1965-04-04 New York City, New York, USA
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965), also known as RDJ, is an American actor. A son of a filmmaker, Robert Downey Sr and 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, he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. At the age of five, Downey made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s 1970 film Pound. He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films Weird Science (1985) and Less than Zero (1987). Downey's portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic Chaplin earned 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, 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). 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 gained global recognition for starring as Iron Man in ten Marvel Cinematic Universe films, from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). Downey received acclaim for his role in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023), winning an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing multiple characters in the black comedy miniseries The Sympathizer (2024). He made his Broadway debut that year, playing the title role in Ayad Akhtar's McNeal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Downey Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Avengers: Secret Wars | Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom | 2027-12-16 |
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Avengers: Doomsday | Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom | 2026-12-16 |
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The Fantastic 4: First Steps | Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited) | 2025-07-23 |
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Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude | Self | 2024-02-01 |
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Oppenheimer | Lewis Strauss | 2023-07-19 |
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Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer | Self - Lewis Strauss | 2023-07-15 |
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self - Presenter | 2022-11-19 |
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"Sr." | Self | 2022-09-02 |
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MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains | Self | 2020-12-01 |
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Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self | 2020-08-30 |
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Dolittle | Dr. John Dolittle | 2020-01-02 |
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Avengers: Endgame | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2019-04-24 |
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Avengers: Infinity War | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2018-04-25 |
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Spider-Man: Homecoming | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2017-07-05 |
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A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming | Self | 2017-06-03 |
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Captain America: Civil War | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2016-04-27 |
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The Nice Guys | Sid Shattuck (uncredited) | 2016-05-15 |
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Avengers: Age of Ultron | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2015-04-22 |
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Phase 2 Tag Scenes: A Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two | Self | 2015-12-08 |
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Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2014-03-18 |
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The Judge | Hank Palmer | 2014-10-08 |
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Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop! | Self | 2014-11-04 |
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I Am Steve McQueen | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2014-06-24 |
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Chef | Marvin | 2014-05-08 |
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Iron Man 3 Unmasked | Self | 2013-08-24 |
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Iron Man 3 | Tony Stark | 2013-04-18 |
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Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe | Self | 2012-09-25 |
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry | Self | 2012-06-12 |
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The Avengers | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2012-04-25 |
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Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant | Tony Stark (archive footage) | 2011-09-13 |
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Sherlock Holmes | 2011-11-22 |
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Iron Man 2 | Tony Stark | 2010-04-28 |
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Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon | Self (archive footage) | 2010-07-20 |
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Love and Distrust | Rob (segment "Auto Motives") | 2010-08-16 |
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Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented | Self | 2010-03-30 |
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Due Date | Peter Highman | 2010-11-03 |
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Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 2009-12-23 |
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The Soloist | Steve Lopez | 2009-04-24 |
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Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness | Kirk Lazarus | 2008-08-26 |
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I Am Iron Man | Self | 2008-09-30 |
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Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound | Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2008-06-10 |
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Tropic Thunder | Kirk Lazarus | 2008-08-09 |
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Animal House: The Inside Story | Self | 2008-08-13 |
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The Incredible Hulk | Tony Stark (uncredited) | 2008-06-12 |
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Charlie Bartlett | Nathan Gardner | 2008-02-22 |
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Iron Man | Tony Stark | 2008-04-30 |
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Lucky You | Telephone Jack | 2007-05-01 |
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Zodiac | Paul Avery | 2007-03-02 |
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Voom Portraits | Self | 2007-10-01 |
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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Dito | 2006-09-29 |
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Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow | Narrator | 2006-06-22 |
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Game 6 | Steven Schwimmer | 2006-03-10 |
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The Shaggy Dog | Dr. Kozak | 2006-03-09 |
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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | Lionel Sweeney | 2006-08-30 |
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One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' | Self / Barris | 2006-12-19 |
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A Scanner Darkly | James Barris | 2006-07-07 |
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The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales | Self | 2006-12-19 |
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Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found | Self | 2005-04-15 |
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The Outsider | Self | 2005-12-04 |
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Good Night, and Good Luck. | Joe Wershba | 2005-09-16 |
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Harry Lockhart | 2005-09-14 |
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Eros | Nick Penrose | 2004-12-03 |
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The Route V50 | Traveller | 2004-03-01 |
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Biography: Val Kilmer | Self | 2004-11-17 |
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Linklater: St. Richard of Austin | Self | 2004-12-13 |
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Painting with Fire | Self | 2004-03-23 |
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On the Set of 'Gothika' | Self | 2004-03-23 |
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Whatever We Do | Bobby | 2003-01-16 |
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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | 2003-05-01 | |
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The Singing Detective | Dan Dark | 2003-10-24 |
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Gothika | Pete Graham | 2003-11-21 |
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Lethargy | Animal Therapist | 2002-02-02 |
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Pieta | Self | 2001-12-01 |
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Last Party 2000 | Self | 2001-11-02 |
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Wonder Boys | Terry Crabtree | 2000-02-22 |
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Auto Motives | Rob | 2000-03-05 |
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Black and White | Terry Donager | 1999-09-04 |
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Friends & Lovers | Hans | 1999-04-16 |
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Bowfinger | Jerry Renfro | 1999-08-12 |
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In Dreams | Vivian Thompson | 1999-01-15 |
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Two Girls and a Guy | Blake | 1998-04-24 |
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U.S. Marshals | Royce | 1998-03-06 |
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The Gingerbread Man | Clyde Pell | 1998-01-23 |
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Hugo Pool | Franz Mazur | 1997-12-12 |
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One Night Stand | Charlie | 1997-11-14 |
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Danger Zone | Jim Scott | 1996-08-02 |
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Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | Mr. Willowby | 1995-12-06 |
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Home for the Holidays | Tommy Larson | 1995-11-02 |
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Restoration | Robert Merivel | 1995-12-29 |
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Richard III | Earl Rivers | 1995-12-29 |
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Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue! | 1994-01-01 | |
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Hail Caesar | Jerry | 1994-05-11 |
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Natural Born Killers | Wayne Gale | 1994-08-26 |
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Only You | Peter Wright | 1994-03-04 |
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Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country | Self | 1993-03-26 |
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Heart and Souls | Thomas Reilly | 1993-08-13 |
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The Last Party | Self | 1993-08-27 |
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Short Cuts | Bill Bush | 1993-10-01 |
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Chaplin | Charles Spencer Chaplin | 1992-12-17 |
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Soapdish | David Seton Barnes | 1991-05-31 |
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Too Much Sun | Reed Richmond | 1991-01-25 |
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Air America | Billy Covington | 1990-08-10 |
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True Believer | Roger Baron | 1989-02-17 |
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Chances Are | Alex Finch | 1989-03-10 |
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That's Adequate | Albert Einstein | 1989-01-20 |
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1969 | Ralph Carr | 1988-08-18 |
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Johnny Be Good | Leo Wiggins | 1988-03-22 |
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Rented Lips | Wolf Dangler | 1988-07-01 |
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Less Than Zero | Julian | 1987-11-06 |
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
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The Pick-up Artist | Jack Jericho | 1987-09-18 |
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America | Paulie Hackley | 1986-10-01 |
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Back to School | Derek | 1986-06-13 |
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Arrival | Eddie | 1986-01-01 |
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Tuff Turf | Jimmy Parker | 1985-01-11 |
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Punk Party Crasher (uncredited) | 1985-04-12 |
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Weird Science | Ian | 1985-08-01 |
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Firstborn | Lee | 1984-10-26 |
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Baby It's You | Stewart | 1983-03-04 |
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Up the Academy | Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited) | 1980-06-06 |
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Moment to Moment | Himself | 1975-01-01 |
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Greaser's Palace | Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited) | 1972-07-31 |
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Pound | Puppy | 1970-08-08 |
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All-Star Weekend | Mexican Stranger | |
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Vertigo | John 'Scottie' Ferguson |
