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Robert Downey Jr. Filmography
American actor Robert Downey Jr. made his acting debut in 1970's Pound, directed by his father Robert Downey Sr., at the age of five. In the 1980s, Downey was considered a member of the Brat Pack after appearing in the films Weird Science with Anthony Michael Hall (1985), Back to School with Rodney Dangerfield (1986), 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.

In the 1990s, Downey 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.

Downey had a regular role in the television series Ally McBeal in 2000, which won him a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. 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.

Downey was cast as the role of Tony Stark / Iron Man in the 2008 Marvel Studios film Iron Man. He reprised the role in Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). It was revealed in July 2024 that he would return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this time as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), Avengers: Doomsday (2026), and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027). 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. For his role as Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023), Downey received a Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1970 Pound Puppy
1972 Greaser's Palace Small Boy in Covered Wagon Uncredited
1975 Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight Himself
1980 Up the Academy Boy on Soccer Team
1983 Baby It's You Stewart
1984 Firstborn Lee
1985 Tuff Turf Jimmy Parker
Girls Just Want to Have Fun Punk Party Crasher Uncredited
Weird Science Ian
Deadwait Unknown Short film
1986 Back to School Derek Lutz
1987 The Pick-up Artist Jack Jericho
Less than Zero Julian Wells
1988 Johnny Be Good Leo Wiggins
Rented Lips Wolf Dangler
1969 Ralph Karr
That's Adequate Albert Einstein
1989 True Believer Roger Baron
Chances Are Alex Finch / Louie Jefferies
1990 Air America Billy Covington
1991 Too Much Sun Reed Richmond
Soapdish David Seton Barnes
1992 Chaplin Charlie Chaplin
1993 Heart and Souls Thomas Reilly
The Last Party Himself Documentary; also writer
Short Cuts Bill Bush
1994 Hail Caesar Jerry
Natural Born Killers Wayne Gale
Only You Peter Wright
1995 Richard III Earl Rivers
Home for the Holidays Tommy Larson
Restoration Robert Merivel
1996 Danger Zone Jim Scott
1997 One Night Stand Charlie
Two Girls and a Guy Blake Allen
Hugo Pool Franz Mazur
1998 The Gingerbread Man Clyde Pell
U.S. Marshals Special Agent John Royce
1999 In Dreams Vivian Thompson
Friends & Lovers Hans
Bowfinger Jerry Renfro
Black and White Terry Donager
2000 Wonder Boys Terry Crabtree
2002 Lethargy Animal therapist Short film
2003 Whatever We Do Bobby
The Singing Detective Dan Dark
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin Himself Documentary
Gothika Pete Graham
2004 Eros Nick Penrose Segment: "Equilibrium"
2005 Game 6 Steven Schwimmer
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Harry Lockhart
The Outsider Himself Documentary
Good Night, and Good Luck Joseph Wershba
Hubert Selby Jr.: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow Narrator Documentary
2006 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Dito Montiel Also co-producer
The Shaggy Dog Dr. Kozak
A Scanner Darkly James Barris
Fur Lionel Sweeney
2007 Zodiac Paul Avery
Lucky You Telephone Jack Cameo
Charlie Bartlett Principal Nathan Gardner
2008 Iron Man Tony Stark / Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk Uncredited cameo
Tropic Thunder Kirk Lazarus
2009 The Soloist Steve Lopez
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes
2010 Iron Man 2 Tony Stark / Iron Man
Love & Distrust Rob Segment: "Auto Motives"
Due Date Peter Highman
2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Sherlock Holmes
2012 The Avengers Tony Stark / Iron Man
2013 Iron Man 3
2014 The Judge Hank Palmer Also executive producer
Chef Marvin Cameo
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Tony Stark / Iron Man
2016 Captain America: Civil War
The Nice Guys Sid Shattuck Uncredited cameo
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Tony Stark / Iron Man
2018 Avengers: Infinity War
2019 Avengers: Endgame
2020 Dolittle Dr. John Dolittle Also executive producer
2022 "Sr." Himself Documentary; also producer
2023 Oppenheimer Lewis Strauss
2025 The Fantastic Four: First Steps † Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom Filming
All-Star Weekend † Mexican Stranger Completed
TBA Play Dirty † — Filming
Executive producer only

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1985–1986 Saturday Night Live Various characters 16 episodes
1985 Mussolini: The Untold Story Bruno Mussolini 3 episodes
1995 Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree Mr. Willowby Television special
1996 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Robert Downey, Jr./Fiona Apple"
2000–2002 Ally McBeal Larry Paul 21 episodes
2005 Family Guy Patrick Pewterschmidt (voice) Episode: "The Fat Guy Strangler"
2019 The Age of A.I. Himself (host) 8 episodes; also co-executive producer
2020 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Himself (guest host) 1 episode
2020–2023 Perry Mason None Executive producer
2021–2024 Sweet Tooth None Executive producer
2023 Downey's Dream Cars Himself (host) 6 episodes; also executive producer
2024 The Sympathizer Claude, Niko Damianos, Professor Robert Hammer,
Ned Godwin, The Priest 		7 episodes; also executive producer
Key
† Denotes series that have not yet been released

Theatre

Year Title Role Playwright Venue Ref.
1983 American Passion Jackson Fred Burch Joyce Theatre, Off-Broadway
2024 McNeal Jacob McNeal Ayad Akhtar Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway

Video game

Year Title Voice role Notes Ref.
2008 Iron Man Tony Stark Iron Man was voiced by Stephen Stanton

Music video

Year Title Artist Ref.
2001 "I Want Love" Elton John

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