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Mar 2, 2021 · Downey Jr. was a working actor again, but the question then became whether or not he could truly reignite his A-list career and become the movie star he once looked destined to be. That question was answered with aplomb in 2008, as he would go onto star in two career-defining films: his Academy Award-nominated turn in Tropic Thunder , and, of ...
Jan 12, 2024 · Robert Downey Jr. appeared on Rob Lowe’s “Literally!” podcast and said that his run as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe marked some of the best acting of his career,...
- Latest News: Robert Downey Jr. Wins Best Supporting Actor Oscar
- The Pick-Up Artist and Less Than Zero
- Chaplin
- Natural Born Killers and Richard III
- Tropic Thunder
- Iron Man and The Avengers Franchise
- The Soloist and Sherlock Holmes
- Dolittle
Iron Man is officially an Oscar winner. On March 10, actor Robert Downey Jr. collected his first Academy Award for his acclaimed performance in the 2023 biopic Oppenheimer. Downey portrayed Lewis Strauss, who made it his mission to discredit scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who led the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. The 58-year...
Downey’s first leading role on the big screen was as a charming womanizer in The Pick-up Artist (1987), a romantic comedy co-starring Molly Ringwald written and directed by James Toback. His breakthrough performance came in 1987 with Less Than Zero(1987), where he co-starred with Andrew McCarthy. Downey played the party-loving, cocaine-addicted Jul...
A particular high point in Downey’s career came in 1993 when he was nominated for an Academy Award (Best Actor) for his performance in Chaplin (1992), directed by Richard Attenborough. In the highly acclaimed film, which didn’t go over nearly as well with audiences as with critics, Downey nimbly portrayed the legendary Charlie Chaplinfrom ages 19 t...
In the wake of his critical success with Chaplin, Downey anchored a documentary about the 1992 presidential election, The Last Party. In 1994, he appeared in the romantic comedy Only You, and in Oliver Stone’s acclaimed but controversial Natural Born Killers. The following year, the actor starred in the period film Restoration alongside Meg Ryan an...
Taking a huge risk, Downey starred in the comedy Tropic Thunder (2008) with Ben Stiller and Jack Black; he played a white actor pretending to be a Black actor in this war movie spoof. His efforts received primarily positive reviews, with Variety magazine’s Todd McCarthy stating that “the audacity of Downey’s performance” was one of “the best reason...
That same year, Downey established himself as a box office star by playing wealthy industrialist-turned-crime fighter Tony Stark in the smash hit Iron Man, based on the Marvel Comics superhero. The film grossed more than $318 million domestically, leading to the release of sequels in 2010 and 2013. Stark would also become one of the central charact...
Downey went on to share top billing with Jamie Foxx in The Soloist(2009), which tells the story of the friendship between a Los Angeles journalist (Downey) and a homeless Juilliard-trained musician (Foxx). The film registered a respectable showing at the box office and earned praise from critics, who lauded Downey and Foxx for their performances. D...
After a half-decade of appearing solely in Marvel-branded features, Downey reemerged as host of the YouTube series The Age of AI beginning in late 2019. In January 2020, he starred as a veterinarian who talks to animals in Dolittle, based on the classic children’s book series by British author Hugh Lofting. Downey took a short hiatus from the big s...
Feb 8, 2024 · The actor debuted as the superhero in 2008’s “Iron Man” and was killed off in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” appearing in a total of nine Marvel movies. “You start to wonder if a muscle ...
Apr 16, 2024 · Now, however, Robert Downey Jr. has offered a positive statement regarding a MCU return. Robert Downey Jr., as Iron Man, successfully kills Josh Brolin’s Thanos during the climax of the film.
May 13, 2023 · By Richard Nebens Updated: May 13, 2023. Before Robert Downey Jr. took his place in movie history by playing Iron Man in the MCU, he almost lost the role to another 2000s action star. The story behind Downey's casting is the stuff of movie legend, as Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and Iron Man director Jon Favreau succeeded in bringing a ...
May 1, 2008 · Robert Downey Jr. has reforged his career in 'Iron Man' By SYLVIA MASUDA, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS May 1, 2008. It was an artificial nervous system that gave the comic book version of Iron Man...
