Robert Downey Jr.
Acting
🎂 1965-04-04
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Downey Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(177)
Self
2015
2014
Self
2014
Self
2007
Self - Guest
2007
Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice)
1999
Self
2014
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1988
Self - Guest
1993
Self
1995
Self (archive footage)
1993
1992
Self
2005
Self
2003
Self
2003
Self
1986
Self
1987
Self
2014
Self
1992
Self - Host
1975
Self - Various Characters
1975
Self
1982
Self
2012
Lewis Strauss
2023
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2012
Self
1993
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2018
Self
1953
Self - Presenter
1953
Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2013
Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage)
2021
Self
2003
Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage)
2012
Tony Stark (archive footage)
2012
Claude / Professor Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / Priest
2024
Self - Host
2019
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2017
Tony Stark
2008
Tony Stark
2010
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2019
Self
2023
Self - Host
2023
Tony Stark
2013
Self
2018
Self
1981
Tony Stark (Uncredited)
2019
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2015
Larry Paul
1997
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2016
Self
2019
Tony Stark (uncredited)
2008
Self
1999
Pete Graham
2003
Kirk Lazarus
2008
Self
2009
Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2026
Paul Avery
2007
Sherlock Holmes
2009
Self
2025
Marvin
2014
Sherlock Holmes
2011
Sid Shattuck (uncredited)
2016
Hank Palmer
2014
Peter Highman
2010
Dr. John Dolittle
2020
Royce
1998
Wayne Gale
1994
Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2027
Bruno Mussolini
1985
2005
Charles Spencer Chaplin
1992
Joe Wershba
2005
Ian
1985
Peter Wright
1994
Derek
1986
Dr. Kozak
2006
Alex Finch
1989
James Barris
2006
Clyde Pell
1998
Self
2019
Harry Lockhart
2005
Thomas Reilly
1993
Terry Crabtree
2000
Billy Covington
1990
Tony Stark (archive footage)
2011
Bill Bush
1993
Jerry Renfro
1999
Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footge)
2019
Ralph Carr
1988
Self
2014
Self (archive footage)
2021
David Seton Barnes
1991
Steve Lopez
2009
Dito
2006
Self - Interviewee
1988
Julian
1987
Self
2008
Nick Penrose
2004
Robert Merivel
1995
Telephone Jack
2007
Earl Rivers
1995
Nathan Gardner
2008
Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man
2014
Lionel Sweeney
2006
Self
2014
Tommy Larson
1995
Terry Donager
1999
Punk Party Crasher (uncredited)
1985
Self
2022
Charlie
1997
Self (archive footage)
2024
Jimmy Parker
1985
Self - Presenter
2022
Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited)
1972
Vivian Thompson
1999
Leo Wiggins
1988
Steven Schwimmer
2006
Roger Baron
1989
Jerry
1994
Self
2020
Jack Jericho
1987
Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man
2008
Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited)
1980
Lee
1984
Reed Richmond
1990
Stewart
1983
Dan Dark
2003
Jim Scott
1996
Self
2004
Franz Mazur
1997
Self - Lewis Strauss
2023
Kirk Lazarus
2008
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Self
2020
Blake
1998
Self
2007
Mr. Willowby
1995
(voice)
1987
Narrator
2006
Self
2005
Mexican Stranger
Albert Einstein
1989
Sherlock Holmes
Self
2004
Self
2017
Hans
1999
1994
Self
1993
Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
Self
2007
2003
Self
2008
Traveller
2004
Self
2001
Wolf Dangler
1987
Rob (segment "Auto Motives")
2010
Puppy
1970
Self
1993
Self / Barris
2006
Paulie Hackley
1986
John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Bobby
2003
Self
2015
Himself
1975
Eddie
1986
Executive Producer
2019
Self
2006
Self
2013
Self
2012
Self
2001
Self
2010
Self (archive footage)
2010
Animal Therapist
2002
Self
2024
