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Robert Downey Jr.

Born 1965-04-04
📍 New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Filmography 168

Avengers: Secret Wars
as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2027
Avengers: Doomsday
as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2026
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited)
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2025
The Sympathizer
as Claude / Professor Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / Priest
2024
Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude
as Self
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2023
Oppenheimer
as Lewis Strauss
2023
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
as Self - Lewis Strauss
2023
Downey's Dream Cars
as Self - Host
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self - Presenter
2022
"Sr."
as Self
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled
as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage)
2021
Marvel Studios Legends
as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains
as Self
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self
2020
Dolittle
as Dr. John Dolittle
2020
The Age of A.I.
as Self - Host
2019
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
as Self
2019
The Chef Show
as Self - Guest
2019
Avengers: Endgame
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2019
Avengers: Infinity War
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2018
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
as Self
2018
Spider-Man: Homecoming
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2017
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
as Self
2017
The True Story of...
as Self (archive footage)
2017
The Nice Guys
as Sid Shattuck (uncredited)
2016
Captain America: Civil War
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
as Self
2014
The Judge
as Hank Palmer
2014
I Am Steve McQueen
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
Sock or Hat?
as Self
2014
Chef
as Marvin
2014
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
as Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
Iron Man 3 Unmasked
as Self
2013
Iron Man 3
as Tony Stark
2013
The Frame
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2013
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
as Self
2012
The Avengers
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
2012
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
as Sherlock Holmes
2011
Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
as Tony Stark (archive footage)
2011
Due Date
as Peter Highman
2010
Love and Distrust
as Rob (segment "Auto Motives")
2010
Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Iron Man 2
as Tony Stark
2010
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
as Self
2010
Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
2009
Live from Studio Five
as Self
2009
The Soloist
as Steve Lopez
2009
I Am 'Iron Man'
as Self
2008
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
as Kirk Lazarus
2008
Animal House: The Inside Story
as Self
2008
Tropic Thunder
as Kirk Lazarus
2008
The Incredible Hulk
as Tony Stark (uncredited)
2008
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
as Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man
2008
Iron Man
as Tony Stark
2008
Charlie Bartlett
as Nathan Gardner
2008
Voom Portraits
as Self
2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
as Self
2007
Lucky You
as Telephone Jack
2007
Zodiac
as Paul Avery
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
as Self / Barris
2006
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
as Self
2006
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
as Dito
2006
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
as Lionel Sweeney
2006
A Scanner Darkly
as James Barris
2006
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
as Narrator
2006
Game 6
as Steven Schwimmer
2006
The Shaggy Dog
as Dr. Kozak
2006
The Outsider
as Self
2005
The Reichen Show
as Self
2005
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Joe Wershba
2005
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
as Harry Lockhart
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2005
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
as Self
2004
Eros
as Nick Penrose
2004
On the Set of 'Gothika'
as Self
2004
The Route V50
as Traveller
2004
Gothika
as Pete Graham
2003
The Singing Detective
as Dan Dark
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
Punk'd
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
Whatever We Do
as Bobby
2003
Lethargy
as Animal Therapist
2002
Pieta
as Self
2001
Last Party 2000
as Self
2001
Wonder Boys
as Terry Crabtree
2000
The Early Show
as Self
1999
Black and White
as Terry Donager
1999
Bowfinger
as Jerry Renfro
1999
Friends & Lovers
as Hans
1999
Family Guy
as Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice)
1999
In Dreams
as Vivian Thompson
1999
Two Girls and a Guy
as Blake
1998
U.S. Marshals
as Royce
1998
The Gingerbread Man
as Clyde Pell
1998
Hugo Pool
as Franz Mazur
1997
One Night Stand
as Charlie
1997
Ally McBeal
as Larry Paul
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Danger Zone
as Jim Scott
1996
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
1996
Richard III
as Earl Rivers
1995
Restoration
as Robert Merivel
1995
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
as Mr. Willowby
1995
Home for the Holidays
as Tommy Larson
1995
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
1995
Natural Born Killers
as Wayne Gale
1994
Hail Caesar
as Jerry
1994
Only You
as Peter Wright
1994
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
1994
Short Cuts
as Bill Bush
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1993
The Last Party
as Self
1993
Heart and Souls
as Thomas Reilly
1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
as Self
1993
Raw
as Self (archive footage)
1993
GMTV
as Self
1993
Chaplin
as Charles Spencer Chaplin
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Soapdish
as David Seton Barnes
1991
Too Much Sun
as Reed Richmond
1991
Air America
as Billy Covington
1990
Chances Are
as Alex Finch
1989
True Believer
as Roger Baron
1989
That's Adequate
as Albert Einstein
1989
This Morning
as Self - Interviewee
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
1969
as Ralph Carr
1988
Rented Lips
as Wolf Dangler
1988
Johnny Be Good
as Leo Wiggins
1988
Less Than Zero
as Julian
1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as (voice)
1987
The Pick-up Artist
as Jack Jericho
1987
Kids' Choice Awards
as Self
1987
America
as Paulie Hackley
1986
American Masters
as Self
1986
Back to School
as Derek
1986
Mussolini: The Untold Story
as Bruno Mussolini
1985
Weird Science
as Ian
1985
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
as Punk Party Crasher (uncredited)
1985
Tuff Turf
as Jimmy Parker
1985
Firstborn
as Lee
1984
Baby It's You
as Stewart
1983
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1982
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
Up the Academy
as Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited)
1980
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
1975
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
1975
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
as Himself
1975
Greaser's Palace
as Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited)
1972
Pound
as Puppy
1970
The Oscars
as Self
1953
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
1953
All-Star Weekend
as Mexican Stranger