RJ
Robert Downey Jr.
Actor, Producer, Director, WriterBorn April 4, 1965 (60 years)
Robert John Downey Jr., 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.
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.
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| 2027 | Avengers: Secret Wars · as Victor Von Doom / Doctor Doom |
| 2026 | Avengers: Doomsday · as Victor Von Doom / Doctor Doom |
| 2025 | The Fantastic Four: First Steps · as Victor Von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited) |
| 2024 | The Sympathizer (TV Series) · as Claude / Professor Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / Priest |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer · as Lewis Strauss |
| 2023 | |
| 2021 | Inside Politics with Manu Raju (2023) (TV Series) · as Sherlock Holmes |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Assembled (TV Series) · as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Legends (TV Series) · as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2020 | Dolittle · as Dr. John Dolittle |
| 2019 | Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee · as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive Footge) |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far from Home · as Tony Stark (uncredited) |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame · as Tony Stark / Iron Man |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War · as Tony Stark / Iron Man |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming · as Tony Stark / Iron Man |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming, NBA Finals: Watch the Game · as Tony Stark |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys · as Sid Shattuck (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War · as Tony Stark / Iron Man |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron · as Tony Stark / Iron Man |
| 2014 | The Judge · as Hank Palmer |
| 2014 | Chef · as Marvin |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 · as Tony Stark |
| 2013 | The Frame (TV Series) · as Tony Stark / Iron Man |
| 2012 | The Avengers · as Tony Stark / Iron Man |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Tony Stark (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows · as Sherlock Holmes |
| 2011 | Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant · as Tony Stark (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | Due Date · as Peter Highman |
| 2010 | Love & Distrust · as Rob (segment "auto Motives") |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 · as Tony Stark |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes · as Sherlock Holmes |
| 2009 | The Soloist · as Steve Lopez |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness · as Kirk Lazarus |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder · as Kirk Lazarus |
| 2008 | The Incredible Hulk · as Tony Stark (uncredited) |
| 2008 | Iron Man · as Tony Stark |
| 2007 | Charlie Bartlett · as Nathan Gardner |
| 2007 | Lucky You · as Telephone Jack |
| 2007 | Zodiac · as Paul Avery |
| 2006 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus · as Lionel Sweeney |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | A Scanner Darkly · as James Barris |
| 2006 | The Shaggy Dog · as Dr. Kozak |
| 2005 | Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow · as Narrator |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found · as Various |
| 2005 | The Showbiz Show with David Spade (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck. · as Joe Wershba |
| 2005 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang · as Harry Lockhart |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | Eros · as Nick Penrose |
| 2003 | Gothika · as Pete Graham |
| 2003 | The Singing Detective · as Dan Dark |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Whatever We Do · as Bobby |
| 2002 | American Idol (TV Series) · as Rejected Pip |
| 2000 | Wonder Boys · as Terry Crabtree |
| 1999 | Black & White · as Terry Donager |
| 1999 | Bowfinger · as Jerry Renfro |
| 1999 | Friends & Lovers · as Hans |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice) |
| 1999 | In Dreams · as Vivian Thompson |
| 1998 | U.S. Marshals · as Royce |
| 1998 | The Gingerbread Man · as Clyde Pell |
| 1997 | Hugo Pool · as Franz Mazur |
| 1997 | One Night Stand · as Charlie |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal (TV Series) · as Larry Paul |
| 1997 | Two Girls and a Guy · as Blake |
| 1996 | Danger Zone · as Jim Scott |
| 1995 | Restoration · as Robert Merivel |
| 1995 | Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree · as Mr. Willowby |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays · as Tommy Larson |
| 1995 | Richard III · as Earl Rivers |
| 1994 | Only You · as Peter Wright |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers · as Wayne Gale |
| 1994 | Hail Caesar · as Jerry |
| 1993 | Short Cuts · as Bill Bush |
| 1993 | Heart and Souls · as Thomas Reilly |
| 1992 | Chaplin · as Charles Spencer Chaplin |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Soapdish · as David Seton Barnes |
| 1990 | Too Much Sun · as Reed Richmond |
| 1990 | Air America · as Billy Covington |
| 1989 | Chances Are · as Alex Finch |
| 1989 | True Believer · as Roger Baron |
| 1989 | That's Adequate · as Albert Einstein |
| 1988 | 1969 · as Ralph Carr |
| 1988 | Johnny Be Good · as Leo Wiggins |
| 1987 | Less Than Zero · as Julian |
| 1987 | Rented Lips · as Wolf Dangler |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam · as (voice) |
| 1987 | The Pick-up Artist · as Jack Jericho |
| 1986 | America · as Paulie Hackley |
| 1986 | Back to School · as Derek |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold Story (TV Series) · as Bruno Mussolini |
| 1985 | Weird Science · as Ian |
| 1985 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun · as Punk Party Crasher (uncredited) |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | Firstborn · as Lee |
| 1983 | Baby It's You · as Stewart |
| 1980 | Up the Academy · as Boy On Soccer Team (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Greaser's Palace · as Boy In Covered Wagon (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Pound · as Puppy |
All-Star Weekend · as Mexican Stranger |