Robert John Downey, Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor. Downey made his screen debut in 1970, at the age of five, when he appeared in his father's film Pound, and has worked consistently in film and television ever since. During the 1980s he had roles in a series of coming of age films associated with the Brat Pack. Less Than Zero (1987) is particularly notable, not only because it was the first time Downey's acting would be acknowledged by critics, but also because the role pushed Downey's already existing drug habit one step further. After Zero, Downey started landing roles in bigger films such as Air America (1990), Soapdish (1991) and Natural Born Killers (1994). He played Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 film Chaplin, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Movie | Sherlock Holmes 3 | Sherlock Holmes | 2025 |
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Mexican Stranger | 2025 |
Movie | Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project | Dr. John Brinkley | 2025 |
Series | The Sympathizer | The Congressman / The Agent / The Director / The Professor | 2024-04-14 |
Movie | Oppenheimer | Lewis Strauss | 2023-07-19 |
Movie | Sr. | Self | 2022-09-02 |
Movie | 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self - Presenter | 2022-11-19 |
Movie | Black Widow | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2021-07-07 |
Movie | Val | Self (archive footage) | 2021-07-23 |
Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self | 2020-08-30 |
Movie | Dolittle | Dr. John Dolittle | 2020-01-02 |
Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2019-04-24 |
Movie | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Tony Stark (Archive Footage) | 2019-06-28 |
Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2018-04-25 |
Movie | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2017-07-05 |
Movie | The Nice Guys | Sid Shattuck (uncredited) | 2016-05-15 |
Movie | Captain America: Civil War | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2016-04-27 |
Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2015-04-22 |
Movie | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2014-03-18 |
Movie | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Himself (uncredited) | 2014-10-17 |
Movie | The Judge | Hank Palmer | 2014-10-08 |
Movie | I Am Steve McQueen | Narrator (voice) | 2014-06-24 |
Movie | Chef | Marvin | 2014-05-08 |
Movie | Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop! | Self | 2014-11-04 |
Movie | Iron Man 3 | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2013-04-18 |
Movie | The Avengers | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2012-04-25 |
Movie | Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant | Tony Stark (archive footage) | 2011-09-13 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Sherlock Holmes | 2011-11-22 |
Movie | Iron Man 2 | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2010-04-28 |
Movie | Love and Distrust | Rob (segment "Auto Motives") | 2010-08-16 |
Movie | Due Date | Peter Highman | 2010-11-03 |
Movie | Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon | Self (archive footage) | 2010-07-20 |
Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 2009-12-23 |
Movie | The Soloist | Steve Lopez | 2009-04-24 |
Movie | I Am Iron Man | Self | 2008-09-30 |
Movie | Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness | Kirk Lazarus | 2008-08-26 |
Movie | Charlie Bartlett | Nathan Gardner | 2008-02-22 |
Movie | Iron Man | Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2008-04-30 |
Movie | Animal House: The Inside Story | Self | 2008-08-13 |
Movie | Tropic Thunder | Kirk Lazarus | 2008-08-09 |
Movie | The Incredible Hulk | Tony Stark (uncredited) | 2008-06-12 |
Movie | Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound | Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man | 2008-06-10 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Lucky You | Telephone Jack | 2007-05-01 |
Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
Movie | Zodiac | Paul Avery | 2007-03-02 |
Movie | Killers Kill, Dead Men Die | The Boxer | 2007-03-13 |
Movie | The Shaggy Dog | Dr. Kozak | 2006-03-09 |
Movie | Game 6 | Steven Schwimmer | 2006-03-10 |
Movie | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | Lionel Sweeney | 2006-08-30 |
Movie | A Scanner Darkly | James Barris | 2006-07-07 |
Movie | One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' | Self / Barris | 2006-12-19 |
Movie | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Dito | 2006-09-29 |
Movie | Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow | Narrator | 2006-06-22 |
Movie | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Joe Wershba | 2005-09-16 |
Movie | The Outsider | Self | 2005-12-04 |
Series | The Reichen Show | 2005-11-11 | |
Movie | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Harry Lockhart | 2005-09-05 |
Movie | Eros | Nick Penrose | 2004-12-03 |
Movie | The Route V50 | Traveller | 2004-03-01 |
Movie | Equilibrium | Nick Penrose | 2004-09-10 |
Movie | Whatever We Do | Bobby | 2003-01-16 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Gothika | Pete Graham | 2003-11-21 |
Series | Punk'd | Himself | 2003-03-17 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | 2003-05-01 | |
Movie | The Singing Detective | Dan Dark | 2003-10-24 |
Movie | Lethargy | Animal Therapist | 2002-02-02 |
Movie | Wonder Boys | Terry Crabtree | 2000-02-22 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | In Dreams | Vivian Thompson | 1999-01-15 |
Movie | Friends & Lovers | Hans | 1999-04-16 |
Movie | Bowfinger | Jerry Renfro | 1999-08-12 |
Movie | Black and White | Terry Donager | 1999-09-04 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | U.S. Marshals | John Royce | 1998-03-06 |
Movie | The Gingerbread Man | Clyde Pell | 1998-01-23 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Series | Ally McBeal | Larry Paul | 1997-09-08 |
Movie | Hugo Pool | Franz Mazur | 1997-12-12 |
Movie | One Night Stand | Charlie | 1997-11-14 |
Movie | Two Girls and a Guy | Blake Allen | 1997-09-07 |
Movie | Danger Zone | Jim Scott | 1996-08-02 |
Movie | Restoration | Robert Merivel | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | Richard III | Earl Rivers | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | Mr. Willowby | 1995-12-06 |
Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
Movie | Home for the Holidays | Tommy Larson | 1995-11-02 |
Movie | Only You | Peter Wright / Damon Bradley | 1994-03-04 |
Movie | Hail Caesar | Jerry | 1994-05-11 |
Movie | Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue! | 1994-01-01 | |
Movie | Natural Born Killers | Wayne Gale | 1994-08-26 |
Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Short Cuts | Bill Bush | 1993-09-05 |
Movie | The Last Party | Self | 1993-08-27 |
Movie | Heart and Souls | Thomas Reilly | 1993-08-13 |
Movie | Chaplin | Charles Spencer Chaplin | 1992-12-17 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Soapdish | David Seton Barnes | 1991-05-31 |
Movie | Too Much Sun | Reed Richmond | 1990-10-10 |
Movie | Air America | Billy Covington | 1990-08-10 |
Movie | That's Adequate | Albert Einstein | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Chances Are | Alex Finch | 1989-03-10 |
Movie | True Believer | Roger Baron | 1989-02-17 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
Movie | 1969 | Ralph Carr | 1988-08-18 |
Movie | Johnny Be Good | Leo Wiggins | 1988-03-22 |
Movie | Less Than Zero | Julian | 1987-11-06 |
Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
Movie | The Pick-up Artist | Jack Jericho | 1987-09-18 |
Movie | America | Paulie Hackley | 1986-10-01 |
Movie | Arrival | Eddie | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Back to School | Derek | 1986-06-13 |
Series | Mussolini: The Untold Story | Bruno Mussolini | 1985-11-24 |
Movie | Weird Science | Ian | 1985-08-01 |
Movie | Tuff Turf | Jimmy Parker | 1985-01-11 |
Movie | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Punk Party Crasher (uncredited) | 1985-04-12 |
Movie | Firstborn | Lee | 1984-10-26 |
Movie | Baby It's You | Stewart | 1983-03-04 |
Series | Late Night with David Letterman | Unknown | 1982-02-01 |
Movie | Up the Academy | Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited) | 1980-06-06 |
Movie | Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight | Himself | 1975-01-01 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Various | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Greaser's Palace | Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited) | 1972-07-31 |
Movie | Pound | Puppy | 1970-08-08 |
Series | The Oscars | Robert Downey Jr. | 1953-03-19 |