Robert Downey Jr.
American actor (born 1965) · United States · Actors
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Something wrong?He turned a public unraveling into the most improbable second act in Hollywood: from tabloid wreckage in the early 2000s to the armored centerpiece of the biggest franchise on earth, then an Oscar thirty years after his first nomination.
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Avengers: DoomsdayFilm, Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom2024Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAwardBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleAward2023Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorAward
OppenheimerFilm, 2023Lewis Strauss2021“I always had an interest in the story of everything. A little bit of an existential crisis always helps when you’re looking for a sea change.”In their words2 April 2021"Robert Downey Jr. on Being an Entrepreneur: 'I Never Learned Anything While I Was Talking'" (2 April 2021)“It’s a very American thing to build up and break down and come back. It is in its own weird way the heroes journey.”In their words8 February 2021"‘Colbert’: Robert Downey Jr. Grateful His “Misbehavior” Years Were Pre-Internet" (8 February 2021)
Marvel Studios LegendsSeries, 2021Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) (uncredited)2020“It’s hard not to be occasionally overwhelmed by the enormity of the challenge we’re facing in this pandemic but nothing has slowed for the strong of spirit during this time.”In their words13 December 2020"Playing Iron Man was hard and I dug deep: Robert Downey Jr" (13 December 2020)“I have the best fans in the world and I aim to utilise my platform for good - to share things I uncover about the world, climate, technology.”In their words13 December 2020"Playing Iron Man was hard and I dug deep: Robert Downey Jr" (13 December 2020)“I like the idea of a kind of-a guy who used to be on the world.”In their words17 January 2020"Interview With Susan And Robert Downey Jr." (17 January 2020)2019MTV Movie & TV AwardsAwardSaturn Award for Best ActorAward
Avengers: EndgameFilm, 2019Tony Stark / Iron Man2017
Spider-Man: HomecomingFilm, Tony Stark / Iron Man2015California Hall of FameAward2014Saturn Award for Best ActorAward
Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries, 2014
ChefFilm, 2014Marvin2012
The AvengersFilm, Tony Stark / Iron Man2010Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyAward
Due DateFilm, 2010Writer2009Saturn Award for Best ActorAward2008
Charlie BartlettFilm, Nathan Gardner2007
The Graham Norton ShowSeries2006
A Scanner DarklyFilm, James Barris2003
GothikaFilm, Pete Graham2001Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television FilmAwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy SeriesAward, 20011999“It's like I've got a shotgun in my mouth with my finger on the trigger, and I like the taste of the gun metal.”In their wordsexplaining his drug addiction in 1999 to a judge
Family GuySeries, 1999Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice)1998
U.S. MarshalsFilm, Royce1997
Ally McBealSeries, Larry Paul1994Saturn AwardsAward1993BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleAwardSaturn Award for Best ActorAward
GMTVSeries, 1993
Heart and SoulsFilm, 1993Thomas Reilly1992
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries1990
Air AmericaFilm, Billy Covington1985
The Twilight ZoneSeries, Director
Weird ScienceFilm, 1985Ian1982
Late Night with David LettermanSeries1965Born4 April 1965Also in Deutsch
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In their own words 9
, I always had an interest in the story of everything. A little bit of an existential crisis always helps when you’re looking for a sea change.
You don’t get an education if you press a space bar, you know? You get an education if you open up the back of the TV. So yes.
It’s a very American thing to build up and break down and come back. It is in its own weird way the heroes journey.
Filmography 40
ADAvengers: Doomsday
TSThe Fantastic 4: First Steps
PDPlay DirtyOPOppenheimer
DODolittleAEAvengers: Endgame
AWAvengers: Infinity WarSHSpider-Man: Homecoming
CWCaptain America: Civil War
TGThe Nice Guys
AUAvengers: Age of Ultron
TJThe JudgeCHChef
IMIron Man 3TAThe Avengers
SSSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
MCMarvel One-Shot: The Consultant
IMIron Man 2DDDue Date
SHSherlock Holmes
TSThe Soloist
IMIron Man
THThe Incredible Hulk
TTTropic ThunderCBCharlie Bartlett
ZOZodiacADA Scanner Darkly
TDThe Shaggy Dog
KBKiss Kiss Bang Bang
GLGood Night, and Good Luck.GOGothika
WBWonder Boys
BOBowfingerUMU.S. Marshals
NKNatural Born KillersHSHeart and Souls
CHChaplinAAAir America
BSBack to SchoolWSWeird Science197 credits on file
Television 24
STSweet ToothMLMarvel Studios Legends
TCThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TFThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonLMLate Night with Seth Meyers
VAVariety Studio: Actors on ActorsTSThe Graham Norton Show
JLJimmy Kimmel Live!
TSThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
PDPunk'dFGFamily Guy
TVThe ViewAMAlly McBeal
TSThe Daily Show
LLLate Show with David Letterman
RARaw
LBLate Night with Conan O'BrienGMGMTVTLThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LMLIVE with Kelly and MarkTZThe Twilight ZoneLLLate Night with David Letterman
SLSaturday Night Live
TOThe OscarsAwards
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Robert John Downey Jr. made his debut at five in his father's 1970 film Pound, spent the '80s rising through Brat Pack teen movies, and earned his first Academy Award nomination playing Charlie Chaplin in 1992. A cycle of arrests and rehab derailed him through the late '90s - he won a Golden Globe on Ally McBeal in 2000, then got fired in 2001 after more drug charges, finally getting sober in 2003. Mel Gibson paid his insurance bond to restart his career with The Singing Detective that year. Iron Man in 2008 made him the axis of the Marvel Cinematic Universe across ten films through Avengers: Endgame, while roles in Tropic Thunder and Sherlock Holmes stacked more nominations. In 2023 he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer. His films have grossed over $14.3 billion worldwide.
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