Robert Downey Jr.
Acting
🎂 1965-04-04
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.
Cast credits(173)
Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited)
2025
Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice)
1999
Self (archive footage)
1993
Self
2014
Self
2007
Self - Guest
2007
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2012
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2018
Self
2014
Self - Host
1975
Self - Various Characters
1975
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2017
Tony Stark
2010
Lewis Strauss
2023
Self
2015
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2019
Tony Stark
2013
Tony Stark
2008
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2015
Self
2014
Self
1997
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2016
Self
2003
Tony Stark (uncredited)
2008
Self
2003
1992
Self - Guest
1988
Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2026
Self
2003
Self
2012
Self
2014
Self - Guest
1993
Sherlock Holmes
2009
Paul Avery
2007
Hank Palmer
2014
Self
2005
Self
1986
Larry Paul
1997
Self
1953
Self - Presenter
1953
Self
1982
Kirk Lazarus
2008
Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Sherlock Holmes
2011
Dr. John Dolittle
2020
Self (archive footage)
2003
Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2027
Sid Shattuck (uncredited)
2016
Self
1992
Claude / Professor Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / Priest
2024
Wayne Gale
1994
Self
1987
Self
2012
Self
2023
Peter Highman
2010
Marvin
2014
Pete Graham
2003
Ian
1985
Royce
1998
Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage)
2021
Self
1993
Self
1995
Charles Spencer Chaplin
1992
Self
1981
Peter Wright
1994
Self
2019
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2013
Harry Lockhart
2005
Self
2025
Bill Bush
1993
Derek
1986
Billy Covington
1990
Thomas Reilly
1993
James Barris
2006
Tony Stark (archive footage)
2011
Self
2004
Jerry Renfro
1999
Self (archive footage)
2010
Self
2008
Joe Wershba
2005
Julian
1987
Self
2018
(voice)
1987
Lionel Sweeney
2006
Sherlock Holmes
Robert Merivel
1995
Bruno Mussolini
1985
Charlie
1997
Self
2007
Punk Party Crasher (uncredited)
1985
Telephone Jack
2007
Dito
2006
Dr. Kozak
2006
Steve Lopez
2009
Nathan Gardner
2008
Alex Finch
1989
Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man
2014
Self
2022
Terry Crabtree
2000
Terry Donager
1999
Self
2010
Franz Mazur
1997
Clyde Pell
1998
2005
Nick Penrose
2004
David Seton Barnes
1991
Self
2007
Leo Wiggins
1988
Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
Self
2024
Jimmy Parker
1985
Self
1993
Self
2004
Self
2001
Self - Lewis Strauss
2023
Self / Barris
2006
Dan Dark
2003
Tommy Larson
1995
Ralph Carr
1988
Self
2008
Self
2017
Self
2014
Self - Presenter
2022
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Roger Baron
1989
Mr. Willowby
1995
Self
2006
Kirk Lazarus
2008
Self - Host
2023
Hans
1999
Self
2014
Self
2015
Bobby
2003
Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited)
1980
Paulie Hackley
1986
Self
2001
Stewart
1983
Himself
1975
Self
2020
Rob (segment "Auto Motives")
2010
Jack Jericho
1987
Earl Rivers
1995
Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited)
1972
Steven Schwimmer
2006
Vivian Thompson
1999
Self
1993
Reed Richmond
1990
2003
Jerry
1994
Jim Scott
1996
Albert Einstein
1989
Eddie
1986
Lee
1984
Blake
1998
Mexican Stranger
Narrator
2006
Traveller
2004
Wolf Dangler
1987
1994
Animal Therapist
2002
Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man
2008
Self
2020
John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Self
2013
Self - Interviewee
1988
Self
2012
Self
2005
Puppy
1970
Self - Host
2019
Self
2019
Self
1999
Self
2009
