Cast & creator
Robert Downey Jr.
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor. His films as a leading actor have grossed over $14.3 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Downey was the highest-paid actor in the world annually from 2013 to 2015. Known for his versatility across roles, he is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Daytime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards. At the age of five, Downey made his acting debut in his father, Robert Downey Sr.'s, film Pound (1970). He rose to prominence by working with the Brat Pack for the teen films Weird Science (1985) and Less than Zero (1987). His portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the biopic Chaplin (1992) earned him the BAFTA Award for Best Actor and an Academy Award nomination. After spending less than a year at a treatment facility on drug charges, Downey joined the television series Ally McBeal in 2000, earning a Golden Globe for his performance. Dismissed from the show in 2001 following further drug-related arrests, he entered a court-ordered rehabilitation program and has remained sober since 2003. After Mel Gibson paid his insurance bond, Downey made his film comeback with The Singing Detective (2003). He gained global recognition for starring as Iron Man in ten Marvel Cinematic Universe films, from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). Downey starred as the titular detective in Sherlock Holmes (2009), which earned him a Golden Globe. His portrayal of bureaucrat Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023) won him the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2024, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the miniseries The Sympathizer. He made his Broadway debut in the title role of Ayad Akhtar's McNeal. Time named Downey one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008, and Forbes featured him on the Celebrity 100 in 2013 and 2014. He has pursued music, releasing the jazz-pop album The Futurist (2004), which charted on the US Billboard 200. Divorced from singer Deborah Falconer, Downey has been married to film producer Susan Levin since 2005; they co-founded the production company Team Downey. Downey has three children: one with Falconer and two with Levin. In 2025, he was named one of the greatest film actors of the 21st century by The Independent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Downey Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Bob Downey, RDJ, Robert John Downey Jr.
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film credits
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television credits
180
1953–2027 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (196)
Showing 196 of 196 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
Family Guy
Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice)
1999
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Raw
Self (archive footage)
1993
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
2007
The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Avengers: Endgame
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2019
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Avengers: Doomsday
Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2026
Avengers: Infinity War
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2018
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The Avengers
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2012
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Oppenheimer
Lewis Strauss
2023
Iron Man 2
Tony Stark
2010
The Twilight Zone
Director
1985
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2017
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2015
GMTV
Self
1993
Iron Man
Tony Stark
2008
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited)
2025
Punk'd
Self
2003The Reichen Show
Self
2005
Captain America: Civil War
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2016
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
American Masters
Self
1986
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
Perry Mason
Executive Producer
2020
Ally McBeal
Larry Paul
1997
Iron Man 3
Tony Stark
2013
Marvel Studios Assembled
Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage)
2021
The Oscars
Self
1953The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
The Incredible Hulk
Tony Stark (uncredited)
2008
Marvel Studios Legends
Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Sweet Tooth
Executive Producer
2021
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Avengers: Secret Wars
Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
2027
Play Dirty
Executive Producer
2025
The Nice Guys
Sid Shattuck (uncredited)
2016
Tropic Thunder
Kirk Lazarus
2008
The Judge
Hank Palmer
2014The Judge
Executive Producer
2014
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
The Sympathizer
Claude / Professor Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / Priest
2024The Sympathizer
Executive Producer
2024
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
2009
Dolittle
Dr. John Dolittle
2020
Kids' Choice Awards
Self
1987
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Self
2018
The Early Show
Self
1999
Natural Born Killers
Wayne Gale
1994
Zodiac
Paul Avery
2007
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self
2025
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes
2011
The True Story of...
Self (archive footage)
2017
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
U.S. Marshals
Royce
1998
Chef
Marvin
2014
The Chef Show
Self - Guest
2019
Due Date
Peter Highman
2010Due Date
Screenplay
2010
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Harry Lockhart
2005
Weird Science
Ian
1985
The Frame
Tony Stark / Iron Man
2013
This Morning
Self - Interviewee
1988
Gothika
Pete Graham
2003
Heart and Souls
Thomas Reilly
1993
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
Self
2024
Back to School
Derek
1986
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Bruno Mussolini
1985
Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
Tony Stark (archive footage)
2011
A Scanner Darkly
James Barris
2006
The Shaggy Dog
Dr. Kozak
2006
Wonder Boys
Terry Crabtree
2000
Air America
Billy Covington
1990
Chaplin
Charles Spencer Chaplin
1992
Only You
Peter Wright
1994
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Joe Wershba
2005
Val
Self (archive)
2021
Tuff Turf
Jimmy Parker
1985
True Believer
Roger Baron
1989
The Soloist
Steve Lopez
2009
Eros
Nick Penrose
2004
Lucky You
Telephone Jack
2007
The Age of A.I.
Self - Host
2019The Age of A.I.
Executive Producer
2019
Downey's Dream Cars
Self - Host
2023Downey's Dream Cars
Executive Producer
2023
Bowfinger
Jerry Renfro
1999
Short Cuts
Bill Bush
1993
The Pick-up Artist
Jack Jericho
1987
Johnny Be Good
Leo Wiggins
1988
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Self / Tony Stark / Iron Man
2014
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Dito
2006A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Producer
2006
Chances Are
Alex Finch
1989
Less Than Zero
Julian
1987
Richard III
Earl Rivers
1995
Charlie Bartlett
Nathan Gardner
2008
One Night Stand
Charlie
1997
Soapdish
David Seton Barnes
1991
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Punk Party Crasher (uncredited)
1985
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Kirk Lazarus
2008
Home for the Holidays
Tommy Larson
1995
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Lionel Sweeney
2006
Black and White
Terry Donager
1999
The Singing Detective
Dan Dark
2003
Monty and the Movies
Self (archive footage)
Restoration
Robert Merivel
1995
"Sr."
Self
2022"Sr."
Producer
2022
In Dreams
Vivian Thompson
1999
Sock or Hat?
Self
2014
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
Self
2019
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
2020
Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
Self
2014
The Gingerbread Man
Clyde Pell
1998
The Outsider
Self
2005
Baby It's You
Stewart
1983
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self
2007
Friends & Lovers
Hans
1999
Two Girls and a Guy
Blake
1998
I Am Steve McQueen
Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
Hugo Pool
Franz Mazur
1997
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self - Tony Stark / Iron Man
2008
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self - Presenter
2022
Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of 'Iron Man 2'
Self
2010
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Love and Distrust
Rob (segment "Auto Motives")
2010
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
1987
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
Self - Lewis Strauss
2023
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
Self
2017
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994
The Last Party
Self
1993The Last Party
Writer
1993Weather Girl
Executive Producer
1969
Ralph Carr
1988
MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains
Self
2020
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
Himself
1975
On the Set of 'Gothika'
Self
2004
Firstborn
Lee
1984
Up the Academy
Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited)
1980
Martini Ranch: Reach
Thanks
1988
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Self / Barris
2006
Too Much Sun
Reed Richmond
1991
Danger Zone
Jim Scott
1996
Hail Caesar
Jerry
1994
Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude
Self
2024
Game 6
Steven Schwimmer
2006
Animal House: The Inside Story
Self
2008
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
1994
Greaser's Palace
Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited)
1972
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Self
2006
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Self - Interviewee
2026
Voom Portraits
Self
2007
Last Party 2000
Self
2001
Auto Motives
Rob
2000
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Self
2004
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Self
2005
Rented Lips
Wolf Dangler
1988
A Head Full of Ghosts
Producer
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry
Self
2012
That's Adequate
Albert Einstein
1989
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Self
1993
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Mr. Willowby
1995
All-Star Weekend
Mexican Stranger
Lethargy
Animal Therapist
2002Phase 2 Tag Scenes: A Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two
Self
2015
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
Narrator
2006
Iron Man 3 Unmasked
Self
2013
The Honey Trap: A True Story of Love, Lies and the FBI
Self (archive footage)
2024
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
Self
2010
Whatever We Do
Bobby
2003
The Route V50
Traveller
2004
America
Paulie Hackley
1986
Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon
Self (archive footage)
2010
Pound
Puppy
1970Arrival
Eddie
1986Painting with Fire
Self
2004
Pieta
Self
2001The Hider
The Hider
Producer