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Robert Downey, Jr. 1 Robert Downey, Jr.

Robert Downey, Jr.

Downey at the 83rd in 2011

Born Robert John Downey, Jr. April 4, 1965 , New York, U.S.

Occupation Actor, producer, screenwriter, singer-songwriter

Years active 1970–present

Spouse(s) Deborah Falconer (1992–2004) (2005–present)

Children 2

Parents Robert Downey, Sr.

Robert John Downey, Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor who made his screen debut at the age of five, appearing in his father's Pound. He has appeared in roles associated with the , such as Less Than Zero and Weird Science. Other he has starred in include Air America, , and Natural Born Killers. He starred as the title character in the 1992 film Chaplin, earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. After being released from the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in 2000 for drug charges, Downey joined the cast of the TV series Ally McBeal playing 's love interest. His performance was praised and he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting in a Series, Miniseries, or Film. His character was written out when Downey was fired after two drug arrests in late 2000 and early 2001. After one last in a court-ordered drug treatment program, Downey finally achieved sobriety. His more recent films include The Singing Detective, , A Scanner Darkly, , Zodiac and . In 2008, Downey played the role of Marvel Tony Stark / in the live Iron Man. He reprised the role in and The , and will do so again in , set to release in 2013. In 2009, he played the title character in 's and again in 2011's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Robert Downey, Jr. 2

Early life and family Downey was born in , New York, the younger of two children.[1] His father, Robert Downey, Sr., is an actor, writer, producer, cinematographer, and director of underground films, and his mother, Elsie (née Ford), is also an actress and appeared in Downey Sr.'s films. His father is of half Russian Jewish and half Irish Catholic ancestry, and his mother is of Scottish, German, and Swiss descent.[1][2][3] His father was born "Robert Elias", and changed his last name to "Downey" (after his stepfather James Downey) when he was a minor and wanted to enlist in the Army.[2][4] He and his older sister, Allyson, grew up in .[5] As a child, Downey was "surrounded by drugs".[5] His father, a drug addict, allowed Downey to use marijuana at age six, an incident which his father has said that he now regrets.[5] Downey stated that drug use became an emotional bond between him and his father: "When my dad and I would do drugs together, it was like him trying to express his love for me in the only way he knew how."[6] Eventually, Downey began spending every night abusing alcohol and "making a thousand phone calls in pursuit of drugs".[6] During his childhood Downey had minor roles in his father's films. He made his acting debut at the age of five, playing a sick puppy in the absurdist comedy Pound (1970), and then at age seven appeared in the surrealist Greaser's Palace (1972).[2] At the age of ten, he was living in and studied classical ballet as part of a larger curriculum.[7] He attended the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York as a teenager. When his parents divorced in 1978, Downey moved to California with his father, but in 1982 he dropped out of Santa Monica High School and moved back to New York to pursue an acting career full-time.[8] He was roommates with for three years when he first moved to Hollywood to pursue his career in acting.[9]

Career

Beginnings and critical acclaim Downey began building upon theater roles, including the short-lived off-Broadway musical "American Passion" at the Joyce Theater in 1983, produced by . In 1985, at age 20, Downey joined the cast of the weekly television comedy show (SNL), but was fired in 1986 following a cast overhaul that was done in order to save the show from cancelation due to low Nielsen ratings and critics panning the show for its mediocre cast at the time.[8] In 1985, Downey had his breakthrough when he played 's in Tuff Turf and then a bully in ' Weird Science. He was considered for the role of Duckie in John Hughes' film (1986),[10][11] but his first lead role would be with in The Pick-up Artist (1987). Because of these and other coming-of-age films Downey did during the , he is sometimes named as a member of the Brat Pack.[8][12] In 1987, Downey played Julian Wells, a drug-addicted rich boy whose life rapidly spirals out of his control, in the film version of the Bret Easton Ellis novel Less Than Zero. His performance, described by in as "desperately moving",[13] was widely praised, though Downey has said that for him "the role was like the ghost of Christmas Future" since his drug habit resulted in his becoming an "exaggeration of the character" in real life.[14] Zero drove Downey into films with bigger budgets and names, such as Chances Are (1989) with Cybill Shepherd and Ryan O'Neal, Air America (1990) with , and Soapdish (1991) with , and . In 1992, he starred as in Chaplin, a role for which he prepared extensively, learning how to play the violin and tennis left-handed. He even had a personal coach in order to imitate Chaplin's posture and way of carrying himself.[15] The role garnered Downey an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor at the Academy Awards 65th ceremony, losing to in Scent of a Woman.[16] His other films in the included Heart and Souls, Only You, Natural Born Killers, Restoration, Two Girls and a Guy, Black and White, Short Cuts, Richard III, and The Robert Downey, Jr. 3

Last Party, a documentary written by Downey.

Career troubles

From 1996 through 2001, Downey was arrested numerous times on drug-related charges including , heroin and marijuana[17] and went several times through drug treatment programs unsuccessfully, explaining in 1999 to a judge: "It's like I've got a shotgun in my mouth with my finger on the trigger, and I like the taste of the gun metal."[18] He explained his relapses by claiming to have been addicted to drugs since the age of eight, due to the fact that his father, also an addict, had been giving them to him.[18][19]

In April 1996, Downey was arrested for possession of heroin, cocaine and an unloaded .357 Magnum handgun while he was speeding down Sunset Boulevard. A month later, while on parole, he trespassed into a neighbor's home while under the influence of a controlled substance and fell asleep in one of the beds.[20][21] He was sentenced to three years of probation and required to undergo compulsory drug testing. In 1997, he missed one of the court-ordered drug tests

and had to spend four months in the County jail. Downey Jr. at the premiere of Air America, 1990 After Downey missed another required drug test in 1999, he was arrested once more. Despite Downey's lawyer, John Stewart Holden, assembling for his client's 1999 defense the same team of lawyers that successfully defended O.J. Simpson during his criminal trial for murder,[18] Downey was sentenced to a three-year prison term at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, California (a.k.a. "Corcoran II"). At the time of the 1999 arrest, all of Downey's film projects had wrapped and were close to release, with the exception of In Dreams, which he was allowed to complete filming. He had also been hired for voicing "The Devil" on the NBC animated television series God, the Devil and Bob, but was fired when he failed to show up for rehearsals.[22][23]

After spending nearly a year in California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, California, Downey, on condition of posting $5,000 bail, was unexpectedly freed when a judge ruled that his collective time in incarceration facilities (spawned from the initial 1996 arrests) had qualified him for early release.[5] A week after his 2000 release, Downey joined the cast of the hit television series Ally McBeal, playing the new love interest of Calista Flockhart's title character.[24] His performance was praised and the following year he was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category and won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a -series or television film.[25][26] He also appeared as a writer and singer on 's Ally McBeal: For Once in My Life album, and he sang with a duet of "Every Breath You Take" in an episode of the series. Despite the apparent success, Downey claims that his performance on the series was overrated and that, "It was my lowest point in terms of addictions. At that stage, I didn't give a fuck whether I ever acted again."[14] In January 2001, Downey was scheduled to play the role of Hamlet in a Los Angeles stage production directed by Mel Gibson.[27] Before the end of his first season on Ally McBeal, over the Thanksgiving 2000 holiday, Downey was arrested when his room at Merv Griffin's Hotel and Givenchy Spa in Palm Springs, California was searched by the police, who were responding to an 911 call. Downey was under the influence of a controlled substance and in possession of cocaine and Valium.[28][29] Despite the fact that, if convicted, he could face a prison sentence of up to four years and eight months, he signed on to appear in at least eight more Ally McBeal episodes.[30] In April 2001, while he was on parole, a Los Angeles police officer found him wandering barefoot in Culver City, just outside Los Angeles. He was arrested for suspicion of being under the influence of drugs, but was released a few hours later,[31] even though tests showed he had cocaine in his system.[32] After this last arrest, producer David E. Robert Downey, Jr. 4

Kelley and other Ally McBeal executives ordered last-minute rewrites and reshoots and dismissed Downey from the show, despite the fact that Downey's character had resuscitated Ally McBeal's ratings.[33] The Culver City arrest also cost him a role in the high-profile film America's Sweethearts,[32] and the subsequent incarceration forced Mel Gibson to shut down his planned stage production of Hamlet, as well. In July 2001, Downey pleaded no contest to the Palm Springs charges, avoiding jail time. Instead, he was sent into drug rehabilitation and put on a three-year probation, benefiting from the California Proposition 36, which had been passed the year before with the aim of helping nonviolent drug offenders overcome their addictions instead of sending them to jail.[5][34] The book Conversations with reports that director Woody Allen wanted to cast Downey and in his film Melinda and Melinda in 2005, but was unable to do so because he could not get insurance on them, stating, "We couldn't get bonded. The completion bonding companies would not bond the picture unless we could insure them. We were heartbroken because I had worked with Winona before [on ] and thought she was perfect for this and wanted to work with her again. And I had always wanted to work with Bob Downey and always thought he was a huge talent." In a December 18, 2000 article for People Magazine entitled "Bad to Worse", Downey's stepmother Rosemary told author Alex Tresnlowski that Downey had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder "a few years ago" and added that his bipolar disorder was "the reason he has a hard time staying sober. What hasn't been tried is medication and intensive psychotherapy."[35] In the same article, Dr. Manijeh Nikakhtar, a Los Angeles psychiatrist and co-author of Addiction or Self-Medication: (ISBN 978-1883819576), says she received a letter from Downey in 1999, during his time at Corcoran II, asking for advice on his condition. She discovered that "no one had done a complete [psychiatric] evaluation [on him]...I asked him flat out if he thought he was bipolar, and he said, 'Oh yeah. There are times I spend a lot of money and I'm hyperactive, and there are other times I'm down.'"[35] In an article for the March 2007 issue of Esquire, Downey told author Scott Raab that he wanted to address "this whole thing about the bipolar" after receiving a phone call from "the Bipolar Association" asking him about being bipolar. When Downey denied he had ever said he was bipolar, the caller quoted the People article, to which Downey replied, "'No! Dr. Malibusian said [I said I was bipolar]...', and they go, 'Well, it's been written, so we're going to quote it.'"[36] Downey flatly denied being "depressed or manic" and that previous attempts to diagnose him with any kind of psychiatric or mood disorder have always been skewed because "the guy I was seeing didn't know I was smokin' crack in his bathroom. You can't make a diagnosis until somebody's sober."[36]

Career comeback After five years of substance abuse, arrests, rehab, and relapse, Robert Downey Jr. was finally ready to work toward a full recovery from drugs and a return to his career. In discussing his failed attempts to control his own addictive behavior in the past, Downey told in November 2004 that "when someone says, 'I really wonder if maybe I should go to rehab?' Well, uh, you're a wreck, you just lost your job, and your wife left you. Uh, you might want to give it a shot."[37] He added that after his last arrest in April 2001, when he knew he would likely be facing another stint in prison or another form of incarceration such as court-ordered rehab, "I finally said, 'You know what? I don't think I can continue doing this.' And I reached out for help, and I ran with it. You can reach out for help in kind of a half-assed way and you'll get it and you won't take advantage of it. It's not that difficult to overcome these seemingly ghastly problems...what's hard is to decide to actually do it."[37] Downey got his first post-rehab acting job in August 2001, lip-syncing in the video for 's single "I Want Love".[38] Video director Sam Taylor-Wood shot 16 takes of the video and used the last one because, according to John, Downey looked completely relaxed, and, "The way he underplays it is fantastic."[39] Downey was able to return to the big screen only after Mel Gibson, who had been a close friend to Downey since both had co-starred in Air America, paid Downey's insurance bond for the 2003 film The Singing Detective.[40] Gibson's gamble paved the way for Downey's comeback and Downey returned to mainstream films in the mid-2000s with Gothika, for which producer withheld 40 percent of his salary until after production wrapped as Robert Downey, Jr. 5

insurance against his addictive behavior. Similar clauses have become standard in his contracts since then.[41] After Gothika, Downey was cast in a number of leading and supporting roles, including well-received work in a number of semi-independent films: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Good Night, and Good Luck, A Scanner Darkly, and Steven Shainberg's fictional biographical film of , Fur, where Downey's character represented the two biggest influences on Arbus' professional life, Lisette Model and Marvin Israel.[42] Downey also received great notice for his roles in more mainstream fare such as Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Disney's poorly received The Dog, and 's 2007 film Zodiac, in which he played Chronicle journalist Paul Avery. On November 23, 2004, Downey released his debut musical album, The Futurist, on Sony Classical, for which he designed the cover art[1] and designed the track listing label on the CD with his son Indio.[43] The album received mixed reviews,[44][45] but Downey stated in 2006 that he probably will not do another album, as he felt that the energy he put into doing the album was not compensated.[46] In 2006, Downey returned to his television roots when he guest-starred on Family Guy in the episode "The Fat Guy Strangler". Downey had previously telephoned the show's production staff and asked if he could produce or assist in an episode creation, as his son is a fan of the show. of the show accepted the offer and created the character of Patrick Pewterschmidt, Lois Griffin's long lost, mentally disturbed brother, for Downey.[47] Downey signed on with publishers HarperCollins to write a memoir, which in 2006 was already being billed as a "candid look at the highs and lows of his life and career". In 2008, however, Downey returned his advance to the publishers and canceled the book without further comment.[48]

Summer 2008 blockbusters With all of the critical success Downey had experienced throughout his career, he had never appeared in a "blockbuster" film. That changed in the summer of 2008 when Downey starred in two critically and commercially successful films, Iron Man and Tropic Thunder. In the article wrote for Downey's entry in the 2008 edition of The Time 100, he offered an observation on Downey's commercially successful summer at the box office: Yes, Downey is Iron Man, but he really is Actor Man.[...]In the realm where box office is irrelevant and talent is king, the realm that actually means something, he has always ruled, and finally this summer he gets to have his cake and let us eat him up all the way to the multiplex, where his mastery is in full effect. —-- Ben Stiller, The 2008 Time 100, entry No. 60, "Robert Downey Jr."[49]

Iron Man

In 2007, Downey was cast as the title character in the film Iron Man,[50] with director explaining the choice by stating: "Downey wasn't the most obvious choice, but he understood what makes the character tick. He found a lot [51] Downey promoting the film Iron of his own life experience in 'Tony Stark'." Favreau insisted on having Man in Mexico City, 2008. Downey as he repeatedly claimed that Downey would be to Iron Man what is to the Pirates of the Caribbean series, a lead actor that could both elevate the quality of the film and increase the public's interest in it.[20][52][53][54] For the role Downey had to gain more than 20 pounds of muscle in five months to look like he "had the power to forge iron."[55]

Iron Man was globally released between April 30 and May 3, 2008, grossing over $300 million in the and Canada[56] and receiving rave reviews which cite Downey's performance as a highlight of the film.[57][58] As a result, both Downey and Favreau stated their interest in making Iron Man a trilogy.[59] By October 2008, Downey Robert Downey, Jr. 6

had agreed to appear as Iron Man in two Iron Man sequels and The Avengers, the superhero team that Stark joins based on Marvel's comic book series The Avengers.[60] He also made a small appearance as Iron Man's alter ego Tony Stark in the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk, as a part of Marvel Studios' attempt to depict the same Marvel Universe on film by providing continuity among the movies.[61]

Tropic Thunder After Iron Man, Downey appeared alongside Ben Stiller and in another 2008 summer film, the Stiller-directed Tropic Thunder. Each man plays a Hollywood archetype—self-absorbed multi-Oscar-winning Aussie method actor Kirk Lazarus (Downey), aging action hero desperately looking to reinvent himself as a serious actor (Stiller), and overweight heroin-addicted self-destructive comic best known for portraying multiple characters in a franchise of comedies about a family that farts in every film (Black)—as they star in an extremely expensive Vietnam-era film called Tropic Thunder. Lazarus undergoes a "controversial skin pigmentation procedure" in order to take on the role of African American platoon sergeant Lincoln Osiris, which required Downey to wear dark makeup and a wig. Both Stiller and Downey feared Downey's portrayal of the character could become controversial: Stiller says that he and Downey always stayed focused on the fact that they were skewering insufferable actors, not . 'I was trying to push it as far as you can within reality,' Stiller explains. 'I had no idea how people would respond to it.' Stiller screened a rough cut of the film [in March 2008] and it scored high with African Americans. He was relieved at the reaction. 'It seems people really embrace it,' he says. —- First Look: 'Tropic Thunder'[62] When asked by Harry Smith on CBS's The Early Show who his model was for Lazarus, Downey laughed before responding, "Sadly, my sorry-ass self."[63] Released in the United States on August 13, 2008, Tropic Thunder received good reviews with 83% of reviews positive and an average normalized score of 71, according to the review aggregator websites and Metacritic, respectively. It earned US$26 million in its North American opening weekend and retained the number one position for its first three weekends of release. The film grossed $180 million in theaters before its release on home video on November 18, 2008. Downey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal as Lazarus.

Post-2008 career Opening in late April 2009 was a film Downey finished in mid-2008, The Soloist; the film was pushed out from a November 2008 release by due to the studio's tight end-of-year release schedule.[64] Critics who had seen the film in 2008 were mentioning it as a possible Academy Award candidate.[65] Downey still picked up an Academy Award nomination for the 2008 release year for his role in Tropic Thunder,[66] but did not garner similar recognition for The Soloist after its delayed release. The first role Downey accepted after Iron Man was the title character in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. Warner Bros. released on December 25, 2009.[67] The film set several box office records in the United States for a Christmas Day release, beating the previous record holder, 2008's Marley & Me, by nearly $10M, and finished second only to Avatar in a record-setting Christmas weekend box office. Sherlock With Rachel McAdams promoting Sherlock [68][69] Holmes ended up being the 8th highest grossing film of 2009. Holmes at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con When Downey won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion International. Picture Musical or Comedy from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for his role as Sherlock Holmes, he noted in his acceptance speech that he had prepared no remarks because "my wife (Sherlock Holmes producer Susan Downey) told me at 10:00 this morning that (nominated for his role in The Informant!) was going to win." Robert Downey, Jr. 7

Following the tremendous success of 2008's Iron Man, Downey agreed to reprise his role as Tony Stark in two more Iron Man films as well as the superhero team put together by S.H.I.E.L.D., The Avengers. After appearing in a connecting cameo scene at the end of the 2008 version of The Incredible Hulk, Downey returned as Tony Stark in the first of two planned sequels to Iron Man, Iron Man 2, opened in May 2010. It grossed over $623M worldwide, becoming the 7th [70] With the cast of The Avengers, Joss highest grossing film of 2010. Whedon and at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. Downey's other commercial film release of 2010 was the comedy road film Due Date. The movie, co-starring , was released in November 2010[71] and grossed over $211M worldwide, making it the 36th highest grossing movie of 2010.[72] Downey's sole 2011 film credit was the sequel to the 2009 version of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which opened worldwide on December 16, 2011. In 2012, Downey reprised the role of Tony Stark in The Avengers. The film received positive reviews[73] and was highly successful at the box office, becoming the third highest-grossing film both in the United States and worldwide.[74] Downey will play Tony Stark again in Iron Man 3, scheduled for 2013 release.[75]

Nissan "Innovation for all" voiceover In August 2010, Nissan Motor rolled out its newest ad campaign, "Innovation for all", the successor to its long-running "Shift" campaign. The campaign will consist of five spots covering the Nissan 2012 product line, with Downey providing narration for the ads.[76]

Music career Robert Downey Jr. has sung on several soundtracks in his films such as Chaplin, , Two Girls and a Guy, and Lovers, The Singing Detective and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. He released a CD in 2004 called The Futurist, and while promoting his film Tropic Thunder, he and his co-stars Ben Stiller and Jack Black were back up singers "The Pips" to Gladys Knight singing "Midnight Train to Georgia". He also sang the Christmas song, "River" which receives heavy radio airplay around the Christmas season. Robert Downey, Jr. 8

Production company On June 14, 2010, Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan, opened their own production company called . Their first project will be the Steve McQueen script, Yucatan, which is a .[77]

Personal life

Downey started dating actress after meeting her on the set of Firstborn. They separated in 1991 because of his drug addiction, according to Downey.[78] He married actress/singer Deborah Falconer on May 29, 1992, after a 42-day courtship,[79] and had a son with her, Indio Falconer Downey, born on September 7, 1993[80] in Los Angeles County, California. The strain on their marriage from Downey's repeated trips to rehab and jail finally reached a breaking point; in 2001, in the midst of Downey's last arrest and sentencing to an extended stay in rehab, Falconer left Downey and took Indio with her.[79] Downey and Falconer finalized their divorce on April 26, 2004. Downey now sees his son frequently after settling custody arrangements with Falconer.[79]

In 2003, on the set of Gothika, Downey met producer Susan Levin, an Executive Vice President of Production at Joel Silver's film company, .[40] Downey and Susan quietly struck up a romance Downey Jr. and his wife, Susan Downey, at the during production, though Susan turned down his romantic advances 2010 Academy Awards twice.[81] Despite Susan's worries that the romance would not last after the completion of shooting because "he's an actor; I have a real job",[81] the couple's relationship continued after production wrapped on Gothika, and Downey proposed to Susan on the night before her thirtieth birthday.[81] The couple were married on August 27, 2005, in a Jewish ceremony at Amagansett, New York. They have a son together named Exton Elias Downey, born on February 7, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.[82][83] He credits his wife with helping him kick his drug and alcohol habits. "There's no understanding for me of the bigger picture in real time in a hands-on way without her. Because it was the perfect, perfect, perfect matching of personalities and gifts."[84] A tattoo on one of his biceps reads "Suzie Q" in tribute to her.[85][86]

Downey says he has been drug-free since July 2003,[87] thanks to his family, therapy, meditation, twelve-step recovery programs, yoga and the practice of Wing Chun Kung Fu.[14] He has described his religious beliefs as "Jewish-Buddhist",[88] and in the past has been interested in Christianity and the Hare Krishna ideology.[88] In a panel discussion, Rachel McAdams, who co-starred with Downey in Sherlock Holmes, called him a "superhero" for his "committed" work ethic.[89] On the same panel, Downey described how he worked long hours and many weekends to ensure the accuracy of his portrayal of Holmes so as to help make the film a success.[89] Downey has been a close friend of Mel Gibson since they starred in Air America. Downey defended Gibson during the controversy surrounding The Passion of the Christ, and said "nobody's perfect" in reference to Gibson's DUI.[90] Said Gibson of Downey:[91]

He was one of the first people to call and offer the hand of friendship. He just said, 'Hey, welcome to the club. Let's go see what we can do to “work on ourselves.' ”

Downey has indicated that his time in prison changed his political point of view somewhat, saying: "I have a really interesting political point of view, and it's not always something I say too loud at dinner tables here, but you can't go from a $2,000-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary and really understand it and come out a liberal. You can't. Robert Downey, Jr. 9

I wouldn't wish that experience on anyone else, but it was very, very, very educational for me and has informed my proclivities and politics ever since."[92]

Filmography

Film and television

Year Title Role Notes

1970 Pound Puppy

1972 Greaser's Palace Uncredited

1975 Moment to Moment Uncredited

1980 Uncredited

1983 Baby It's You Stewart

1984 Firstborn Lee

1985 Deadwait Short

1985 Tuff Turf Jimmy Parker

1985 Weird Science Ian Credited as Robert Downey

1985 Saturday Night Live Cast member TV series (18 episodes)

1986 Back to School Derek Lutz

1986 America Paulie Hackley

1987 The Pick-up Artist Jack Jericho

1987 Less Than Zero Julian Wells

1988 Johnny Be Good Leo Wiggins

1988 1969 Ralph Karr

1988 Rented Lips Wolf Dangler

1989 That's Adequate Albert Einstein

1989 True Believer Roger Baron

1989 Chances Are Alex Finch

1990 Air America Billy Covington

1991 Too Much Sun Reed Richmond

1991 Soapdish David Seton Barnes

1992 Chaplin Charlie Chaplin

1993 Heart and Souls Thomas Reilly

1993 The Last Party Himself Also writer

1993 Short Cuts Bill Bush

1994 Hail Caesar Jerry

1994 A Century of Cinema

1994 Natural Born Killers Wayne Gale

1994 Only You Peter Wright (alias Damon Bradley)

1995 Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree Mr. Willowby TV film

1995 Richard III Earl Rivers Robert Downey, Jr. 10

1995 Home for the Holidays Tommy Larson

1995 Restoration Robert Merivel

1997 Danger Zone Jim Scott

1997 One Night Stand Charlie

1997 Two Girls and a Guy Blake Allen

1997 Hugo Pool Franz Mazur

1998 The Gingerbread Man Clyde Pell

1998 U.S. Marshals Special John Royce

1999 In Dreams Vivian Thompson

1999 Friends & Lovers Hans

1999 Jerry Renfro

1999 Black and White Terry Donager

2000 Ally McBeal Larry Paul TV series (15 episodes)

2000 Wonder Boys Terry Crabtree

2000 Auto Motives Rob Short

2002 Lethargy Animal therapist Short

2003 Whatever We Do Bobby Short

2003 The Singing Detective Dan Dark

2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin Himself

2003 Gothika Pete Graham

2004 Eros Nick Penrose Segment: Equilibrium

2005 Game 6 Steven Schwimmer

2005 The Outsider

2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Harry Lockhart

2005 Good Night, and Good Luck Joseph Wershba

2005 Family Guy Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice) TV series (1 Episode: "The Fat Guy Strangler")

2005 Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow Narrator Documentary

2006 The Shaggy Dog Dr. Kozak

2006 A Scanner Darkly James Barris

2006 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Dito Montiel Also co-producer

2006 Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Lionel Sweeney

2007 Zodiac Paul Avery

2007 Lucky You Telephone Jack Cameo

2008 Charlie Bartlett Principal Nathan Gardner

2008 Iron Man Tony Stark/Iron Man

2008 Iron Man Tony Stark/Iron Man (voice) Video game

2008 The Incredible Hulk Tony Stark Cameo

2008 Tropic Thunder Kirk Lazarus/Sgt. Lincoln Osiris

2009 The Soloist Steve Lopez Robert Downey, Jr. 11

2009 Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes

2010 Iron Man 2 Tony Stark/Iron Man Also co-writer

2010 Due Date Peter Highman

2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Sherlock Holmes

2012 The Avengers Tony Stark/Iron Man

2013 Iron Man 3 Tony Stark/Iron Man Filming

TBA Pinocchio Geppetto Pre-production

Awards and nominations

Awards

Year Award Film

1992 BAFTA for Best Actor Chaplin

1992 Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year Chaplin

1993 Saturn Award for Best Actor Heart and Souls

1993 Venice Film Festival Special Volpi Cup Short Cuts

2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Ally McBeal

2000 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Ally McBeal

[93] 2000 Outie Awards for Male Screen Idol Award Wonder Boys

2003 International Film Festival Career Achievement Award

[94] 2003 Sitges Film Festival Best Actor The Singing Detective

2004 Hasty Pudding Theatricals Man of the Year

2006 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Film A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

2008 ShoWest Award for Male Star of the Year

2008 Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast Tropic Thunder

[95] 2008 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award Actor of the Year Tropic Thunder & Iron Man

2008 Saturn Award for Best Actor Iron Man

2009 Irish Film & Television Award for Best International Actor Iron Man

2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Sherlock Holmes

2009 Irish Film & Television Award for Best International Actor Sherlock Holmes

2010 Spike Guy's Choice Award for Deadliest Warrior Iron Man 2

2011 American Cinematheque Award Robert Downey, Jr. 12

Nominations

Year Award Film

1992 Academy Award for Best Actor Chaplin

1992 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Chaplin

1992 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Chaplin

1997 Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor One Night Stand

2000 American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male Actor in a TV Series Ally McBeal

2000 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Ally McBeal

2000 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Ally McBeal

2000 TV Guide Award for Best Supporting Actor Ally McBeal

2000 TV Critics Association Award Individual Achievement in Comedy Ally McBeal

2003 Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy The Singing Detective

2005 Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

2005 Satellite Award for Best Original Song Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

2005 Saturn Award for Best Actor Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Good Night, and Good Luck

2005 Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast Good Night, and Good Luck

2005 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Good Night, and Good Luck

2005 WFCA Award for Best Cast Good Night, and Good Luck

2006 Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor A Scanner Darkly

2008 People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Star

2008 Empire Award for Best Actor Iron Man

2008 MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance Iron Man

2008 National Movie Award for Best Actor Iron Man

2008 People's Choice Award for Favorite Superhero Iron Man

2008 People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Action Star Iron Man

2008 Teen Choice Award for Best Actor in an Action Adventure Iron Man

[96] 2008 IGN Award for Best Cameo The Incredible Hulk

2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Tropic Thunder

2008 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Tropic Thunder

2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Tropic Thunder

2008 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Tropic Thunder

2008 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Tropic Thunder

2008 Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Tropic Thunder

2008 Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Tropic Thunder

2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Tropic Thunder

2008 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Tropic Thunder

2008 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Tropic Thunder

2008 SAG Award Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture Tropic Thunder Robert Downey, Jr. 13

2008 Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Hissy Fit Tropic Thunder

2009 Prism Award for Best Performance in Feature Film The Soloist

2009 Empire Award for Best Actor Sherlock Holmes

2009 MTV Movie Award for Best Fight with Sherlock Holmes

2009 Saturn Award for Best Actor Sherlock Holmes

2009 Teen Choice Award for Best Action Adventure Actor Sherlock Holmes

2010 Saturn Award for Best Actor Iron Man 2

2010 Kids Choice Award for Favorite Buttkicker Iron Man 2

2010 People's Choice Award for Favorite Action Star Iron Man 2

2010 People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor Iron Man 2

2010 People's Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Team with Iron Man 2

2010 SFX Award for Best Actor Iron Man 2

2010 Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Dance Iron Man 2

2010 Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Fight with Don Cheadle Iron Man 2

2010 Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor - Sci-Fi Iron Man 2

2010 Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Hissy Fit Due Date

2011 MTV Movie Award for Best Hero

2012 Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actor - Action Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2012 Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actor - Sci-Fi/Fantasy The Avengers

2012 Teen Choice Award Choice Summer Movie Star - Male The Avengers

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