Robert Downey Jr.
Born: 1965-04-04 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965), also known as RDJ, is an American actor. A son of a filmmaker, Robert Downey Sr and 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, he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. At the age of five, Downey made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s 1970 film Pound. 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 earned 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, 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). 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 gained global recognition for starring as Iron Man in ten Marvel Cinematic Universe films, from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). Downey received acclaim for his role in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023), winning an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing multiple characters in the black comedy miniseries The Sympathizer (2024). He made his Broadway debut that year, playing the title role in Ayad Akhtar's McNeal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Downey Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2027
- Avengers: Secret Wars as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2026
- Avengers: Doomsday as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2025
- The Fantastic 4: First Steps as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited)
- Play Dirty ... (Executive Producer)
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night as Self
2024
- The Sympathizer as Claude / Professor Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / Priest
- Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude as Self
2023
- Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Downey's Dream Cars as Self - Host
- Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as Self - Lewis Strauss
2022
- "Sr." as Self
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self - Presenter
2021
- Sweet Tooth ... (Executive Producer)
- Marvel Studios Legends as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Marvel Studios Assembled as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage)
2020
- Dolittle as Dr. John Dolittle
- Perry Mason ... (Executive Producer)
- MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains as Self
- Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self
2019
- Avengers: Endgame as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- The Chef Show as Self
- The Age of A.I. as Self - Host
- Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways as Self
2018
- Avengers: Infinity War as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman as Self
2017
- Spider-Man: Homecoming as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming as Self
2016
- Captain America: Civil War as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- The Nice Guys as Sid Shattuck (uncredited)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Avengers: Age of Ultron as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Phase 2 Tag Scenes: A Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- The Judge as Hank Palmer
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Chef as Marvin
- Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe as Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop! as Self
- I Am Steve McQueen as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Sock or Hat? as Self
2013
- Iron Man 3 as Tony Stark
- The Frame as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Iron Man 3 Unmasked as Self
2012
- The Avengers as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry as Self
- Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe as Self
2011
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Sherlock Holmes
- Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant as Tony Stark (archive footage)
2010
- Iron Man 2 as Tony Stark
- Due Date as Peter Highman
- Love and Distrust as Rob (segment "Auto Motives")
- Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented as Self
- Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon as Self (archive footage)
2009
- Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
- The Soloist as Steve Lopez
- Live from Studio Five as Self
2008
- Iron Man as Tony Stark
- The Incredible Hulk as Tony Stark (uncredited)
- Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus
- Charlie Bartlett as Nathan Gardner
- I Am Iron Man as Self
- Animal House: The Inside Story as Self
- Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound as Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness as Kirk Lazarus
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Zodiac as Paul Avery
- Lucky You as Telephone Jack
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
- Voom Portraits as Self
2006
- A Scanner Darkly as James Barris
- Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus as Lionel Sweeney
- The Shaggy Dog as Dr. Kozak
- One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' as Self / Barris
- The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales as Self
- Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow as Narrator
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints as Dito
- Game 6 as Steven Schwimmer
2005
- The Reichen Show as Self
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Harry Lockhart
- The Outsider as Self
- Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self
- The Showbiz Show with David Spade
- Good Night, and Good Luck. as Joe Wershba
2004
- Eros as Nick Penrose
- Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self
- Biography: Val Kilmer as Self
- On the Set of 'Gothika' as Self
- The Route V50 as Traveller
- Painting with Fire as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Punk'd as Self
- Gothika as Pete Graham
- The Singing Detective as Dan Dark
- Whatever We Do as Bobby
- Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2002
- Lethargy as Animal Therapist
2001
- Pieta as Self
- Last Party 2000 as Self
2000
- Wonder Boys as Terry Crabtree
- Auto Motives as Rob
1999
- Family Guy as Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice)
- Black and White as Terry Donager
- In Dreams as Vivian Thompson
- Friends & Lovers as Hans
- Bowfinger as Jerry Renfro
- The Early Show as Self
1998
- U.S. Marshals as Royce
- The Gingerbread Man as Clyde Pell
- Two Girls and a Guy as Blake
1997
- The View as Self
- Ally McBeal as Larry Paul
- Hugo Pool as Franz Mazur
- One Night Stand as Charlie
1996
- Danger Zone as Jim Scott
1995
- The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- Richard III as Earl Rivers
- Home for the Holidays as Tommy Larson
- Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree as Mr. Willowby
- Restoration as Robert Merivel
1994
- Only You as Peter Wright
- Hail Caesar as Jerry
- Natural Born Killers as Wayne Gale
- Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
1993
- Raw as Self (archive footage)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- GMTV as Self
- Short Cuts as Bill Bush
- Heart and Souls as Thomas Reilly
- Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
- The Last Party as Self
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
- Chaplin as Charles Spencer Chaplin
1991
- Soapdish as David Seton Barnes
- Too Much Sun as Reed Richmond
1990
- Air America as Billy Covington
1989
- True Believer as Roger Baron
- Chances Are as Alex Finch
- That's Adequate as Albert Einstein
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Martini Ranch: Reach ... (Thanks)
- Rented Lips as Wolf Dangler
- Johnny Be Good as Leo Wiggins
- 1969 as Ralph Carr
- This Morning as Self - Interviewee
1987
- Kids' Choice Awards as Self
- Less Than Zero as Julian
- The Pick-up Artist as Jack Jericho
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as (voice)
1986
- American Masters as Self
- Back to School as Derek
- Arrival as Eddie
- America as Paulie Hackley
1985
- The Twilight Zone ... (Director)
- Weird Science as Ian
- Tuff Turf as Jimmy Parker
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun as Punk Party Crasher (uncredited)
- Mussolini: The Untold Story as Bruno Mussolini
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
- 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