
Robert Downey Jr.
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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

Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Raw

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Oscars

The Graham Norton Show

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Entertainment Tonight

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

GMTV

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Early Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Honest Trailers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Frank Skinner Show

Ally McBeal

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

Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways

The Chef Show

Spider-Man: Far From Home

The Incredible Hulk

The Nice Guys

Val

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Avengers: Doomsday

Baby It's You

Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Deadpool & Wolverine

Pound

Chef

The Fantastic 4: First Steps

Weird Science

Firstborn

Mussolini: The Untold Story

The Shaggy Dog

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Wonder Boys

Oppenheimer

Zodiac

Less Than Zero

Soapdish

U.S. Marshals

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Natural Born Killers

Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Tropic Thunder

The Outsider

Captain America: Civil War

Gothika

The Sympathizer

Home for the Holidays

Iron Man 2

Avengers: Secret Wars

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

The Judge

I Am Iron Man

Avengers: Infinity War

Sherlock Holmes

The Avengers

1969

Due Date

Dolittle

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Iron Man

Vertigo

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Iron Man 3

Downey's Dream Cars

The Singing Detective

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Endgame
Production Credits
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