Robert Downey Jr.

Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor. One of his most famous roles is Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2008–2019). He played Lewis Strauss in the 2023 Christopher Nolan movie Oppenheimer. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA Award for this role.

Personal life
Downey was born in Manhattan, New York City, the younger of two children. His father, Robert Downey Sr. (1936 - 2021), was an actor, writer, producer, cinematographer, and director of underground films, and his mother, Elsie (née Ford) (1934 - 2014), was also an actress and appeared in Downey, Sr.'s movies. His paternal grandfather was of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry and his paternal grandmother was of Irish Canadian and Hungarian Jewish ancestry. His mother is of Scottish, English, German, and Swiss German ancestry.Stated on Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., PBS, April 22, 2012 His father was born "Robert Elias", and changed his last name to "Downey" (after his stepfather James Downey), when he was a minor and wanted to enlist in the Army. He and his older sister, Allyson, grew up in Greenwich Village. 

Soundtrack appearances
 Year Song Soundtrack Notes 1992 "Smile" Chaplin OST On The Futurist 1993 "" Heart and Souls OST With B.B. King 2000 "White Christmas" Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas With Vonda Shepard 2000 "River" Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas 2001 "Every Breath You Take" Ally McBeal: For Once in My Life Featuring Vonda Shepard With Sting 2001 "Chances Are" Ally McBeal: For Once in My Life Featuring Vonda ShepardWith Vonda Shepard 2001 "Snakes" Ally McBeal: For Once in My Life Featuring Vonda Shepard 2003 "In My Dreams" The Singing Detective OST 2004 "In My Dreams" The Futurist 2005 "Broken" Kiss Kiss Bang Bang OST On The Futurist

Filmography

 Movie 
 Year Title Role Notes 1970 Pound Puppy  1972 Greaser's Palace Unnamed Quasimodo-like child  1975 Moment to Moment Himself Uncredited; also co-producerAka Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight  1980 Up the Academy Boy on Soccer Team Uncredited  1983 Baby It's You Stewart  1984 Firstborn Lee  1985 Tuff Turf   1985 Girls Just Want to Have Fun Punk Party Crasher Uncredited  1985 Weird Science Ian  1985 Deadwait  Short  1986 Back to School   1987    1987 Less Than Zero   1988 Johnny Be Good   1988 Rented Lips   1988 1969   1989 That's Adequate   1989 True Believer   1989 Chances Are   1990 Air America   1991 Too Much Sun   1991 Soapdish   1992 Chaplin   1993 Heart and Souls   1993  Himself Also writer  1993 Short Cuts   1994 Hail Caesar Jerry  1994 Natural Born Killers   1994 Only You   1995 Richard III   1995 Home for the Holidays   1995 Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree   1995 Restoration   1997 Danger Zone   1997 One Night Stand Charlie  1997 Two Girls and a Guy   1997 Hugo Pool   1998    1998 U.S. Marshals   1999 In Dreams   1999 Friends & Lovers Hans  1999 Bowfinger   1999 Black and White   2000 Wonder Boys   2002 Lethargy Animal therapist Short  2003 Whatever We Do Bobby Short  2003    2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin Charles Chaplin  2003 Gothika   2004 Eros  Segment: "Equilibrium"  2005 Game 6   2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang   2005  Himself Documentary  2005 Good Night, and Good Luck   2005 Hubert Selby Jr Narrator Documentary  2006   Also co-producer  2006    2006    2006 Fur   2007 Zodiac   2007 Lucky You Telephone Jack Cameo  2008 Charlie Bartlett Principal Nathan Gardner  2008 Iron Man   2008  Post-credits scene  2008 Tropic Thunder   2009    2009 Sherlock Holmes   2010 Iron Man 2   2010 Love & Distrust Rob Segment: "Auto Motives"  2010 Due Date   2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows   2012 The Avengers   2013 Iron Man 3  2014 Chef Marvin  2014   Also executive producer  2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron    2016 Captain America: Civil War  2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming 2018Avengers: Infinity War2019Avengers: Endgame2020 Dolittle Dr. Dolittle 2021 Black Widow Tony Stark /Iron Man 2021 All-Star Weekend  Mexican  Post-production 

Television
 Year Title Role Notes  1985 Saturday Night Live Cast member 18 episodes  1985 Mussolini: The Untold Story  Mini-series  1996 Saturday Night Live Host Episode: "Robert Downey Jr./Fiona Apple"  2000–02 Ally McBeal  25 episodes  2005 Family Guy  Episode: "The Fat Guy Strangler"  2021  What If...?  Tony Stark /Iron Man  Guest starRecording voice acting 

Video game
 Year Title Role Notes  2008 Iron Man Tony Stark Iron Man's dialogue filled in by Stephen Stanton  2014 Iron Man 3: The Official Game

References

Other websites

 Robert Downey, Jr interview at www.reviewgraveyard.com
 Robert Downey Jr. LiveJournal Community
 https://www.celebszone.com/robert-downey-jr-quotes/  on https://www.celebszone.com/ 

Category:1965 births
Category:Living people
Category:Actors from Manhattan
Category:American Buddhists
Category:American movie actors
Category:American television actors
Category:Jewish American actors
Category:Golden Globe Award winning actors
Category:Screen Actors Guild Award winners
Category:BAFTA Award winning actors
Category:Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winners