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.
Movie | Avengers: Secret Wars | Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom | 2027-05-05 |
Movie | Avengers: Doomsday | Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom | 2026-04-29 |
Movie | Vertigo | John 'Scottie' Ferguson | 2025 |
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Mexican Stranger | 2025 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes 3 | Sherlock Holmes | 2025 |
Series | The Sympathizer | Claude / Professor Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / Priest | 2024-04-14 |
Movie | Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-04-23 |
Movie | Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer | Self - Lewis Strauss | 2023-07-15 |
Series | Downey's Dream Cars | Self - Host | 2023-06-22 |
Movie | Oppenheimer | Lewis Strauss | 2023-07-19 |
Series | Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2023-12-31 |
Movie | Downey's Dream Cars | Robert Downey Jr. | 2022-07-13 |
Movie | 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self - Presenter | 2022-11-19 |
Movie | "Sr." | Self | 2022-09-02 |
Series | Marvel Studios Legends | Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) | 2021-01-08 |
Series | Marvel Studios Assembled | Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) | 2021-03-12 |
Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self | 2020-08-30 |
Movie | Dolittle | Dr. John Dolittle | 2020-01-02 |
Movie | MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains | Self | 2020-12-01 |
Series | The Chef Show | Self | 2019-06-07 |
Series | Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways | Self | 2019-12-10 |
Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2019-04-24 |
Movie | Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee | Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footge) | 2019-12-20 |
Series | The Age of A.I. | Self - Host | 2019-12-18 |
Movie | The Age of A.I | Executive Producer | 2019-12-19 |
Series | My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman | Self | 2018-01-12 |
Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2018-04-25 |
Movie | A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man: Homecoming | Self | 2017-06-03 |
Movie | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2017-07-05 |
Movie | Captain America: Civil War | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2016-04-27 |
Movie | The Nice Guys | Sid Shattuck (uncredited) | 2016-05-15 |
Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2015-04-22 |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
Movie | Phase 2 Tag Scenes: A Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two | Self | 2015-12-08 |
Movie | Chef | Marvin | 2014-05-08 |
Movie | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2014-03-18 |
Series | Sock or Hat? | Self | 2014-06-13 |
Series | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014-02-06 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2014-02-17 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | I Am Steve McQueen | Narrator (voice) | 2014-06-24 |
Movie | Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop! | Self | 2014-11-04 |
Movie | the judge | Unknown | 2014-10-23 |
Movie | The Judge | Hank Palmer | 2014-10-08 |
Series | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014-12-21 |
Series | The Frame | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2013-04-09 |
Movie | Iron Man 3 | Tony Stark | 2013-04-18 |
Series | Finding Your Roots | Self | 2012-03-24 |
Series | Honest Trailers | Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) | 2012-02-13 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry | Self | 2012-06-12 |
Movie | The Avengers | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2012-04-25 |
Movie | Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant | Tony Stark (archive footage) | 2011-09-13 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Sherlock Holmes | 2011-11-22 |
Series | Stark Expo Shorts | Iron Man / Tony Stark | 2010-03-31 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented | Self | 2010-03-30 |
Movie | Iron Man 2 | Tony Stark | 2010-04-28 |
Movie | Love and Distrust | Rob (segment "Auto Motives") | 2010-08-16 |
Movie | Due Date | Peter Highman | 2010-11-03 |
Movie | Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon | Self (archive footage) | 2010-07-20 |
Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | The Soloist | Steve Lopez | 2009-04-24 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 2009-12-23 |
Movie | Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound | Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2008-06-10 |
Movie | Charlie Bartlett | Nathan Gardner | 2008-02-22 |
Movie | Iron Man | Tony Stark | 2008-04-30 |
Movie | The Incredible Hulk | Tony Stark (uncredited) | 2008-06-12 |
Movie | I Am Iron Man | Self | 2008-09-30 |
Movie | Tropic Thunder | Kirk Lazarus | 2008-08-09 |
Movie | Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness | Kirk Lazarus | 2008-08-26 |
Movie | Animal House: The Inside Story | Self | 2008-08-13 |
Movie | Zodiac | Paul Avery | 2007-03-02 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Lucky You | Telephone Jack | 2007-05-01 |
Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
Movie | Voom Portraits | Self | 2007-10-01 |
Movie | Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow | Narrator | 2006-06-22 |
Movie | The Shaggy Dog | Dr. Kozak | 2006-03-09 |
Movie | Game 6 | Steven Schwimmer | 2006-03-10 |
Movie | A Scanner Darkly | James Barris | 2006-07-07 |
Movie | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | Lionel Sweeney | 2006-08-30 |
Movie | One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' | Self / Barris | 2006-12-19 |
Movie | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Dito | 2006-09-29 |
Movie | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Harry Lockhart | 2005-09-14 |
Movie | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Joe Wershba | 2005-09-16 |
Movie | The Outsider | Self | 2005-12-04 |
Series | The Showbiz Show with David Spade | Unknown | 2005-09-17 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Self | 2005-11-11 |
Movie | The Route V50 | Traveller | 2004-03-01 |
Movie | Equilibrium | Nick Penrose | 2004-09-10 |
Movie | Eros | Nick Penrose | 2004-12-03 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Whatever We Do | Bobby | 2003-01-16 |
Series | Punk'd | Self | 2003-03-17 |
Movie | Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | 2003-05-01 | |
Movie | The Singing Detective | Dan Dark | 2003-10-24 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Gothika | Pete Graham | 2003-11-21 |
Movie | Lethargy | Animal Therapist | 2002-02-02 |
Movie | Pieta | Self | 2001-12-01 |
Movie | Wonder Boys | Terry Crabtree | 2000-02-22 |
Series | Family Guy | Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Friends & Lovers | Hans | 1999-04-16 |
Movie | In Dreams | Vivian Thompson | 1999-01-15 |
Movie | Bowfinger | Jerry Renfro | 1999-08-12 |
Series | The Early Show | Self | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | Black and White | Terry Donager | 1999-09-04 |
Movie | The Gingerbread Man | Clyde Pell | 1998-01-23 |
Movie | Two Girls and a Guy | Blake | 1998-04-24 |
Movie | U.S. Marshals | John Royce | 1998-03-06 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Series | Ally McBeal | Larry Paul | 1997-09-08 |
Movie | Hugo Pool | Franz Mazur | 1997-12-12 |
Movie | One Night Stand | Charlie | 1997-11-14 |
Movie | Danger Zone | Jim Scott | 1996-08-02 |
Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Self | 1995-09-10 |
Movie | Home for the Holidays | Tommy Larson | 1995-11-02 |
Movie | Richard III | Earl Rivers | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | Mr. Willowby | 1995-12-06 |
Movie | Restoration | Robert Merivel | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue! | Unknown | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | Only You | Peter Wright / Damon Bradley | 1994-03-04 |
Movie | Hail Caesar | Jerry | 1994-05-11 |
Movie | Natural Born Killers | Wayne Gale | 1994-08-26 |
Movie | Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country | Self | 1993-03-26 |
Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
Series | WWE Raw | Self (archive footage) | 1993-01-11 |
Movie | The Last Party | Self | 1993-08-27 |
Movie | Heart and Souls | Thomas Reilly | 1993-08-13 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Short Cuts | Bill Bush | 1993-09-05 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Chaplin | Charles Spencer Chaplin | 1992-12-17 |
Series | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self | 1992-06-10 |
Movie | Soapdish | David Seton Barnes | 1991-05-31 |
Movie | Air America | Billy Covington | 1990-08-10 |
Movie | Too Much Sun | Reed Richmond | 1990-10-10 |
Movie | That's Adequate | Albert Einstein | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | True Believer | Roger Baron | 1989-02-17 |
Movie | Chances Are | Alex Finch | 1989-03-10 |
Movie | Johnny Be Good | Leo Wiggins | 1988-03-22 |
Movie | 1969 | Ralph Carr | 1988-08-18 |
Series | This Morning | Self - Interviewee | 1988-10-03 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
Series | Kids' Choice Awards | Self | 1987-01-18 |
Movie | The Pick-up Artist | Jack Jericho | 1987-09-18 |
Movie | Rented Lips | Wolf Dangler | 1987-10-28 |
Movie | Less Than Zero | Julian | 1987-11-06 |
Movie | Arrival | Eddie | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Back to School | Derek | 1986-06-13 |
Series | American Masters | Self | 1986-06-23 |
Movie | America | Paulie Hackley | 1986-10-01 |
Movie | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Punk Party Crasher (uncredited) | 1985-04-12 |
Movie | Tuff Turf | Jimmy Parker | 1985-01-11 |
Series | Mussolini: The Untold Story | Bruno Mussolini | 1985-11-24 |
Movie | Weird Science | Ian | 1985-08-01 |
Movie | Firstborn | Lee | 1984-10-26 |
Movie | Baby It's You | Stewart | 1983-03-04 |
Series | Late Night with David Letterman | Self | 1982-02-01 |
Series | Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981-09-15 |
Movie | Up the Academy | Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited) | 1980-06-06 |
Movie | Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight | Himself | 1975-01-01 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Greaser's Palace | Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited) | 1972-07-31 |
Movie | Pound | Puppy | 1970-08-08 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |