
Robert John Downey, Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor. Downey made his screen debut in 1970, at the age of five, when he appeared in his father's film Pound, and has worked consistently in film and television ever since. During the 1980s he had roles in a series of coming of age films associated with the Brat Pack. Less Than Zero (1987) is particularly notable, not only because it was the first time Downey's acting would be acknowledged by critics, but also because the role pushed Downey's already existing drug habit one step further. After Zero, Downey started landing roles in bigger films such as Air America (1990), Soapdish (1991) and Natural Born Killers (1994). He played Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 film Chaplin, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Between 1996 and 2001, Downey was frequently arrested on drug-related charges and went through several drug treatment programs, but had difficulty staying clean. After being released from the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in 2000, Downey joined the cast of the hit television series Ally McBeal, playing the new love interest of Calista Flockhart's title character. His performance was praised and received accolades, but his character was written out when Downey was fired after two drug arrests in late 2000 and early 2001. After one last stay in a court-ordered drug treatment program, Downey finally achieved lasting sobriety and his career began to take off again. He appeared in semi-independent films such as The Singing Detective (2003), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), and A Scanner Darkly (2006). He also had supporting roles in the mainstream films Gothika (2003) and Zodiac (2007). In 2004, Downey released his debut studio album The Futurist. In 2007, Downey was cast as the title character in the comic book adaptation Iron Man. The film was a huge success; the opening weekend for Iron Man is still in the top 20 openings of all time. He reprised the role of Tony Stark in the 2010 sequel, Iron Man 2, and will again in 2012 in The Avengers and in the third movie of the planned trilogy, Iron Man 3, due to open in 2013. In addition to receiving commercial success, Downey's performance in the first Iron Man film received rave reviews. Downey was nominated for—and won—a number of end-of-year awards from critics and film associations around the world. Downey's other 2008 films included Charlie Bartlett and the Ben Stiller-directed Tropic Thunder, in which he portrayed an Australian method actor overly engrossed in his role as an African-American soldier. He received his second Oscar nomination for the film, in the category of Best Supporting Actor. In 2009, Downey starred as the titular lead character in Guy Ritchie's adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, released Christmas 2009. Soon after, Downey won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for that portrayal of the famous detective
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Mexican Stranger | 2022 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes 3 | Sherlock Holmes | 2021-12-22 |
Movie | Black Widow | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2021-04-29 |
Movie | Dolittle | Dr. John Dolittle | 2020-01-01 |
Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self | 2020-08-30 |
Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2019-04-24 |
Movie | Spider-Man: Far from Home | Tony Stark (archive footage) | 2019-06-28 |
Movie | Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee | Iron Man | 2019-12-20 |
Movie | Marvel Studios: The First Ten Years - The Evolution of Heroes | Self | 2018-03-06 |
Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2018-04-25 |
Movie | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2017-07-05 |
Movie | Captain America: Civil War | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2016-04-27 |
Movie | United We Stand, Divided We Fall: The Making of 'Captain America: Civil War' | Himself | 2016-09-13 |
Movie | The Nice Guys | Sid Shattuck (uncredited) | 2016-05-15 |
Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2015-04-22 |
Movie | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Himself / Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2014-03-18 |
Movie | Chef | Marvin | 2014-05-08 |
Movie | Marvel: 75 Years, From Pulp to Pop! | Himself | 2014-11-04 |
Movie | The Judge | Henry 'Hank' Palmer | 2014-10-08 |
Movie | I Am Steve McQueen | Narrator | 2014-06-24 |
Movie | Iron Man 3 | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2013-04-18 |
Movie | Building the Dream: Assembling the Avengers | Himself | 2012-09-25 |
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 |
Movie | Due Date | Peter Highman | 2010-11-04 |
Movie | Iron Man 2 | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2010-04-28 |
Movie | Love and Distrust | Rob (Segment 5: Auto Motives) | 2010-08-16 |
Movie | The Soloist | Steve Lopez | 2009-04-24 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 2009-12-23 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | I Am Iron Man | Himself | 2008-09-30 |
Movie | Iron Man | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2008-04-30 |
Movie | Starz Inside - Comic Books Unbound | Himself | 2008-06-10 |
Movie | Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness | Kirk Lazarus | 2008-08-26 |
Movie | Tropic Thunder | Kirk Lazarus | 2008-08-09 |
Movie | The Incredible Hulk | Tony Stark (uncredited) | 2008-06-12 |
Movie | Zodiac | Paul Avery | 2007-03-02 |
Movie | Killers Kill, Dead Men Die | The Boxer | 2007-03-13 |
Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Himself - Actor | 2007-05-19 |
Movie | Charlie Bartlett | Nathan Gardner | 2007-05-01 |
Movie | Lucky You | Telephone Jack | 2007-05-01 |
Movie | The Shaggy Dog | Dr. Kozak | 2006-03-09 |
Movie | A Scanner Darkly | James Barris | 2006-05-25 |
Movie | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Dito | 2006-09-29 |
Movie | One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' | Himself / Barris | 2006-12-19 |
Movie | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | Lionel Sweeney | 2006-08-30 |
Movie | Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow | Narrator | 2006-06-22 |
Movie | Game 6 | Steven Schwimmer | 2005-03-10 |
Movie | Eros | Nick Penrose | 2005-04-08 |
Movie | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Harry Lockhart | 2005-09-05 |
Movie | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Joe Wershba | 2005-09-16 |
Movie | The Outsider | Himself | 2005-12-04 |
Movie | The Route V50 | Traveller | 2004-03-01 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Series | Punk'd | Himself | 2003-03-17 |
Movie | Whatever We Do | Bobby | 2003-01-16 |
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 | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Gothika | Pete Graham | 2003-11-21 |
Movie | Lethargy | Animal Therapist | 2002-02-02 |
Movie | Wonder Boys | Terry Crabtree | 2000-02-22 |
Movie | In Dreams | Vivian Thompson | 1999-01-15 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Bowfinger | Jerry Renfro | 1999-08-12 |
Movie | Black and White | Terry Donager | 1999-09-04 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | Friends & Lovers | Hans | 1999-04-16 |
Movie | The Gingerbread Man | Clyde Pell | 1998-01-23 |
Movie | U.S. Marshals | John Royce | 1998-03-06 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Two Girls and a Guy | Blake Allen | 1997-09-07 |
Series | Ally McBeal | Larry Paul | 1997-09-08 |
Movie | One Night Stand | Charlie | 1997-11-14 |
Movie | Hugo Pool | Franz Mazur | 1997-12-12 |
Movie | Danger Zone | Jim Scott | 1996-08-02 |
Movie | Home for the Holidays | Tommy Larson | 1995-11-02 |
Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
Movie | Restoration | Robert Merivel | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | Richard III | Earl Rivers | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | Mr. Willowby | 1995-12-06 |
Movie | Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue! | 1994-01-01 | |
Movie | Hail Caesar | Jerry | 1994-05-11 |
Movie | Natural Born Killers | Wayne Gale | 1994-08-25 |
Movie | Only You | Peter Wright / Damon Bradley | 1994-09-17 |
Movie | Heart and Souls | Thomas Reilly | 1993-08-13 |
Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | The Last Party | Himself | 1993-08-27 |
Movie | Short Cuts | Bill Bush | 1993-09-05 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Chaplin | Charles Chaplin | 1992-02-17 |
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 | Chances Are | Alex Finch | 1989-03-10 |
Movie | True Believer | Roger Baron | 1989-02-17 |
Movie | Johnny Be Good | Leo Wiggins | 1988-03-22 |
Movie | 1969 | Ralph Carr | 1988-08-18 |
Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
Movie | The Pick-up Artist | Jack Jericho | 1987-09-18 |
Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
Movie | Less than Zero | Julian Wells | 1987-11-06 |
Movie | Back to School | Derek | 1986-06-13 |
Movie | Tuff Turf | Jimmy Parker | 1985-01-11 |
Movie | Weird Science | Ian | 1985-08-01 |
Series | Mussolini: The Untold Story | Bruno Mussolini | 1985-11-24 |
Movie | Firstborn | Lee | 1984-10-26 |
Movie | Baby It's You | Stewart | 1983-04-03 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
Series | Late Night with David Letterman | Unknown | 1982-02-01 |
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 | Various | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Greaser's Palace | Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited) | 1972-07-31 |
Movie | Pound | Puppy | 1970-08-08 |
Series | The Academy Awards | Robert Downey Jr. | 1953-03-18 |