page_title: Robert Downey Jr. filmography
section_title: Film
hierarchical_section_title: Robert Downey Jr. filmography / Film
caption_attribution_description: English: Robert Downey, Jr., taken at the AIR AMERICA movie premiere 1990
context_page_description: 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 after appearing in the films Weird Science with Anthony Michael Hall, Less Than Zero with Andrew McCarthy, and Johnny Be Good again with Hall. Downey also starred in the films True Believer and Chances Are, and was a regular cast member on the late-night variety show Saturday Night Live in 1985.
  In the 1990s, he was featured in the films Air America with Mel Gibson, Soapdish with Sally Field, Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin, Heart and Souls with Alfre Woodard and Kyra Sedgwick, Short Cuts with Julianne Moore, Only You with Marisa Tomei, Richard III with Ian McKellen, and U.S. Marshals with Tommy Lee Jones. 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.
caption: At the Air America premiere, 1990
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