Robert Downey Jr.
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-04-04 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Robert Downey Jr.
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
All-Star Weekend
as Mexican Stranger
Vertigo
as John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Sherlock Holmes 3
as Sherlock Holmes
(2027)
Avengers: Secret Wars
as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
(2026)
Avengers: Doomsday
as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
(2025)
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited)
(2024)
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2024)
(2023)
Oppenheimer
as Lewis Strauss
(2023)
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
as Self - Lewis Strauss
(2022)
"Sr."
as Self
(2022)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self - Presenter
(2020)
Dolittle
as Dr. John Dolittle
(2020)
(2020)
(2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home
as Tony Stark (Uncredited)
(2019)
Avengers: Endgame
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
(2018)
Avengers: Infinity War
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
(2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
(2017)
(2016)
Captain America: Civil War
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
(2016)
The Nice Guys
as Sid Shattuck (uncredited)
(2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
(2015)
(2014)
The Judge
as Hank Palmer
(2014)
Chef
as Marvin
(2014)
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
as Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man
(2014)
(2014)
I Am Steve McQueen
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2013)
Iron Man 3
as Tony Stark
(2013)
Iron Man 3 Unmasked
as Self
(2012)
The Avengers
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
(2012)
(2012)
(2011)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
as Sherlock Holmes
(2011)
Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
as Tony Stark (archive footage)
(2010)
Iron Man 2
as Tony Stark
(2010)
Due Date
as Peter Highman
(2010)
Love and Distrust
as Rob (segment "Auto Motives")
(2010)
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
as Self
(2010)
Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
(2009)
The Soloist
as Steve Lopez
(2008)
Iron Man
as Tony Stark
(2008)
The Incredible Hulk
as Tony Stark (uncredited)
(2008)
Tropic Thunder
as Kirk Lazarus
(2008)
I Am Iron Man
as Self
(2008)
Charlie Bartlett
as Nathan Gardner
(2008)
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
as Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man
(2008)
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
as Kirk Lazarus
(2008)
(2007)
Zodiac
as Paul Avery
(2007)
Lucky You
as Telephone Jack
(2007)
(2007)
Voom Portraits
as Self
(2006)
The Shaggy Dog
as Dr. Kozak
(2006)
A Scanner Darkly
as James Barris
(2006)
(2006)
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
as Lionel Sweeney
(2006)
Game 6
as Steven Schwimmer
(2006)
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
as Narrator
(2006)
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
as Self / Barris
(2006)
(2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
as Harry Lockhart
(2005)
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Joe Wershba
(2005)
The Outsider
as Self
(2004)
Eros
as Nick Penrose
(2004)
The Route V50
as Traveller
(2004)
(2004)
Biography: Val Kilmer
as Self
(2003)
Gothika
as Pete Graham
(2003)
The Singing Detective
as Dan Dark
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
Whatever We Do
as Bobby
(2002)
Lethargy
as Animal Therapist
(2001)
Last Party 2000
as Self
(2001)
Pieta
as Self
(2000)
Wonder Boys
as Terry Crabtree
(1999)
Bowfinger
as Jerry Renfro
(1999)
Black and White
as Terry Donager
(1999)
In Dreams
as Vivian Thompson
(1999)
Friends & Lovers
as Hans
(1998)
U.S. Marshals
as Royce
(1998)
The Gingerbread Man
as Clyde Pell
(1998)
Two Girls and a Guy
as Blake
(1997)
One Night Stand
as Charlie
(1997)
Hugo Pool
as Franz Mazur
(1996)
Danger Zone
as Jim Scott
(1995)
Richard III
as Earl Rivers
(1995)
Restoration
as Robert Merivel
(1995)
Home for the Holidays
as Tommy Larson
(1995)
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
as Mr. Willowby
(1994)
Natural Born Killers
as Wayne Gale
(1994)
Only You
as Peter Wright
(1994)
Hail Caesar
as Jerry
(1994)
(1993)
Heart and Souls
as Thomas Reilly
(1993)
Short Cuts
as Bill Bush
(1993)
The Last Party
as Self
(1993)
(1992)
Chaplin
as Charles Spencer Chaplin
(1991)
Soapdish
as David Seton Barnes
(1990)
Air America
as Billy Covington
(1990)
Too Much Sun
as Reed Richmond
(1989)
Chances Are
as Alex Finch
(1989)
True Believer
as Roger Baron
(1989)
That's Adequate
as Albert Einstein
(1988)
Johnny Be Good
as Leo Wiggins
(1988)
1969
as Ralph Carr
(1987)
The Pick-up Artist
as Jack Jericho
(1987)
Less Than Zero
as Julian
(1987)
Rented Lips
as Wolf Dangler
(1987)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as (voice)
(1986)
Back to School
as Derek
(1986)
Arrival
as Eddie
(1986)
America
as Paulie Hackley
(1985)
Weird Science
as Ian
(1985)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
as Punk Party Crasher (uncredited)
(1985)
Tuff Turf
as Jimmy Parker
(1984)
Firstborn
as Lee
(1983)
Baby It's You
as Stewart
(1980)
Up the Academy
as Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited)
(1975)
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
as Himself
(1972)
Greaser's Palace
as Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited)
(1970)
Pound
as Puppy
Crew
A Head Full of Ghosts
Producer
Vertigo
Producer
The Hider
Producer
(2025)
Play Dirty
Producer
(2022)
"Sr."
Producer
(2014)
The Judge
Executive Producer
(2006)
(1993)
The Last Party
Writer