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Biography
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor. His films as a leading actor have grossed over $14.3 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Downey was the highest-paid actor in the world annually from 2013 to 2015. Known for his versatility across roles, he is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Daytime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards. At the age of five, Downey made his acting debut in his father, Robert Downey Sr.'s, film Pound (1970). He rose to prominence by working with the Brat Pack for the teen films Weird Science (1985) and Less than Zero (1987). His portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the biopic Chaplin (1992) earned him the BAFTA Award for Best Actor and an Academy Award nomination. After spending less than a year at a treatment facility on drug charges, Downey joined the television series Ally McBeal in 2000, earning a Golden Globe for his performance. Dismissed from the show in 2001 following further drug-related arrests, he entered a court-ordered rehabilitation program and has remained sober since 2003. After Mel Gibson paid his insurance bond, Downey made his film comeback with The Singing Detective (2003). He gained global recognition for starring as Iron Man in ten Marvel Cinematic Universe films, from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). Downey starred as the titular detective in Sherlock Holmes (2009), which earned him a Golden Globe. His portrayal of bureaucrat Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023) won him the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2024, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the miniseries The Sympathizer. He made his Broadway debut in the title role of Ayad Akhtar's McNeal. Time named Downey one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008, and Forbes featured him on the Celebrity 100 in 2013 and 2014. He has pursued music, releasing the jazz-pop album The Futurist (2004), which charted on the US Billboard 200. Divorced from singer Deborah Falconer, Downey has been married to film producer Susan Levin since 2005; they co-founded the production company Team Downey. Downey has three children: one with Falconer and two with Levin. In 2025, he was named one of the greatest film actors of the 21st century by The Independent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Downey Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Avengers: Secret Wars
Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2027Movie
Avengers: Doomsday
Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2026Movie
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Self - Interviewee
2026Movie
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited)
2025Movie
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self
2025TV
Play Dirty
Executive Producer
2025Movie
Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude
Self
2024Movie
The Sympathizer
Claude / Professor Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / Priest
2024TV
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
Self
2024TV
The Sympathizer
Executive Producer
2024TV
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
Self - Lewis Strauss
2023Movie
Oppenheimer
Lewis Strauss
2023Movie
Downey's Dream Cars
Self - Host
2023TV
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023TV
Downey's Dream Cars
Executive Producer
2023TV
"Sr."
Self
2022Movie
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self - Presenter
2022Movie
"Sr."
Producer
2022Movie
Val
Self (archive)
2021Movie
Marvel Studios Assembled
Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage)
2021TV
Marvel Studios Legends
Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021TV
Sweet Tooth
Executive Producer
2021TV
Dolittle
Dr. John Dolittle
2020Movie
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
2020Movie
MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains
Self
2020Movie
Perry Mason
Executive Producer
2020TV
Avengers: Endgame
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2019Movie
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
Self
2019TV
The Chef Show
Self - Guest
2019TV
The Age of A.I.
Self - Host
2019TV
The Age of A.I.
Executive Producer
2019TV
Avengers: Infinity War
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2018Movie
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Self
2018TV
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2017Movie
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
Self
2017Movie
The True Story of...
Self (archive footage)
2017TV
Captain America: Civil War
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2016Movie
The Nice Guys
Sid Shattuck (uncredited)
2016Movie
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016TV
Phase 2 Tag Scenes: A Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two
Self
2015Movie
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2015Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015TV
The Judge
Hank Palmer
2014Movie
Chef
Marvin
2014Movie
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man
2014Movie
Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
Self
2014Movie
I Am Steve McQueen
Self - Narrator (voice)
2014Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014TV
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014TV
Sock or Hat?
Self
2014TV
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014TV
The Judge
Executive Producer
2014Movie
Iron Man 3
Tony Stark
2013Movie
Iron Man 3 Unmasked
Self
2013Movie
The Frame
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2013TV
The Avengers
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2012Movie
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry
Self
2012Movie
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012TV
Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
Tony Stark (archive footage)
2011Movie
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes
2011Movie
Iron Man 2
Tony Stark
2010Movie
Due Date
Peter Highman
2010Movie
Love and Distrust
Rob (segment "Auto Motives")
2010Movie
Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon
Self (archive footage)
2010Movie
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
Self
2010Movie
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
2009Movie
The Soloist
Steve Lopez
2009Movie
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009TV
The Incredible Hulk
Tony Stark (uncredited)
2008Movie
Iron Man
Tony Stark
2008Movie
Tropic Thunder
Kirk Lazarus
2008Movie
Charlie Bartlett
Nathan Gardner
2008Movie
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Kirk Lazarus
2008Movie
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man
2008Movie
Animal House: The Inside Story
Self
2008Movie
Zodiac
Paul Avery
2007Movie
Lucky You
Telephone Jack
2007Movie
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self
2007Movie
Voom Portraits
Self
2007Movie
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007TV
The Shaggy Dog
Dr. Kozak
2006Movie
A Scanner Darkly
James Barris
2006Movie
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Dito
2006Movie
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Lionel Sweeney
2006Movie
Game 6
Steven Schwimmer
2006Movie
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
Narrator
2006Movie
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Self / Barris
2006Movie
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Self
2006Movie
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Producer
2006Movie
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Joe Wershba
2005Movie
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Harry Lockhart
2005Movie
The Outsider
Self
2005Movie
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Self
2005Movie
The Reichen Show
Self
2005TV
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005TV
Eros
Nick Penrose
2004Movie
The Route V50
Traveller
2004Movie
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Self
2004Movie
On the Set of 'Gothika'
Self
2004Movie
Painting with Fire
Self
2004Movie
The Singing Detective
Dan Dark
2003Movie
Gothika
Pete Graham
2003Movie
Whatever We Do
Bobby
2003Movie
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003TV
Punk'd
Self
2003TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003TV
Lethargy
Animal Therapist
2002Movie
Pieta
Self
2001Movie
Last Party 2000
Self
2001Movie
Wonder Boys
Terry Crabtree
2000Movie
Auto Motives
Rob
2000Movie
Bowfinger
Jerry Renfro
1999Movie
In Dreams
Vivian Thompson
1999Movie
Black and White
Terry Donager
1999Movie
Friends & Lovers
Hans
1999Movie
Family Guy
Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice)
1999TV
The Early Show
Self
1999TV
U.S. Marshals
Royce
1998Movie
The Gingerbread Man
Clyde Pell
1998Movie
Two Girls and a Guy
Blake
1998Movie
Hugo Pool
Franz Mazur
1997Movie
One Night Stand
Charlie
1997Movie
Ally McBeal
Larry Paul
1997TV
The View
Self
1997TV
Danger Zone
Jim Scott
1996Movie
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996TV
Richard III
Earl Rivers
1995Movie
Home for the Holidays
Tommy Larson
1995Movie
Restoration
Robert Merivel
1995Movie
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Mr. Willowby
1995Movie
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995TV
Natural Born Killers
Wayne Gale
1994Movie
Only You
Peter Wright
1994Movie
Hail Caesar
Jerry
1994Movie
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
1994Movie
Short Cuts
Bill Bush
1993Movie
Heart and Souls
Thomas Reilly
1993Movie
The Last Party
Self
1993Movie
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Self
1993Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993TV
GMTV
Self
1993TV
Raw
Self (archive footage)
1993TV
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993TV
The Last Party
Writer
1993Movie
Chaplin
Charles Spencer Chaplin
1992Movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Soapdish
David Seton Barnes
1991Movie
Too Much Sun
Reed Richmond
1991Movie
Air America
Billy Covington
1990Movie
Chances Are
Alex Finch
1989Movie
True Believer
Roger Baron
1989Movie
That's Adequate
Albert Einstein
1989Movie
Johnny Be Good
Leo Wiggins
1988Movie
1969
Ralph Carr
1988Movie
Rented Lips
Wolf Dangler
1988Movie
This Morning
Self - Interviewee
1988TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988TV
Martini Ranch: Reach
Thanks
1988Movie
Less Than Zero
Julian
1987Movie
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
1987Movie
The Pick-up Artist
Jack Jericho
1987Movie
Kids' Choice Awards
Self
1987TV
America
Paulie Hackley
1986Movie
Back to School
Derek
1986Movie
Arrival
Eddie
1986Movie
American Masters
Self
1986TV
Weird Science
Ian
1985Movie
Tuff Turf
Jimmy Parker
1985Movie
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Punk Party Crasher (uncredited)
1985Movie
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Bruno Mussolini
1985TV
The Twilight Zone
Director
1985TV
Firstborn
Lee
1984Movie
Baby It's You
Stewart
1983Movie
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982TV
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981TV
Up the Academy
Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited)
1980Movie
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
Himself
1975Movie
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975TV
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975TV
Greaser's Palace
Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited)
1972Movie
Pound
Puppy
1970Movie
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
All-Star Weekend
Mexican Stranger
—Movie
The Hider
—Movie
A Head Full of Ghosts
Producer
—Movie
The Hider
Producer
—Movie
Weather Girl
Executive Producer
—TV