread Man as Clyde Pell
- 1997 · Hugo Pool as Franz Mazur
- 1997 · One Night Stand as Charlie
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Larry Paul
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 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
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1994 · Natural Born Killers as Wayne Gale
- 1994 · Hail Caesar as Jerry
- 1994 · Only You as Peter Wright / Damon Bradley
- 1994 · Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue! as
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Short Cuts as Bill Bush
- 1993 · The Last Party as Self
- 1993 · Heart and Souls as Thomas Reilly
- 1993 · Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Chaplin as Charles Spencer Chaplin
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 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 · This Morning as Self - Interviewee
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 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
- 1987 · Kids' Choice Awards as Self
- 1986 · America as Paulie Hackley
- 1986 · American Masters as Self
- 1986 · Back to School as Derek
- 1986 · Arrival as Eddie
- 1985 · Mussolini: The Untold Story as Bruno Mussolini
- 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
- 1982 · Late Night with David Letterman as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1980 · Up the Academy as Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
- 1975 · Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight as Himself
- 1972 · Greaser's Palace as Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited)
- 1970 · Pound as Puppy
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 2024 · Vertigo as John 'Scottie' Ferguson
- 2024 · Sherlock Holmes 3 as Sherlock Holmes
- 2024 · All-Star Weekend as Mexican Stranger
- 2024 · The Hider as