Robert Downey Jr.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 4, 1965 (age 61)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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
All-Star Weekend
Movie · as Mexican Stranger
The Hider
Movie
Monty and the Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Story of Our Time: The Making of Oppenheimer
Movie
Sprunki: The Movie
Movie · as Jevin
Avengers: Secret Wars
Movie · as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
Avengers: Doomsday
Movie · as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
VisionQuest
TV · as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Movie · as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited)
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude
Movie · as Self
The Honey Trap: A True Story of Love, Lies and the FBI
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Sympathizer
TV · as Claude / Professor Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / Priest · 7 eps
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
Movie · as Self - Lewis Strauss
Oppenheimer
Movie · as Lewis Strauss
Downey's Dream Cars
TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
"Sr."
Movie · as Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Val
Movie · as Self (archive)
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV · as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) · 1 ep
Marvel Studios Legends
TV · as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) (uncredited) · 18 eps
Dolittle
Movie · as Dr. John Dolittle
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Movie · as Self
MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains
Movie · as Self
Avengers: Endgame
Movie · as Tony Stark / Iron Man
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Chef Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Age of A.I.
TV · as Self - Host · 8 eps
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie · as Tony Stark / Iron Man
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Movie · as Tony Stark / Iron Man
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
Movie · as Self
The True Story of...
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Captain America: Civil War
Movie · as Tony Stark / Iron Man
The Nice Guys
Movie · as Sid Shattuck (uncredited)
Phase 2 Tag Scenes: A Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two
Movie · as Self
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie · as Tony Stark / Iron Man
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Judge
Movie · as Hank Palmer
Chef
Movie · as Marvin
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Movie · as Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man
Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
Movie · as Self
I Am Steve McQueen
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Sock or Hat?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Iron Man 3
Movie · as Tony Stark
Iron Man 3 Unmasked
Movie · as Self
The Frame
TV · as Tony Stark / Iron Man · 1 ep
The Avengers
Movie · as Tony Stark / Iron Man
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry
Movie · as Self
Finding Your Roots
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
Movie · as Tony Stark (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes
Iron Man 2
Movie · as Tony Stark
Due Date
Movie · as Peter Highman
Love and Distrust
Movie · as Rob (segment "Auto Motives")
Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
Movie · as Self
Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes
The Soloist
Movie · as Steve Lopez
Live from Studio Five
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Incredible Hulk
Movie · as Tony Stark (uncredited)
Iron Man
Movie · as Tony Stark
Tropic Thunder
Movie · as Kirk Lazarus
Charlie Bartlett
Movie · as Nathan Gardner
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Movie · as Kirk Lazarus
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Movie · as Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man
Animal House: The Inside Story
Movie · as Self
Zodiac
Movie · as Paul Avery
Lucky You
Movie · as Telephone Jack
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Movie · as Self
Voom Portraits
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Shaggy Dog
Movie · as Dr. Kozak
A Scanner Darkly
Movie · as James Barris
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Movie · as Dito
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Movie · as Lionel Sweeney
Game 6
Movie · as Steven Schwimmer
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
Movie · as Narrator
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Movie · as Self / Barris
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Movie · as Self
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Movie · as Joe Wershba
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Movie · as Harry Lockhart
The Outsider
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Movie · as Self
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
TV · 1 ep
Eros
Movie · as Nick Penrose
The Route V50
Movie · as Traveller
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Movie · as Self
On the Set of 'Gothika'
Movie · as Self
Painting with Fire
Movie · as Self
The Singing Detective
Movie · as Dan Dark
Gothika
Movie · as Pete Graham
Whatever We Do
Movie · as Bobby
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Punk'd
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 9 eps
Lethargy
Movie · as Animal Therapist
Pieta
Movie · as Self
Last Party 2000
Movie · as Self
Wonder Boys
Movie · as Terry Crabtree
Auto Motives
Movie · as Rob
Bowfinger
Movie · as Jerry Renfro
In Dreams
Movie · as Vivian Thompson
Black and White
Movie · as Terry Donager
Friends & Lovers
Movie · as Hans
Family Guy
TV · as Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice) · 1 ep
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
U.S. Marshals
Movie · as Royce
The Gingerbread Man
Movie · as Clyde Pell
Two Girls and a Guy
Movie · as Blake
Hugo Pool
Movie · as Franz Mazur
One Night Stand
Movie · as Charlie
Ally McBeal
TV · as Larry Paul · 23 eps
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Danger Zone
Movie · as Jim Scott
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Richard III
Movie · as Earl Rivers
Home for the Holidays
Movie · as Tommy Larson
Restoration
Movie · as Robert Merivel
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Movie · as Mr. Willowby
The Frank Skinner Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Natural Born Killers
Movie · as Wayne Gale
Only You
Movie · as Peter Wright
Hail Caesar
Movie · as Jerry
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
Movie
A Century of Cinema
Movie · as Self
Short Cuts
Movie · as Bill Bush
Heart and Souls
Movie · as Thomas Reilly
The Last Party
Movie · as Self
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Movie · as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Raw
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 12 eps
Chaplin
Movie · as Charles Spencer Chaplin
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 3 eps
Soapdish
Movie · as David Seton Barnes
Too Much Sun
Movie · as Reed Richmond
Air America
Movie · as Billy Covington
Chances Are
Movie · as Alex Finch
True Believer
Movie · as Roger Baron
That's Adequate
Movie · as Albert Einstein
Johnny Be Good
Movie · as Leo Wiggins
1969
Movie · as Ralph Carr
Rented Lips
Movie · as Wolf Dangler
This Morning
TV · as Self - Interviewee · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Less Than Zero
Movie · as Julian
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Movie · as (voice)
The Pick-up Artist
Movie · as Jack Jericho
Kids' Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
America
Movie · as Paulie Hackley
Back to School
Movie · as Derek
Arrival
Movie · as Eddie
American Masters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Weird Science
Movie · as Ian
Tuff Turf
Movie · as Jimmy Parker
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Movie · as Punk Party Crasher (uncredited)
Mussolini: The Untold Story
TV · as Bruno Mussolini · 4 eps
Firstborn
Movie · as Lee
Baby It's You
Movie · as Stewart
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Up the Academy
Movie · as Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited)
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
Movie · as Himself
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Various Characters · 1 ep
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Greaser's Palace
Movie · as Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited)
Pound
Movie · as Puppy
The Oscars
TV · as Self, Self - Presenter · 1 ep