Cast
Robert Downey Jr.
Acting
Cast
Robert Downey Jr.
Known for
Acting
Born
1965-04-04
From
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Bob Downey, RDJ
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.
★8.1
MOVIE2012
The Avengers
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
★8.0
MOVIE2023
Oppenheimer
as Lewis Strauss
★8.2
MOVIE2018
Avengers: Infinity War
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
★7.3
MOVIE2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
MOVIE2026
Avengers: Doomsday
as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
★7.3
MOVIE2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
★7.4
MOVIE2016
Captain America: Civil War
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
★8.2
MOVIE2019
Avengers: Endgame
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
★6.9
MOVIE2013
Iron Man 3
as Tony Stark
★6.9
MOVIE2025
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE2008
The Incredible Hulk
as Tony Stark (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE2008
Iron Man
as Tony Stark
★6.9
MOVIE2010
Iron Man 2
as Tony Stark
★7.1
MOVIE2016
The Nice Guys
as Sid Shattuck (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE2020
Dolittle
as Dr. John Dolittle
★7.5
MOVIE2007
Zodiac
as Paul Avery
★6.7
MOVIE2008
Tropic Thunder
as Kirk Lazarus
★7.1
MOVIE2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
as Sherlock Holmes
MOVIE2027
Avengers: Secret Wars
as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
★7.3
MOVIE2014
The Judge
as Hank Palmer
★7.2
MOVIE2009
Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Chef
as Marvin
★6.4
MOVIE2010
Due Date
as Peter Highman
★6.1
MOVIE2003
Gothika
as Pete Graham
★7.1
MOVIE1994
Natural Born Killers
as Wayne Gale
★7.2
MOVIE2005
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
as Harry Lockhart
★4.9
MOVIE1999
Friends & Lovers
as Hans
★6.3
MOVIE2011
Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
as Tony Stark (archive footage)
★7.1
MOVIE2005
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Joe Wershba
★6.5
MOVIE1998
U.S. Marshals
as Royce
★7.4
MOVIE1992
Chaplin
as Charles Spencer Chaplin
★6.5
MOVIE1985
Weird Science
as Ian
MOVIETBA
Shardscapes 64%
as El chat
★5.7
MOVIE2004
Eros
as Nick Penrose
★6.1
MOVIE2014
I Am Steve McQueen
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2004
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1994
Only You
as Peter Wright
★6.9
MOVIE2022
"Sr."
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Heart and Souls
as Thomas Reilly
★6.8
MOVIE2005
The Outsider
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2006
A Scanner Darkly
as James Barris
MOVIE2026
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
as Self - Interviewee
★6.3
MOVIE1991
Soapdish
as David Seton Barnes
★6.9
MOVIE2014
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
as Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man
★4.7
MOVIE2003
Whatever We Do
as Bobby
★6.0
MOVIE1985
Tuff Turf
as Jimmy Parker
★6.3
MOVIE1986
Back to School
as Derek
★6.0
MOVIE2002
Lethargy
as Animal Therapist
★5.8
MOVIE1990
Air America
as Billy Covington
★4.9
MOVIE2006
The Shaggy Dog
as Dr. Kozak
★6.0
MOVIE1983
Baby It's You
as Stewart
★5.6
MOVIE1998
The Gingerbread Man
as Clyde Pell
★6.7
MOVIE2009
The Soloist
as Steve Lopez
★6.7
MOVIE2008
Charlie Bartlett
as Nathan Gardner
★4.5
MOVIE1972
Greaser's Palace
as Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE2008
Rain of Madness
as Kirk Lazarus
★5.7
MOVIE2007
Lucky You
as Telephone Jack
★6.2
MOVIE1999
Bowfinger
as Jerry Renfro
★8.0
MOVIE2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE1995
Restoration
as Robert Merivel
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE1975
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
as Himself
★7.1
MOVIE1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as (voice)
★3.4
MOVIE1994
Hail Caesar
as Jerry
★6.8
MOVIE2001
Last Party 2000
as Self
★7.2
MOVIE1993
Short Cuts
as Bill Bush
★5.7
MOVIE1987
The Pick-up Artist
as Jack Jericho
★6.8
MOVIE2000
Wonder Boys
as Terry Crabtree
★6.6
MOVIE1989
Chances Are
as Alex Finch
★7.7
MOVIE2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE1997
Hugo Pool
as Franz Mazur
★6.1
MOVIE1985
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
as Punk Party Crasher (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE2006
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
as Dito
★6.8
MOVIE1995
Richard III
as Earl Rivers
★4.5
MOVIE2006
Game 6
as Steven Schwimmer
★6.3
MOVIE1995
Home for the Holidays
as Tommy Larson
MOVIETBA
All-Star Weekend
as Mexican Stranger
★6.2
MOVIE1989
True Believer
as Roger Baron
★4.7
MOVIE1991
Too Much Sun
as Reed Richmond
★5.2
MOVIE1993
The Last Party
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE1987
Less Than Zero
as Julian
★5.6
MOVIE1997
One Night Stand
as Charlie
MOVIE2008
I Am 'Iron Man'
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2003
The Singing Detective
as Dan Dark
★5.9
MOVIE2008
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
as Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man
★6.9
MOVIE2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
★4.6
MOVIE1999
Black and White
as Terry Donager
★5.3
MOVIE1998
Two Girls and a Guy
as Blake
★4.5
MOVIE1988
Johnny Be Good
as Leo Wiggins
★4.7
MOVIE1980
Up the Academy
as Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited)
★4.2
MOVIE1996
Danger Zone
as Jim Scott
★6.1
MOVIE1984
Firstborn
as Lee
★10.0
MOVIE2007
Voom Portraits
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE2006
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
as Lionel Sweeney
★6.0
MOVIE2000
Auto Motives
as Rob
★6.8
MOVIE2014
Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
as Self
MOVIETBA
Untitled Sherlock Holmes Sequel
as Sherlock Holmes
★5.7
MOVIE2004
The Route V50
as Traveller
★6.2
MOVIE1995
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
as Mr. Willowby
★8.5
MOVIE2024
Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude
as Self
★3.8
MOVIE1988
Rented Lips
as Wolf Dangler
★3.8
MOVIE2010
Love and Distrust
as Rob (segment "Auto Motives")
★8.0
MOVIE1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
as Self
★4.1
MOVIE1989
That's Adequate
as Albert Einstein
★4.8
MOVIE1970
Pound
as Puppy
★8.2
MOVIE2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self - Presenter
★5.6
MOVIE1988
1969
as Ralph Carr
★5.5
MOVIE1999
In Dreams
as Vivian Thompson
★7.6
MOVIE2017
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
as Self
MOVIETBA
Vertigo
as John 'Scottie' Ferguson
MOVIE2004
On the Set of 'Gothika'
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2013
Iron Man 3 Unmasked
as Self
MOVIETBA
The Hider
★7.0
MOVIE2006
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
as Self
★8.2
MOVIE2006
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
as Self / Barris
★6.4
MOVIE2012
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2012
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE2006
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
as Narrator
★8.1
MOVIE2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2023
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
as Self - Lewis Strauss
★4.0
MOVIE2008
Animal House: The Inside Story
as Self
MOVIE1994
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
★7.0
MOVIE1986
Arrival
as Eddie
★4.0
MOVIE1986
America
as Paulie Hackley
MOVIE2001
Pieta
as Self
MOVIE2004
Painting with Fire
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2015
Phase 2 Tag Scenes: A Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2020
MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains
as Self
★3.7
MOVIE2010
Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon
as Self (archive footage)