Robert Downey Jr. filmography

Robert Downey Jr. is an American actor who has starred in numerous films, television series and video games. He made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s film Pound at the age of five. In the 1980s, Downey was considered a member of the Brat Pack[1] after appearing in the films Weird Science with Anthony Michael Hall (1985), Less Than Zero with Andrew McCarthy (1987), and Johnny Be Good again with Hall (1988). Downey also starred in the films True Believer (1989) and Chances Are (1989), and was a regular cast member on the late-night variety show Saturday Night Live in 1985.

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Downey at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con

In the 1990s, he was featured in the films Air America with Mel Gibson (1990), Soapdish with Sally Field (1991), Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin (1992), Heart and Souls with Alfre Woodard and Kyra Sedgwick (1993), Short Cuts with Julianne Moore (1993), Only You with Marisa Tomei (1994), Richard III with Ian McKellen (1995), and U.S. Marshals with Tommy Lee Jones (1998). His role in Chaplin earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and a BAFTA Award win for Best Actor in a Leading Role.[2][3]

Downey had a regular role in the television series Ally McBeal in 2000, which won him a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor.[4] He was then cast in the 2003 films The Singing Detective alongside Robin Wright and Gothika with Halle Berry. In 2005, he starred in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang with Val Kilmer; in Good Night, and Good Luck with David Strathairn and George Clooney; and voiced the character of Patrick Pewterschmidt in the animated series Family Guy. The following year, he appeared in the animated science fiction film A Scanner Darkly and as Paul Avery in the 2007 film Zodiac.

Since 2008, Downey plays the role of Tony Stark / Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He debuted in this role for the first time in the Marvel Studios film Iron Man, and reprised the role in The Incredible Hulk (2008) in a cameo appearance, Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and will reprise his role in the upcoming film Black Widow (2021). He also starred in the films Tropic Thunder (2008) and The Soloist (2009), and played the title character in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). In 2020, he starred as the title character in Dolittle. For his role in Tropic Thunder, he was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. He also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Sherlock Holmes.[4]

Film
At the Air America premiere, 1990
Promoting the film Iron Man in Mexico City, 2008
At the Paris premiere of Iron Man 3, April 2013
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1970 Pound Puppy 1 [5]
1972 Greaser's Palace Unnamed Quasimodo-like child Uncredited [6]
1975 Moment to Moment Himself Uncredited [7]
1980 Up the Academy Boy on Soccer Team Uncredited [8]
1983 Baby It's You Stewart [5]
1984 Firstborn Lee [9]
1985 Tuff Turf Jimmy Parker [10]
Girls Just Want to Have Fun Punk Party Crasher Uncredited [11]
Weird Science Ian [12]
Deadwait Short [13]
1986 Back to School Derek Lutz [12]
1987 The Pick-up Artist Jack Jericho [12]
Less Than Zero Julian Wells [9]
1988 Johnny Be Good Leo Wiggins [12]
Rented Lips Wolf Dangler [12]
1969 Ralph Karr [12]
That's Adequate Albert Einstein [14]
1989 True Believer Roger Baron [12]
Chances Are Alex Finch [15]
1990 Air America Billy Covington [16]
1991 Too Much Sun Reed Richmond [17]
Soapdish David Seton Barnes [18]
1992 Chaplin Charlie Chaplin [19]
1993 Heart and Souls Thomas Reilly [20]
The Last Party Himself Documentary
Also writer		 [21]
Short Cuts Bill Bush [22]
1994 Hail Caesar Jerry [23]
Natural Born Killers Wayne Gale [24]
Only You Peter Wright [25]
1995 Richard III Earl Rivers [26]
Home for the Holidays Tommy Larson [27]
Restoration Robert Merivel [28]
1996 Danger Zone Jim Scott [29]
1997 One Night Stand Charlie [30]
Two Girls and a Guy Blake Allen [31]
Hugo Pool Ahmad Rojikin [32]
1998 The Gingerbread Man Clyde Pell [33]
U.S. Marshals Special Agent John Royce [16]
1999 In Dreams Vivian Thompson [34]
Friends & Lovers Hans [35]
Bowfinger Jerry Renfro [36]
Black and White Terry Donager [37]
2000 Wonder Boys Terry Crabtree [38]
2002 Lethargy Animal therapist Short film [39]
2003 Whatever We Do Bobby Short film [40]
The Singing Detective Dan Dark [9]
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin Himself Documentary [41]
Gothika Pete Graham [42]
2004 Eros Nick Penrose Segment: "Equilibrium" [43]
2005 Game 6 Steven Schwimmer [44]
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Harry Lockhart [16]
The Outsider Himself Documentary [45]
Good Night, and Good Luck Joseph Wershba [46]
Hubert Selby Jr Narrator Voice
Documentary		 [47]
2006 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Dito Montiel Also co-producer [48]
The Shaggy Dog Dr. Kozak [49]
A Scanner Darkly James Barris [50]
Fur Lionel Sweeney [51]
2007 Zodiac Paul Avery [52]
Lucky You Telephone Jack Cameo [33]
Charlie Bartlett Principal Nathan Gardner [53]
2008 Iron Man Tony Stark / Iron Man [54]
The Incredible Hulk Uncredited cameo [55]
Tropic Thunder Kirk Lazarus [16]
2009 The Soloist Steve Lopez [56]
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes [16]
2010 Iron Man 2 Tony Stark / Iron Man [57]
Love & Distrust Rob Segment: "Auto Motives" [58]
Due Date Peter Highman [59]
2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Sherlock Holmes [60]
2012 The Avengers Tony Stark / Iron Man [61]
2013 Iron Man 3 [62]
2014 The Judge Hank Palmer Also executive producer [16]
Chef Marvin Cameo [63]
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Tony Stark / Iron Man [62]
2016 Captain America: Civil War [62]
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming [64]
2018 Avengers: Infinity War [62]
2019 Avengers: Endgame [65]
2020 Dolittle Dr. John Dolittle Also executive producer [66]
2021 Black Widow Tony Stark / Iron Man Completed [67]
All-Star Weekend TBA Completed [68]

Television
Downey Jr. at the D23 Expo, August 2011
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1985–1986 Saturday Night Live Various characters 16 episodes [12]
1985 Mussolini: The Untold Story Bruno Mussolini 3 episodes [69]
1995 Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree Mr. Willowby Television special [70]
2000–2002 Ally McBeal Larry Paul 21 episodes [71]
2005 Family Guy Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice) Episode: "The Fat Guy Strangler" [72]
2019 The Age of A.I. Himself (host) 8 episodes [73]
2021 What If...? Tony Stark / Iron Man (voice) Guest star; in voice recording progress

Video games
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008 Iron Man Tony Stark Iron Man was voiced by Stephen Stanton [74]

Music video
Year Title Artist Notes Ref.
2001 "I Want Love" Elton John [75]

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