Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. is an American actor who is known for portraying a variety of popular characters.See: Wikipedia:Robert Downey Jr. filmography
RDJ has been nominated for and received several awards for his acting.See: Wikipedia:List of awards and nominations received by Robert Downey Jr. In 2004, he was Hasty Pudding Man of the Year.See: Wikipedia:Hasty Pudding Man of the Year The award ceremony is basically a roast and, in his acceptance speech, RDJ said it was the most exciting thing to happen to him since he played pocket pool and watched Animal Planet earlier in the day.See: 
On January 23, 2024, RDJ received his third Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actor) for portraying Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer.RDJ's previous nominations were for Chaplin (1993, Best Actor) and Tropic Thunder (2009, Best Supporting Actor) He won the award on March 10, 2024, at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony.
The documentary "Sr." (2022) See: Wikipedia:"Sr." is a film featuring RDJ examining and documenting his relationship with his late father, the filmmaker Robert Downey.See: Wikipedia:Robert Downey Sr. The movie was awarded the 94th National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Film in 2022.See: Wikipedia:National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Film
RDJ co-authored Cool Food: Erasing Your Carbon Footprint One Bite at a Time, a cookbook and guide on how to reduce one's carbon footprints which was published on January 23, 2024.See: on Goodreads
==Fandom==
RDJ sometimes interacts with fans via Twitter and Facebook; he also reblogs or reposts fanart and memes related to his characters or shares gifs and pictures of himself.
In 2014, RDJ googled himself and discovered there was a fandom for frostiron on the internet. He also decided to blog about his discovery.See: 
On December 14, 2018, izhunny wrote on tumblr:
The photo manipSee: RDJ discovered was fanart for the fic The Abyss,See: published by StarkRogers in 2014. A few years later, the author updated the notes to the fic and wrote:
On January 2, 2019, miss brain answered an anonymous ask about RDJ's infamous dress sense which has been a source of amusement for fans for a long time on tumblr. The post documents and gives names to several categories of fashion desasters the actor is frequently seen in.See: 
===Fandom and Environmentalism===
==Fanworks==
RDJ is an occasional character in RPF. He is sometimes paired with one of his costars, such as Jude Law (who played Dr John Watson in the 2009 movie adaption of Sherlock Holmes and its sequel from 2011) or an actor from the Avengers movieverse.
Some of RDJ's characters, especially Tony Stark and Sherlock Holmes, inspire same-actor crossovers and fusions.
===Cosplay===
* cosplay by Shannon Rona (2018)
===Doujinshi===
* RDJ Maniax (SH/KKBB/TT/IM/DD/CB)
* Kochira Centron-Sha Goyouken o Douzo (TT/KKBB/SH)
===Example Art Gallery===
File:Fannish shirt RDJ.jpg|From Stark to Stork fannish shirt made by Gina Betters for the premiere of Due Date, 2010
File:D584jbp-9bf2739e-c003-409b-91e8-b3ca23b1405b.jpg|Rough Sketch - Robert Downey Jr. by kleinmeli, 2012 
File:Lawyer rdj evolution.jpg|Lawyer RDJ Evolution! by Hallpen, 2014
File:Just robert by felisialettise.jpg|Just Robert.... by Felisia Lettise, 2014
File:2015 with rdj by hallpen d9lrc9n-pre.jpg|2015 with RDJ by Hallpen, 2015
===Other===
*Robert Downy Jr. (offline, archived)
==Archives==
* Robert Downey Jr. tag on the AO3
== Fan Communities ==
===LiveJournal Communities===
* robertdowney_jr
===Tumblrs===
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* Fuck Yeah, Robert and Susan (offline, archived)
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* Oh Yeah, Robert Downey Jr. (offline, archived)
* Fuck yes, Robert Downey Jr.’s tummy (offline, archived)
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==References==
Category:IndustryCategory:Actors
Category:Actor RPF
Category:Iron Man 
Category:Sherlock Holmes
Category:The Avengers (Marvel)
Category:Tropic Thunder 
Category:Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Category:Ally McBeal