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Robert Downey Jr.
320 FOLLOWERS • 80 CREDITS • APR 4, 1965 • 59
Biography
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1966) is an American actor and producer. His career has been characterized by critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, before a resurgence of commercial success later in his career. In 2008, Downey was named by Time magazine among the 100 most influential people in the world, and from 2013 to 2015, he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid actor.
At the age of five, he made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s film Pound in 1970. He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films Weird Science (1985) and Less than Zero (1987). In 1992, Downey portrayed the title character in the biopic Chaplin, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a BAFTA Award. Following a stint at the Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility on drug charges, he joined the TV series Ally McBeal, for which he won a Golden Globe Award. He was fired from the show in the wake of drug charges in 2000 and 2001. He stayed in a court-ordered drug treatment program and has maintained his sobriety since 2003.
Initially, completion bond companies would not insure Downey, until Mel Gibson paid the insurance bond for the 2003 film The Singing Detective. He went on to star in the black comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), the thriller Zodiac (2007), and the action comedy Tropic Thunder (2008); for the latter, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Downey gained global recognition for starring as Tony Stark / Iron Man in ten films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Iron Man (2008), and leading up to Avengers: Endgame (2019). He has also played the title character in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009), which earned him his second Golden Globe, and its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011).
In 2024 he won his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor thanks to his work in "Oppenheimer."
Known For
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Saturday Night Live
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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WWE Raw
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The Oscars
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The Graham Norton Show
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Early Show
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Honest Trailers
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Family Guy
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Marvel Studios Legends
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Kids' Choice Awards
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MTV Movie & TV Awards
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Late Night with David Letterman
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Finding Your Roots
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My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman
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Loki
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Marvel Studios Assembled
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The Chef Show
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Spider-Man: Far From Home
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The Incredible Hulk
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The Nice Guys
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Baby It's You
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Val
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The Incredible Hulk: Edward Norton Cut
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Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun
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Deadpool & Wolverine
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Pound
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Oppenheimer
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Weird Science
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Mussolini: The Untold Story
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Firstborn
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The Shaggy Dog
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Zodiac
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Wonder Boys
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Less Than Zero
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Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
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U.S. Marshals
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Natural Born Killers
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Soapdish
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
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Captain America: Civil War
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Avengers: Secret Wars
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The Sympathizer
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Gothika
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Home for the Holidays
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Tropic Thunder
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Iron Man 2
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I Am Iron Man
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The Judge
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Downey's Dream Cars
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Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
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The Singing Detective
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Avengers: Infinity War
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Iron Man 3
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
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Avengers: Endgame
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Sherlock Holmes
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The Avengers
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Iron Man
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
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Dolittle
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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Sherlock Holmes 3
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Due Date
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Vertigo
Production Credits
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