Robert Downey Jr.
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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
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
WWE Raw
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Graham Norton Show
The Oscars
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Early Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Honest Trailers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Family Guy
Kids' Choice Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Late Night with David Letterman
Finding Your Roots
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman
Marvel Studios Assembled
Loki
Marvel Studios Legends
The Chef Show
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Saturday Night Live
The Incredible Hulk
The Nice Guys
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Baby It's You
Val
Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Deadpool & Wolverine
Pound
Oppenheimer
Weird Science
Firstborn
Mussolini: The Untold Story
The Shaggy Dog
Wonder Boys
Zodiac
Natural Born Killers
Soapdish
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Less Than Zero
Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
Tropic Thunder
Gothika
Captain America: Civil War
Avengers: Secret Wars
Home for the Holidays
The Sympathizer
Dolittle
Iron Man 2
Due Date
I Am Iron Man
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Sherlock Holmes
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Vertigo
Downey's Dream Cars
The Judge
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Avengers: Endgame
The Singing Detective
The Avengers
Iron Man
Iron Man 3
Sherlock Holmes 3
Production Credits
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