• Avri Roel Downey was born in 2014 to actor Robert Downey Jr. and producer Susan Levin Downey.
• Both her names are of French origin, with deeper meanings.
• Her father has been acting for four decades and is known for his work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Iron Man.
• Her mother is a cinema producer and executive vice-president of production.
• Her parents have had successful resurgences in their careers and she is currently living a quiet life as a young child.
Known for movies
The Avengers (2012)
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
Iron Man (2008)
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
Iron Man Three (2013)
as Tony Stark
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
as Tony Stark / Iron Man
Short Info
| Date Of Birth | April 4, 1965 |
| Spouse | Susan Downey, Deborah Falconer, Susan Downey, Deborah Falconer |
| Mark | Sarcastic humorous deliveries while remaining completely stonefaced |
| Fact | He took daily drug tests during the filming of Two Girls and a Guy (1997). |
| Payments | Earned $15,000,000 from Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) |
Contents
- 1 Who is Avri Roel Downey?
- 2 The Net Worth of Avri Roel Downey
- 3 Early Life and Origins
- 4 Mother – Susan Levin Downey
- 5 Father – Robert Downey Jr.
- 6 Robert Downey Jr.’s Career Resurgence
- 7 Parents Relationship and Recent Endeavors
- 8 General Info
- 9 Family
- 10 Accomplishments
- 11 Social profile links
- 12 Marks
- 13 Salary
- 14 Quotes
- 15 Facts
- 16 Pictures
- 17 Movies
- 18 Awards
Who is Avri Roel Downey?
Avri Roel Downey was born on 4 November 2014, in Los Angeles, California, USA, and is only known for being the daughter of actor Robert Downey Jr. She is his second child from his marriage to producer Susan Levin Downey. Her father is considered an icon in Hollywood, recently known for his work in depicting Tony Stark aka Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise.
The Net Worth of Avri Roel Downey
Avri Roel Downey’s net worth is minimal, at the age of five based on the success of her parents. As she is still young, she still benefits from her father who has a net worth estimated to be over $300 million, while her mother’s a net worth is estimated to be over $20 million, as of early 2020.
Early Life and Origins
There was a lot of media coverage following the birth of Avri Roel, the second child of one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood. Her father has been noted for his exceptional acting ability over four decades worth of work. He’s also known for his eccentricities and laid back demeanor outside of acting.
Both of her names are of French origin though there is a deeper meaning to her second name – Avri means power or king in French, while Roel means rock. However, the word Roel is actually partly in honor of his grandparents, taken from Robert Downey Sr. and his wife Rosemary.
It is also an honor to her grandmother from her mother’s side, Rosie. The second syllable of her second name – El – is to honor her grandfather, Eliot Levin. Over the next few years, she would grow up alongside her older brother Exton Elias Downey. She also has a half-brother, Indio Falconer Downey, from her father’s previous marriage to Deborah Falconer.
Mother – Susan Levin Downey
After completing a degree in Cinematic Arts as summa cum laude from the University of Southern California (USC). Susan began a career in cinema, overseeing the development and production of the “Mortal Kombat” films as a part of Threshold Entertainment.
Robert Downey Jr and Susan Levin at the LA Premiere
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She then moved to Silver Pictures, working as their executive vice-president of production and co-President of Dark Castle Entertainment. Some of the projects she worked on during this period include “Thir13en Ghosts”, “Swordfish”, “Orphan”, and “The Book of Eli”.
In 2009, she helped in the creation of the “Sherlock Holmes” film, starring her husband. The film was a commercial success, setting a record at the box office and gaining numerous positive reviews, leading her husband to his third Golden Globe Award – he credited her in a satirical and comedic manner during his acceptance speech.
After leaving Silver Pictures, she continued to work with her husband in films such as “Iron Man 2” and “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”. In 2010, the couple formed Team Downey, responsible for the 2014 film “The Judge”. They also have a lot of projects slated for production, including the story of the USS Indianapolis, an adaptation of “Emergency! This Book Will Save Your Life”, and the Steve McQueen project “Yucatan”.
Father – Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. started his acting career thanks to his father, appearing in his film “Pound” in 1970.
Over the next few years, he started to gain recognition through several teen films, working with the Brat Pack comprising actors such as Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald. In 1992, he gained international acclaim for his Academy Award-nominated performance in the film “Chaplin”, in which he portrayed the titular comedian Charlie Chaplin, winning a BAFTA Award, but which was overshadowed by an addiction to drugs.
Following the revelation of his addiction, he took treatment at the Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, but after his return he continued his momentum, appearing in the television series “Ally McBeal”, and winning a Golden Globe Award in the process.
However, the drug problem still existed, and after two more charges he was removed from the show, and his character was written off. He underwent a treatment program and laid low for the next couple of years.
Robert Downey Jr.’s Career Resurgence
A lot of companies shied away from Downey after his return, due to his prior drug problems, but Mel Gibson gave him work with “The Singing Detective”. A few years later, he began taking film projects consistently, earning a lot of attention for his work in “Zodiac” and “Tropic Thunder”. In 2008, he was cast as the comic book character Iron Man in the film of the same name, a role which he would carry for 11 years until “Avengers: Endgame”.
I've been talking to animals for years now…And they finally started talking back. Does this mean I was getting the silent treatment?
Watch the trailer for #DolittleMovie in theaters January 2020 and ❤ this Tweet to get updates from @DolittleMovie every month until opening day. pic.twitter.com/yJN3tEhYHJ— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) October 13, 2019
He has gained widespread acclaim and recognition for his role, appearing as the character in 10 films. Downey has been praised for his ability to push through the struggle of substance abuse and make his way back to the top of the acting industry during his middle age. “Time” magazine named him as one of the most influential people in the world; he was also Hollywood’s highest-paid actor from 2013 to 2015, according to “Forbes”.
Parents Relationship and Recent Endeavors
Downey had two failed relationships in the past, broken due to his substance abuse.
The first was with actress Sarah Jessica Parker and the second to actress Deborah Falconer, to whom he was married to for 12 years. As he was finalizing his divorce from Falconer, he met Susan on the set of the Silver Pictures-produced the film “Gothika”, and was immediately attracted to her while they were working together, and approached her twice, being rejected both times.
This didn’t stop him, however, and the two quietly started a romance while producing the film.
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Susan had concerns, as dating an actor came with some complications, but perhaps surprisingly their relationship continued after the film, and the two were married in 2005, holding a Jewish ceremony in New York. Avri’s mother has been credited numerous times by Downey, for helping him overcome his addictions and so with his career resurgence, saying that he owes all of his success to her.
Avri Roel’s life has remained quiet since her birth – not much is going for her, as she’s still enjoying life as a child and going to school. Time will tell if she will follow the footsteps of her parents, or carve a different path.
General Info
| Full Name | Robert Downey Jr. |
| Date Of Birth | April 4, 1965 |
| Height | 1.74 m, 1.74 m |
| Weight | 170 pounds170 pounds |
| Profession | Screenwriter, Filmmaker, Singer-songwriter, Comedian, Film producer, Actor, Composer, Actor, Comedian, Film producer, Composer, Screenwriter, Singer-songwriter, Filmmaker |
| Education | Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica High School |
| Nationality | American, American |
Family
| Spouse | Susan Downey, Deborah Falconer, Susan Downey, Deborah Falconer |
| Children | Indio Falconer Downey, Exton Elias Downey, Avri Roel Downey, Indio Falconer Downey, Exton Elias Downey, Avri Roel Downey |
| Parents | Robert Downey Sr., Elsie Ford |
| Siblings | Allyson Downey, Allyson Downey |
Accomplishments
| Awards | MTV Movie Award for Best Fight, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, MTV Generation Award, People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor, Saturn Award, People's Choice Award for Favorite Superhero, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, People's Choice Awar... |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, MTV Movie Award for Best Hero, MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance, Kids' Choice Awa... |
| Movies | Captain America: Civil War, Iron Man 3, Iron Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Tropic Thunder, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Judge, The Avengers, Less Than Zero, Chaplin, The Soloist, Iron Man 2, Sherlock Holmes, Weird Science, Zodiac, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Due Date, A Scanner Darkly, Gothika, Good Night, ... |
| TV Shows | Ally McBeal, Mussolini: The Untold Story, Ally McBeal, Mussolini: The Untold Story |
Social profile links
Marks
| # | Marks / Signs |
|---|---|
| 1 | Frequently plays intelligent but eccentric characters |
| 2 | Frequently plays egotistical but likable scoundrels |
| 3 | Distinctive drawling voice |
| 4 | Sarcastic humorous deliveries while remaining completely stonefaced |
| 5 | Known for not being especially humble |
Salary
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Iron Man Three (2013) | $50,000,000 |
| The Avengers (2012) | $50,000,000 (once box-office bonuses and backend compensation are factored in) |
| Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) | $15,000,000 |
| Due Date (2010) | $12,000,000 |
| Iron Man 2 (2010) | $10,000,000 |
| Sherlock Holmes (2009) | $9,000,000 |
| Iron Man (2008) | $500,000 |
| Game 6 (2005) | $100 /day |
| Danger Zone (1996) | $500,000 |
| Richard III (1995) | $50,000 |
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | It's all about not getting your own way and that's what we try to instill in each other in ourselves with how do you become less encumber so you be in service to this fantastic medium that we get a chance in doing there's people throughout time who have been notorious and I get to be one of them to say it got in the way would be to say what I was "expressing" didn't have the validity for the suffering I chose to put myself through if it's all for nothing then it's a tragedy then if you put it down and move on its a way to demonstrate that when something occurs there's really nothing that anybody can do but survive as long as they survive |
| 2 | [his experience working on One Night Stand (1997)] I'm really struggling with something right now and it was kind of cathartic to play that part in the film because it was someone who's own proclivities and own sexual promiscuity and own desire to "eat life live fast" was the reason he wasn't going to be there for his friend when he might have enjoyed him most |
| 3 | [his acceptance speech for the American Cinematheque Award] I asked Mel (Gibson) to present this award for me for a reason. When I couldnt get sober, he told me not to give up hope and encouraged me to find my faith. It didnt have to be his or anyone elses as long as it was rooted in forgiveness. And I couldnt get hired, so he cast me in the lead of a movie that was actually developed for him. He kept a roof over my head and food on the table and most importantly he said if I accepted responsibility for my wrongdoing and embraced that part of my soul that was ugly hugging the cactus he calls it he said that if I hugged the cactus long enough, Id become a man. I did and it worked. All he asked in return was that someday I help the next guy in some small way. Its reasonable to assume at the time he didnt imagine the next guy would be him or that someday was tonight. So anyway on this special occasion and in light of the recent holidays including Columbus Day, I would ask that you join me, unless you are completely without sin in which case you picked the wrong fucking industry, in forgiving my friend his trespasses and offering him the same clean slate you have me, allowing him to continue his great and ongoing contribution to our collective art without shame. Hes hugged the cactus long enough. |
| 4 | I don't drink these days. I am allergic to alcohol and narcotics. I break out in handcuffs. |
| 5 | My intent is to dominate the playing field for as long as I can, with my own challenges, with myself. |
| 6 | It's hard for me to watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) and not get nostalgic about it. It's not perfect but in some ways, I think it's the best thing I've ever done. I don't know why. |
| 7 | Nobody has cornered Halloween as a market since Halloween (1978). |
| 8 | [on the Oscars ceremony] It is amazing to see how people are literally hyperventilating when they get up there, because they have such an attachment to this outcome. |
| 9 | [on never winning an Oscar] I know it's going to happen. That's just a fact... because it just doesn't make sense. That's why I don't mind showing up and watching everybody else get them... Look, even if I don't get one directly, eventually they're just going to have to give me one when I get old. So no matter how you slice it, I'm getting one... I should probably have more, but zero's fine. |
| 10 | [2010] I find myself fascinated with shows like Bad Girls (1999) and Jerseylicious (2010), and also Inside American Jail (2007) and Lockup (2005). The best one's in the U.K.; I watch it when I'm over there doing Sherlock. It's called Locked Up Abroad (2007), which means "locked up". "Locked Up Abroad" is always fun. |
| 11 | [2010] I've noticed that worrying is like praying for what you don't want to happen. I don't worry, but I observe where my mind tends to go. I have such an overwhelming sense that if you're in the right state of heart, which I have been for a little while, the next right thing appears to you. |
| 12 | [2010] Discipline for me is about respect. It's not even about self-respect; it's about respect for life and all it offers. And not indulging. I have happily reconsidered my position on a bunch of things I didn't want on my "no" list despite all evidence that I couldn't handle them. At the end of the day, anything I think I'm sacrificing I'm just giving up because it makes me feel better. |
| 13 | [2010, on landing Iron Man (2008)] I prepared for the screen test so feverishly that I literally made it impossible for anybody to do a better job. I had never worked on something that way before; I was so familiar with six or nine pages of dialogue, I had thought of every possible scenario. At a certain point during the screen test, I was so overwhelmed with anxiety about the opportunity that I almost passed out. I watched it later, and that moment came, fluttered and wasn't even noticeable. But to me, it was this stretched-out moment of what keeps people from doing theater for 30 years - just an unadulterated fear of failure. |
| 14 | [2010, on his past problems] Sometimes it's necessary to compartmentalize the different stages of your evolution, both personally and objectively, for the people you have to love and tolerate. And one of those people, for me, is me. I have a very strong sense of that messed-up kid, that devoted theater actor, that ne'er-do-well 20-something nihilistic androgyne and that late-20s married guy with a little kid, lost, lost in narcotics-all as aspects of things I don't regret and am happy to keep a door open on. More than anything I have this sense that I'm a veteran of a war that is difficult to discuss with people who haven't been there. I feel for the kind of zeitgeist diagnoses that are being applied to certain of my peers lately, and I think it's unconscionable. |
| 15 | [on Mel Gibson] He's a stand-up guy - he's always has been for me - and certainly when I was not hire-able, he put his ass on the line and said, "I'll take that chance." He will always have my friendship, and that's just talking about business and Hollywood stuff, which to me is nowhere as important as friendship. |
| 16 | [on winning an Oscar] As long as I stick around I'm going to end up with a bunch of them anyway as they're going to run out of people to give them to. And I'm probably going to win it one year when someone else deserves to win it. Why? Because it's my time, goddammit. And that's the way shit works around here. I'm just an uptight mutt at the top of his game. Welcome to Hollywood, bitch! I'll see you at the Vanity Fair party and I'll be holding that golden statue you deserve 'cause guess what? It happened to me too! |
| 17 | [on producer Joel Silver] Joel just kept telling me. We've got to get your gun in your hand. Joel is one of the few relationships I care to have with a producer. Look he's vast and voracious, and he definitely has the ability to break into a scream about a point he would like to make. But he can also be incredibly warm and generous. |
| 18 | [on why some of his political opinions now lean more conservative then they used to] I have a really interesting political point of view, and it's not always something I say too loud at dinner tables here, but you can't go from a $2,000-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary and really understand it and come out a liberal. You can't. I wouldn't wish that experience on anyone else, but it was very, very, very educational for me and has informed my proclivities and politics every since. ["The New York Times", 2008] |
| 19 | [on his role as an Australian actor playing a black man in Tropic Thunder (2008)] I thought it was a completely incendiary idea and I blame it all on Ben Stiller and DreamWorks. |
| 20 | [his Golden Globe acceptance speech for Best Actor-Comedy or Musical] If you start playing violins, I will tear this joint apart. First of all, I want to thank my wife Susan Downey for telling me Matt Damon was going to win so don't bother to prepare a speech. That was at about 10 a.m. I don't have anybody to thank. I'm sorry. Everyone's been so gratuitous, it was a collaboration, we all did this together. Certainly not going to thank Warner Brothers, Alan Horn, and my god, robbing off these guys. They needed me. Avatar (2009) was going to take us to the cleaners. If they didn't have me, we didn't have a shot buddy. What am I going to do? I'm not going to be able to thank Joel Silver. I mean the guy has only restarted my career twelve times since I began twenty-five years ago. I really don't want to thank my wife because I could be busing tables at the daily groom right now if not for her. Jesus, what a gig that would be. Guy Ritchie had a great vision for this film and a lot of great people came together and we worked our asses off. It's just a privilege. The Hollywood Foreign Press has a quote by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was a genius by the way, and he said "Art is the blood, Is libel to take to the strongest forms." That is also why I would like to thank, or not thank, the Hollywood Foreign Press because they are a strange bunch of people and now I'm one of them. Thank you. |
| 21 | What do you say, though -- if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plan. |
| 22 | Mel Gibson cast me in The Singing Detective (2003), even though an insurance company wouldn't cover it because it was my first film after my release from behind bars. The best part was when Mel gave me a motorcycle while we still had two weeks left to shoot. I go,"'Are you trying to ruin this movie? What if I have an accident?" He goes, "No, no. I figure if you made it two-thirds of the way through, you can't do anything wrong." |
| 23 | [on Iron Man 2 (2010)] I've never been in a sequel and it's very daunting because I feel the expectation of the millions of people who watched it and enjoyed it and told me that it was a little different than your usual genre picture and that they expected us to not screw it up. So I actually have taken Iron Man 2 (2010) probably more seriously than any movie I've ever done, which is appropriately ridiculous for Hollywood. |
| 24 | [on Mickey Rourke] He's so good. And he's formidable and he's very much reminding me of that kind of charming, confident guy that we know. |
| 25 | I have a sense of destiny that you are led to the things you are supposed to do. |
| 26 | I don't want to go all Michael Jackson on you, but I never really had a childhood. |
| 27 | [on U.S. Marshals (1998)] I thought maybe there was something I was missing, and what I really needed to do was to be in one of those films that I love taking my kid to. It would end up being really depressing. I'd rather wake up in jail for a TB test than have to wake up another morning knowing I'm going to the set of U.S. Marshals. |
| 28 | [on U.S. Marshals (1998)] Possibly the worst action movie of all time, and that's just not good for the maintenance of a good spiritual condition. You've had a traumatic year, you've been practically suicidal - what do you think would be really healing for you? How about like twelve weeks of running around as Johnny Handgun? I think that if you talk to a spirit guide, they would say, "That'll kill you." |
| 29 | [on Chaplin (1992)] Chaplin was the culmination of an opportunity, and the biggest humiliation I've ever experienced. It was like winning the lottery, then going to prison. I realized that nothing that had worked for me before was going to work here. I'd watch one of Charlie's films, but by the end of it I was wildly depressed, because I realized that what he'd done in this twenty-minute short was more expressive and funnier than everything I've thought about doing my whole life. |
| 30 | [on Chaplin (1992)] When I accepted the part, they didn't tell me that I also had to do the acrobatic stuff of Charlie. That has cost me a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Though I now can say, 'I did all my stunts myself.' Working on Chaplin was really intensive and cost me years of my life, but if I could do it all over again, no doubt I would do it the same way. |
| 31 | As soon as I started smoking heroin instead of smoking coke, everything was different, and I knew it was. And it happened around the time I was doing Home for the Holidays (1995). Home for the Holidays is, for me, one of the most relaxed performances in the history of cinema. I can't attribute that to the fact that I was at a serene place in my life, or that there was a real warm feeling on the set. This is a problem for me because I glamorize this stuff. I can't say that it wasn't real dark, real evil and real hurtful to those around me. And yet, practically every take of that film was a print. God bless Jodie Foster. When does she have time to do a handwritten letter telling someone how she genuinely cares about them? She said, "Listen, I'm not worried about you on this film. You're not losing it or nodding out, and you're giving a great performance. I'm worried about your thinking you can get away with doing this on another film." |
| 32 | [on Sean Penn] In a relatively short time he was a better friend than some people I'd known for ages. I remember him saying three or four years ago, "You have two reputations. I think you know what both of them are, and I think you'd do well to get rid of one of those reputations. If you don't, it will get rid of the other one." And I was like, "Two reputations, I'll be right back." Just hearing him say that reminded me that I should go score. After that, he was like, forget it. It sucks, too, because someone as honorable as he is, I really should have responded. Jesus, I grew up idolizing this guy. Not only does he consider me a friend, but he's taking time. He's got a family. He's got a career that's going well. He's living his dreams and making time for me, and I'm like, "I can't, I just can't - sorry, busy." |
| 33 | [on his childhood] I didn't want to talk about what my dad did because it wasn't like he was directing All in the Family (1971) or anything. He was doing these crazy films. Mom would pick me up at school wearing this big quilted cape. I felt like I was in a J.D. Salinger story. Dad's Jewish and Irish, Mom's German and Scotch. I couldn't say I was anything. My last name isn't even Downey. My dad changed his name when he wanted to get into the Army and was underage. My real name is Robert Elias. I feel like I'm still looking for a home in some way. |
| 34 | [on Weird Science (1985)] I defecated in [Renee Props's] trailer, much to the chagrin of Bill Paxton and Robert Rusler. It was a real bad scene. Joel Silver freaked. I never admitted it. Joel said, "Downey, did you do it?" and I said I wish I had. Because I'd been threatening everyone that if they didn't treat me right, I was going to take a dump in their trailer, or that I'd go take a shit in Joel's office, on his desk or something. |
| 35 | [on Restoration (1995)] I just thought [Hugh Grant] was a dick, that's all. And I still do. You know, and that could be something that has to do with me, or it could just be that not everyone in this industry is someone I'd care to hang out with. |
| 36 | [on why he did Danger Zone (1996)] Five hundred grand for two weeks. |
| 37 | I did Air America (1990) for two reasons: to be in a movie with Mel Gibson and to make a bunch of money. And then underneath there was the hope that in doing this formulaic thing I would be launched into a whole new realm of opportunity to do A-list movies. By the time we were done, the only positive thing was meeting Mel Gibson. |
| 38 | Tofu is the root of all evil, and there's only one thing that can change a man's mind, and that's a modified Uzi with an extra-long clip. |
| 39 | I had four weeks' work in Baby It's You (1983), and I told all my friends I was now, officially, a major talent and film star. And then they cut my scenes out. You don't even see me except in one scene - you see me in the background until this self-indulgent actress leans forward to try and get more camera time. They cut all my scenes out and my friends go, "Hey, Robert - maybe it's you!" Now I don't tell people that I'm in a film until I see it on videocassette. |
| 40 | The great thing about Saturday Night Live (1975) was being at 30 Rockefeller Center. And having Belushi and Aykroyd's old office. And me and Michael [Anthony Michael Hall] saying, "We want bunk beds. With NFL Sheets. And we want them now." And Michael was like "Man, it's gonna be great, we're gonna be buddies, we're gonna do a show together, we're gonna ..." Then, "I'm gonna do Out of Bounds (1986)" and he left. As for me, I was doing Back to School (1986) and Saturday Night Live at the same time. So I'd fly back to Los Angeles for a couple of days during the week to shoot the movie and then fly back and, "Live from New York, it's a tired young man!" |
| 41 | [on Black & White (1999)] A stage slap from Mike Tyson is like a shovel whack from a normally fortified male. |
| 42 | What I usually hate about these movies when suddenly the guy that you were digging turns into Dudley Do-Right, and then you're supposed to buy into all his "Let's go do some good! That Eliot Ness-in-a-cape-type thing. What was really important to me was to not have him change so much that he's unrecognizable. When someone used to be a schmuck and they're not anymore, hopefully they still have a sense of humor. [on superhero movies] |
| 43 | It was so nice to go into this fake courtroom [on Ally McBeal (1997)]. I immediately went up into the judge's chair. Nice view. A preferable perspective. |
| 44 | I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker. |
| 45 | [on his music] I am putting together some ideas for two or three more things I want to do. Maybe a CD of just my kind of standards, which would be Supertramp and Steely Dan covers with an orchestra. I'm deep into old Genesis. I'm sorry, but these are songs that mean something to me. "Follow You Follow Me" is a song that's about something to me. |
| 46 | It's a blanket statement to say, "That guy's really sharp and amicable and nice," because there's a little bit of asshole in every nice guy, and there's a little bit of genius in every moron. |
| 47 | [on his addiction to drugs] It's like I have a loaded gun in my mouth, and I like the taste of metal. |
| 48 | I've become a picky little bitch. I've never bothered to plan projects before. I just used to throw the script across the room and say, "Why do they keep sending me this horseshit?" And then I'd start rehearsals two weeks later. |
| 49 | A lot of my peer group think I'm an eccentric bisexual, like I may even have an ammonia-filled tentacle or something somewhere on my body. That's okay. |
| 50 | I'm not used to feeling like I belong where I am. |
| 51 | The higher the stakes, the happier I am, the better I will be. |
| 52 | I've always felt like such an outsider in this industry. Because I'm so insane, I guess. |
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | As a five-year-old Robert uttered his very first words of dialog on film in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s Pound (1970): "Have any hair on your balls?". |
| 2 | Good friends with Marvel Cinematic Universe cast: Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans, Jon Favreau, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle and Cobie Smulders. |
| 3 | Good friends with: Mel Gibson, James Spader, Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Scarlett Johansson, Rob Lowe and Johnny Depp. |
| 4 | He was considered for the title role in Edward Scissorhands (1990), which went to Johnny Depp. |
| 5 | He was considered for the role of Jack in Legend (1985), which went to Tom Cruise. |
| 6 | He was considered for the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman (1989), which went to Michael Keaton. He would, of course, play a different superhero. |
| 7 | During the promotion of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), famously walked out of an interview with Krishnan Guru-Murthy when pressed about his "dark" past because he felt it was inappropriate that children would be watching. He told Howard Stern he would leave again if that ever happened in the future. |
| 8 | Has worked with four "Doctor Watsons". In his own portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, he worked with Jude Law. In Iron Man Three (2013), he worked with Ben Kingsley. In Captain America: Civil War (2016), he worked with Martin Freeman. In The Judge (2014), he worked with Robert Duvall. |
| 9 | Wife Susan Downey gave birth to baby girl, Avri Roel Downey at 3:22 a.m. on November 4, 2014. |
| 10 | Before he starred as Iron Man (2008), he had done films with three of the actors who played Batman: George Clooney, Val Kilmer and Michael Keaton. In Iron Man Three (2013), he worked with Clooney's cousin, Miguel Ferrer. |
| 11 | He turned down the lead role in Say Anything... (1989), which went to John Cusack. |
| 12 | He was considered for the lead role in Top Gun (1986), which went to Tom Cruise. |
| 13 | He was considered for the lead role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which went to Matthew Broderick. |
| 14 | He was originally set to star in Cowboys & Aliens (2011), but had to drop out due to his commitment to Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). The role went to Daniel Craig. |
| 15 | He was considered for the role of Billy "The Kid" Hicks in St. Elmo's Fire (1985), which went to Rob Lowe. Prophetically, the character has a substance abuse problems. |
| 16 | He travelled around the world promoting Iron Man Three (2013) with back-to-back visits to Seoul, South Korea; Beijing, China; Moscow, Russia; Berlin, Germany; Paris, France and London, England. [April 2013] |
| 17 | He was offered the lead role in Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), but declined, as he was not interested. |
| 18 | Is good friends with Due Date (2010) and The Soloist (2009) co-star, Jamie Foxx. |
| 19 | Robert and wife Susan Downey had their first child, Exton Elias Downey, on February 7, 2012. He weighing in at 7 lbs. 5 oz. and measuring 20 inches. |
| 20 | Has stated on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) that he is not a method actor. |
| 21 | Was a huge fan of the Iron Man comics as a child. |
| 22 | Placed his hand and footprints in concrete in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in 2010. |
| 23 | Starred in the film, Chances Are (1989), and, years later, sang Bob Seger and Martina McBride's song "Chances Are" while appearing on the television series Ally McBeal (1997). |
| 24 | Mentioned in a November 2010 interview with Playboy magazine that he studies Kung Fu at the L.A. Wing Chun Kung Fu Academy in West Los Angeles three times a week for three hours a session. |
| 25 | Honoured at the 25th American Cinematheque Award on October 14, 2011 in Los Angeles. |
| 26 | Is the first, and thus far only, actor to win a Golden Globe for portraying Sherlock Holmes. |
| 27 | Lives in Venice and Malibu, California. |
| 28 | Filmed his role in Hail Caesar (1994) in one day. |
| 29 | Attended Junior High School 104 in Manhattan with fellow actors Jon Cryer, Erica Gimpel and Kadeem Hardison. |
| 30 | Was roommates with Kiefer Sutherland in the early 1980s. |
| 31 | Godfather of his son Indio Falconer Downey is close friend Anthony Michael Hall. |
| 32 | According to an interview he gave to Newsweek in February 2009, when Downey went to Japan for their opening of Iron Man (2008), he was detained on entry because Japanese authorities ran his passport and found it linked to some incredible criminal activity (namely Downey's multiple arrests and incarcerations on drug-related charges in the 1990s and 2000s). For failing to disclose these convictions, Downey was interrogated for six hours and was almost barred from entry into Japan. It was finally decided that he could enter Japan for the Iron Man premiere but he is never to be allowed into Japan again. |
| 33 | In order to get over his drug addiction, he began studying Wing Chun in 2003 under Sifu Eric Oram, who served as a fight and martial arts consultant on Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009). |
| 34 | Signed on to voice "The Devil" on the animated series God, the Devil and Bob (2000). Shortly thereafter, Downey was jailed, so he was replaced by Alan Cumming. |
| 35 | Has worn lifts at his directors' requests in his recent leading man roles, namely Iron Man (2008) and its sequel and in Sherlock Holmes (2009), in order to enhance his height. |
| 36 | Gave life to the same character (Tony Stark) in two movies in the same year (Iron Man (2008) and The Incredible Hulk (2008)) produced by the same studio (Marvel Studios). |
| 37 | Close friends with Anthony Michael Hall and Ramon Estevez. |
| 38 | Downey's paternal grandfather, Robert Elias, was of Lithuanian Jewish descent, while Downey's paternal grandmother, model Betty McLoughlin, was of half Irish and half Hungarian Jewish ancestry. Downey's mother's lineage was English, Scottish, German, and Swiss-German. |
| 39 | Ranked #60 in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World (2008). |
| 40 | On the set of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) he took co-star Adam Scarimbolo under his wing. |
| 41 | Before he starred as Iron Man (2008), Downey had done films with three of the actors who played Batman: with George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005); with Val Kilmer in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005); and with Michael Keaton in Game 6 (2005). |
| 42 | Sting ("Every Breath You Take") and Billy Idol performed at his wedding to Susan Downey. |
| 43 | He proposed to Susan Downey on her 30th birthday. |
| 44 | Met wife Susan Downey on the set of Gothika (2003). |
| 45 | Was in attendance at Chris Penn's funeral at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. |
| 46 | Is the first regular cast member of Saturday Night Live (1975) to be nominated for an Academy Award in the category "Best Actor in a Leading Role". Joan Cusack and Dan Aykroyd were also nominated for Academy Awards some years before Downey, but both were nominated for supporting roles. |
| 47 | Was approached to play the role as Zaphod Beeblebrox in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). |
| 48 | He married his second wife, Gothika (2003) producer Susan Downey, at Amagansett, New York on August 27, 2005. |
| 49 | Childhood friends with Richard Hall, better known as Moby. |
| 50 | Starred briefly with his first wife Deborah Falconer in the Robert Altman movie Short Cuts (1993). |
| 51 | Starred in Elton John's music video for the song "I Want Love". Downey was let out of rehab for one day in late July specifically to shoot the video (which was filmed in one long continuous take at Greystone Manor in Beverly Hills). This was Downey's first work since being fired from the television series Ally McBeal (1997) in April 2001. |
| 52 | Downey enjoyed working with the director of the Elton John music video - contemporary artist Sam Taylor-Johnson - so much that he suggested that they work together again on an art piece. The result was an art video called "Pietà", made in the manner of Michelangelo's famous Pietà sculpture in Rome. It was included in Sam Taylor-Johnson's exhibition "Mute" at the White Cube 2 art gallery in London, November 23 to January 12, 2002. |
| 53 | Dropped out of Santa Monica High School at age 17 and moved to New York to become an actor. First jobs in the city included bussing tables at Central Falls restaurant, working in a shoe store, and performing as "living art" at SohHo's notorious underground club Area. |
| 54 | Married his first wife after dating her for only 42 days. |
| 55 | At the age of 10, while living in London, Robert attended the Perry House School in Chelsea and studied classical ballet. |
| 56 | As a result of his father's work (Robert Downey Sr. was (and is) an independent filmmaker), Downey the younger spent a great deal of his childhood on the move. He lived at various points in Connecticut, New York, California, London, Paris and Woodstock. |
| 57 | In a symbolic attempt to bury his decadent 1980s Brat Pack image and begin a new phase of his life and career after filming Chaplin (1992) in 1991, he (literally) buried the clothes that he wore in Less Than Zero (1987) in the backyard of his house. |
| 58 | Kept a great deal of the authentic vintage clothing he wore in the movie Chaplin (1992). |
| 59 | His parents divorced when he was age 11. |
| 60 | (July 16, 2001) Downey pleaded no contest to drug charges. The judge sentenced him to remain in rehabilitation for one year and to three years' probation. |
| 61 | (May 24, 2001) Downey pleaded not guilty to the November 2000 drug charges. He is being held in a drug rehab center until his case is decided. |
| 62 | (March 15, 2001) Downey's attorneys advised the judge that they could not reach a plea bargain in his November 2000 drug arrest. |
| 63 | (April 24, 2001) Arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance in Los Angeles after he was found wandering in an alley. He was fired from the television series Ally McBeal (1997) by producer David E. Kelley after the arrest. |
| 64 | (November 25, 2000) Downey re-arrested on drugs and weapons charges in Palm Springs, California, at the luxurious Merv Griffin resort, after an anonymous tip to police. Downey was found alone, with cocaine and methamphetamines. He cooperated with police, spent the night in jail, and was released the next morning on $15,000.00 bail. Downey had been on a career upswing with his successful stint on Ally McBeal (1997), and his upcoming stage performance as Hamlet, set for January 2001 in Los Angeles, to be directed by his friend Mel Gibson. |
| 65 | Downey's lawyers petitioned the State Court of Appeals in Los Angeles, stating that Downey had already served enough time because the Malibu judge had made errors in calculating his sentence. He had not given credit for the several times Downey spent in lockdown rehab units and in pre-sentencing confinement. Downey's lawyers claimed that he should have been released in February 2000. |
| 66 | (August 6, 1999) After Downey's three violations of probation for drug and alcohol abuse in a three-year span of time since he was spared a prison sentence and placed on probation, Malibu Judge Lawrence Mira stated that he was out of options. He was sentencing Downey to prison, he said, to save his life, because he would not take the responsibility of refraining from alcohol and drug use on his own. The Judge invoked the three years' sentence in state prison that had been suspended in 1996. Downey spent two weeks in a state prison reception center at Wasco, California, for orientation. On August 25, 1999, he was transferred to a Department of Corrections prison named "SATF" (Substance Abuse Treatment Facility) for drug dependent prisoners in Corcoran California. Scheduled release date: November 2, 2000. SATF is across the street from the other Corcoran Prison, where inmates were shot to death on the exercise yard during fights in the 1990s. Downey's lawyers have approached the Malibu judge several times in the last 11 months to request Downey's release, but the Judge has refused. |
| 67 | Once worked as a piece of living art in a SoHo nightclub in New York City. |
| 68 | He took daily drug tests during the filming of Two Girls and a Guy (1997). |
| 69 | While drunk, he wandered into a neighbor's Malibu home that he thought was his own, and fell asleep in their child's bed. He was arrested for being under the influence of drugs, which was a third violation of his probation. |
| 70 | His father introduced him to drugs, offering him a marijuana joint when he was age 8. |
| 71 | (June 22, 1999) Sent to a rehab center at the Los Angeles County jail while waiting for an August 5 hearing. |
| 72 | Attended Stagedoor Manor. |
| 73 | Son Indio Falconer Downey, with his first wife Deborah Falconer, was born on September 7, 1993. |
| 74 | Son of Robert Downey Sr.. |
| 75 | Lived with Sarah Jessica Parker for seven years during the 1980s. |
| 76 | Names Peter O'Toole as his favorite actor. |
| 77 | During traffic stop for speeding, he was arrested for drunk driving, possession of heroin, and possession of an unloaded pistol in his pickup truck. This was his first reported brush with the law at age 31. He was given a suspended prison sentence of three years, and granted probation with requirements of random drug testing and drug counselling. [August 1996] |
| 78 | Remanded to a secure drug rehabilitation center. [August 1996] |
| 79 | (October 17, 1997) Probation revoked after continued drug use. |
| 80 | Jailed for 180 days for violating probation. [December 1997] |
| 81 | (February 13, 1998) He got into fight with another inmate at the Los Angeles County Jail, where he was serving time for a probation violation, and was treated for a cut over his nose. |
| 82 | (March 31, 1998) Released from jail to complete his six-month jail sentence at a drug rehabilitation center. Downey caused a stir when he was freed to work on a movie. |
| 83 | (August 2, 2000) Released from jail on $5,000 bail. |
Pictures
Movies
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle | 2019 | pre-production | Dr. John Dolittle |
| Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | filming | Tony Stark Iron Man |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | 2017 | post-production | Tony Stark Iron Man |
| Sherlock Holmes 3 | announced | Sherlock Holmes | |
| Untitled John Brinkley Biopic | announced | Dr. John Brinkley | |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming, NBA Finals: Watch the Game | 2017 | Video short | Tony Stark |
| Captain America: Civil War | 2016 | Tony Stark Iron Man | |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | Tony Stark Iron Man | |
| The Judge | 2014 | Hank Palmer | |
| Chef | 2014 | Marvin | |
| Iron Man Three | 2013 | Tony Stark | |
| The Avengers | 2012 | Tony Stark Iron Man | |
| Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | 2011 | Sherlock Holmes | |
| Due Date | 2010 | Peter Highman | |
| Love & Distrust | 2010 | Video | Rob (segment: "Auto Motives" by Lorraine Bracco) |
| Iron Man 2 | 2010 | Tony Stark | |
| Sherlock Holmes | 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | |
| The Soloist | 2009 | Steve Lopez | |
| Tropic Thunder | 2008 | Kirk Lazarus | |
| Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness | 2008 | Video short | Kirk Lazarus (uncredited) |
| The Incredible Hulk | 2008 | Tony Stark (uncredited) | |
| Iron Man | 2008 | Video Game | Tony Stark (voice) |
| Iron Man | 2008 | Tony Stark Iron Man | |
| Charlie Bartlett | 2007 | Nathan Gardner | |
| Lucky You | 2007 | Telephone Jack | |
| Zodiac | 2007 | Paul Avery | |
| Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | 2006 | Lionel Sweeney | |
| A Scanner Darkly | 2006 | James Barris | |
| The Shaggy Dog | 2006 | Dr. Kozak | |
| A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | 2006 | Dito | |
| Family Guy | 2005 | TV Series | Patrick Pewterschmidt |
| Good Night, and Good Luck. | 2005 | Joe Wershba | |
| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | 2005 | Harry Lockhart | |
| Game 6 | 2005 | Steven Schwimmer | |
| The Route V50 | 2004 | Short uncredited | |
| Eros | 2004 | Nick Penrose (segment "Equilibrium") | |
| Gothika | 2003 | Pete Graham | |
| The Singing Detective | 2003 | Dan Dark | |
| Whatever We Do | 2003 | Short | Bobby |
| Ally McBeal | 2000-2002 | TV Series | Larry Paul |
| Lethargy | 2002 | Short | Animal Therapist |
| Bob Dylan: Things Have Changed | 2000 | Video short | |
| Auto Motives | 2000 | Short | Rob |
| Wonder Boys | 2000 | Terry Crabtree | |
| Black & White | 1999/I | Terry Donager | |
| Bowfinger | 1999 | Jerry Renfro | |
| Friends & Lovers | 1999 | Hans | |
| In Dreams | 1999 | Vivian Thompson | |
| U.S. Marshals | 1998 | Special Agent John Royce | |
| The Gingerbread Man | 1998 | Clyde Pell | |
| Hugo Pool | 1997 | Franz | |
| Two Girls and a Guy | 1997 | Blake | |
| One Night Stand | 1997 | Charlie | |
| Danger Zone | 1996 | Jim Scott | |
| Restoration | 1995 | Robert Merivel | |
| Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | 1995 | TV Short | Mr. Willowby |
| Home for the Holidays | 1995 | Tommy Larson | |
| Richard III | 1995 | Rivers | |
| Only You | 1994 | Peter Wright | |
| Natural Born Killers | 1994 | Wayne Gale | |
| Hail Caesar | 1994 | Jerry | |
| Short Cuts | 1993 | Bill Bush | |
| Heart and Souls | 1993 | Thomas Reilly | |
| Chaplin | 1992 | Charles Spencer Chaplin | |
| Soapdish | 1991 | David Seton Barnes | |
| Too Much Sun | 1990 | Reed Richmond | |
| Air America | 1990 | Billy | |
| Chances Are | 1989 | Alex Finch | |
| True Believer | 1989 | Roger Baron | |
| That's Adequate | 1989 | Albert Einstein | |
| 1969 | 1988 | Ralph Carr | |
| Rented Lips | 1988 | Wolf Dangler | |
| Johnny Be Good | 1988 | Leo Wiggins | |
| Less Than Zero | 1987 | Julian | |
| The Pick-up Artist | 1987 | Jack Jericho (as Robert Downey) | |
| America | 1986 | Paulie Hackley | |
| Back to School | 1986 | Derek Lutz | |
| Saturday Night Live | 1985-1986 | TV Series | Various / Rudy Randolph III / Jimmy Chance / ... |
| Deadwait | 1985 | Short | |
| Mussolini: The Untold Story | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Bruno Mussolini (as Robert Downey) |
| Weird Science | 1985 | Ian (as Robert Downey) | |
| Girls Just Want to Have Fun | 1985 | Punk Party Crasher (uncredited) | |
| Tuff Turf | 1985 | Jimmy Parker (as Robert Downey) | |
| Firstborn | 1984 | Lee | |
| Baby It's You | 1983 | Stewart | |
| Up the Academy | 1980 | Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited) | |
| Greaser's Palace | 1972 | Small boy in covered wagon (uncredited) | |
| Pound | 1970 | Puppy (as Bob Downey) |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled John Brinkley Biopic | producer announced | ||
| Playing It Forward: Imagine Dragons | 2014 | executive producer | |
| The Judge | 2014 | executive producer | |
| Playing It Forward: John Legend | 2013 | Short executive producer | |
| A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | 2006 | co-producer |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Just Go with It | 2011 | performer: "Driven to Tears" | |
| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | 2005 | performer: "BROKEN" / writer: "BROKEN" | |
| The Singing Detective | 2003 | performer: "In My Dreams" | |
| Ally McBeal | 2000-2001 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes | |
| Friends & Lovers | 1999 | performer: "Carla" - uncredited / writer: "Carla" - uncredited | |
| Two Girls and a Guy | 1997 | performer: "Snake" / writer: "Snake" | |
| Heart and Souls | 1993 | performer: "Walk Like A Man" - uncredited | |
| Too Much Sun | 1990 | performer: "Too Much Sun" / writer: "Too Much Sun" |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Party | 1993 | Documentary writer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | 2014 | TV Movie documentary thanks | |
| International Relations Theory Illustrated #1 Realism | 2012 | Video short special thanks | |
| A Backyard Story | 2010 | grateful acknowledgment | |
| Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness | 2008 | Video short special thanks | |
| Chaos Rising: The Storm Around 'Natural Born Killers' | 2001 | Video documentary short special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Original Screenplay |
| The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself |
| Cinema 3 | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Winner |
| Gomorron | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Om Filmen Sherlock Holmes |
| 2009 Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet Special | 2009 | TV Special | Himself |
| Live from Studio Five | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Xposé | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Movie Loft | 2008-2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Spike's Guys Choice | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Star Movies: Live from the Red Carpet | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 81st Annual Academy Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| This Morning | 2005-2009 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee / Himself |
| The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
| MTV Movie Awards: Tropic Thunder | 2008 | Video short | Himself |
| The Cast of 'Tropic Thunder' | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Tropic Thunder: Before the Thunder | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Tropic Thunder: Designing the Thunder | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Tropic Thunder: Full Mags | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| I Am 'Iron Man' | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Iron Man: The Actor's Process | 2008 | Video short | Himself |
| Eigo de shabera-night | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Resumen - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Animal House: The Inside Story | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| HBO First Look | 2006-2008 | TV Series documentary short | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
| Spike Guys Choice | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Actor, Iron Man |
| 2008 MTV Movie Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
| American Idol | 2008 | TV Series | Rejected Pip |
| The View | 2005-2008 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Getaway | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Celebrity traveller |
| Imagine | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Access Hollywood | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Zodiac Deciphered | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself / Paul Avery |
| Biography | 2004-2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Modern Warrior | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| This Is Zodiac | 2007 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Out of Control: 10 Celebrity Rehabs Exposed | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Payback | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| HypaSpace | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 79th Annual Academy Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Visual Effects |
| Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Himself |
| Close Up | 2006 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself - 'Barris' |
| The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself - 'Barris' |
| American Masters | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Inside the Actors Studio | 2006 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 4th Annual TV Land Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Reichen Show | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Corazón de... | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Shootout | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| GMTV | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Film '72 | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Showbiz Show with David Spade | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Larry King Live | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| El Magacine | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow | 2005 | Documentary | Narrator |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Breakfast | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Outsider | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Art Show | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Gothika: Painting with Fire | 2004 | Video short | Himself |
| On the Set of 'Gothika' | 2004 | Video short | Himself |
| Between the Lines | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| Tangled Up in Blue | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Punk'd | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Movie House | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Frank Skinner Show | 2003 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Richard & Judy | 2003 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Wayne Brady Show | 2003 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Charlie Rose | 1995-2003 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | 2003 | Documentary | Himself - Actor / Star of 'Chaplin |
| Hollywood Celebrates Denzel Washington: An American Cinematheque Tribute | 2003 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2002 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television |
| Last Party 2000 | 2001 | Documentary | Himself |
| Anatomy of a Scene | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor [Comedy Series], Best Ensemble [Comedy Series] |
| The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV & Presenter |
| Chaos Rising: The Storm Around 'Natural Born Killers' | 2001 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| 3rd Annual TV Guide Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| Elton John: I Want Love | 2001 | Video short | Himself |
| 1998 MTV Movie Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Himself |
| Saturday Night Live | 1986-1996 | TV Series | Himself / Various / Himself - Host / ... |
| Kennedy Center's 25th Anniversary | 1996 | TV Special | Himself |
| 1995 MTV Movie Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Himself |
| Howard Stern | 1995 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| A Century of Cinema | 1994 | Documentary | Himself |
| The 1994 Billboard Music Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Himself |
| Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country | 1993 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Last Party | 1993 | Documentary | Himself |
| The 65th Annual Academy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Sound Mixing |
| The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama |
| Rock the Vote | 1993 | TV Movie | Himself |
| 1992 MTV Movie Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The South Bank Show | 1992 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest |
| The 43th Annual Writers Guild Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself |
| 1990 MTV Video Music Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The 61st Annual Academy Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | 1989 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Get Out the Vote | 1988 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Starlight Annual Foundation Benefit | 1988 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 1988 MTV Video Music Awards | 1988 | TV Special | Himself - presenter |
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | 1987 | TV Movie documentary voice | |
| Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight | 1975 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2008-2017 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man: Homecoming | 2017 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 43rd Annual People's Choice Awards | 2017 | TV Special | Himself |
| Extra | 2003-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Captain America: The Road to Civil War | 2016 | Video documentary short | Himself - 'Tony Stark' / 'Iron Man' |
| Iron Man: The Road to Civil War | 2016 | Video documentary | Himself - 'Tony Stark' / 'Iron Man' |
| United We Stand, Divided We Fall: The Making of 'Captain America: Civil War' | 2016 | Video documentary | Himself - 'Tony Stark' / 'Iron Man' |
| Made in Hollywood | 2010-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Good Morning America | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2007-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - The Judge / Himself - Avengers: Age of Ultron |
| Live with Kelly and Ryan | 2005-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself / First Guru |
| Robert Downey Jr.'s Biggest Big Announcement of All Time | 2016 | TV Short | Himself |
| 2016 MTV Movie Awards | 2016 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2016 | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself - Presenter |
| ABFF Awards a Celebration of Hollywood | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron - Bookending the Action | 2015 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| From Here to Infinity: Phases 2 & 3 of the M.C.U. | 2015 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Phase 2 Tag Scenes: A Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two | 2015 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The British Academy Britannia Awards | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself - Presenter |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron - From the Inside Out: Making of Avengers - Age of Ultron | 2015 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 1995-2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Insider | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| 2015 MTV Movie Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Generation Award / Presenter: Avengers Age of Ultron |
| Explosiv - Das Magazin | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The EE British Academy Film Awards | 2015 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Pre-Recorded Tribute to Lord Attenborough |
| 72nd Golden Globe Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The 41st Annual People's Choice Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself |
| Hollywood Sessions | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hollywood Film Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| BAFTA Britannia Awards Special 2014 | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2009-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| CBS This Morning | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - The Judge |
| Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | 2004-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Judge: Inside the Judge | 2014 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Stand Up to Cancer | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| I Am Steve McQueen | 2014 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Howard Stern Birthday Bash | 2014 | Video | Himself |
| Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2014 | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Off Camera with Sam Jones | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| 19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee (credit only) |
| 71st Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter (uncredited) |
| The 40th Annual People's Choice Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| Iron Man 3 Unmasked | 2013 | Video short | Himself |
| Superheroes: From Page to Screen | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Iron Man 3: Advancing the Tech | 2013 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The Daily Show | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Weekend Ticket | 2013 | TV Series short | Himself |
| Vivir de cine | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1993-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Daybreak | 2011-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Celebrity Style Story | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 85th Annual Academy Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects |
| 70th Golden Globe Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The 39th Annual People's Choice Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Iron Man 3: Sky Movies Special | 2013 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Electric Playground | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The American Cinematheque Tribute to Ben Stiller | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Building the Dream: Assembling the Avengers | 2012 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Avengers: Assembling the Ultimate Team | 2012 | Video short | Himself - 'Tony Stark' / 'Iron Man' |
| Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry | 2012 | Video short | Himself |
| Fantástico | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| VIP zprávy | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| YourGeekNews.com | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2012 | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The 84th Annual Academy Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary Feature |
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Janela Indiscreta | 2010-2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Project | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Big Picture | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| The American Cinematheque Tribute to Robert Downey Jr | 2011 | TV Special | Himself |
| Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2007-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The BAFTA Britannia Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Himself |
| Scream Awards 2011 | 2011 | TV Special | Himself |
| Marvel LIVE! World Premiere of Captain America: The First Avenger | 2011 | Video short | Himself |
| The 83rd Annual Academy Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects and Best Film Editing |
| The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| What The | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 7PM Project | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Iron Man 2: Creating Stark Expo | 2010 | Video short | Himself |
| Iron Man 2: Practical Meets Digital | 2010 | Video short | Himself |
| Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of 'Iron Man 2' | 2010 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Mark at the Movies | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2008-2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Días de cine | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Guys Choice | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | 2005-2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Drawbridges & Dollies: Designing a Late Victorian London | 2010 | Video short | Himself |
| Elementary English: Perfecting Sherlock's Accent | 2010 | Video short | Himself |
| Sherlock Holmes: Ba-ritsu, A Tutorial | 2010 | Video short | Himself |
| Sherlock Holmes: Not a Deerstalker Cap in Sight | 2010 | Video short | Himself |
| Sherlock Holmes: Powers of Observation & Deduction | 2010 | Video short | Himself |
| Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented | 2010 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Sherlock Holmes: The One That Got Away | 2010 | Video short | Himself |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2010 | 2010 | TV Special | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ok! TV | 2017 | TV Series | Himself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2014-2017 | TV Series | Himself |
| TIME Presents: Celebrities on Trial | 2017 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Extra | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - The Judge |
| L'IA et Mathieu | 2016 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| IN101M | 2016 | TV Series | Tony Stark Iron Man |
| Nostalgia Critic | 2016 | TV Series | Tony Stark |
| Lego Marvel's Avengers | 2016 | Video Game | Tony Stark Iron Man |
| Inside Edition | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| Canada A.M. | 2006-2015 | TV Series | Himself / Harry Lockhart |
| Retro Report | 2014 | TV Mini-Series | Kirk Lazarus |
| Live with Kelly and Ryan | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Frame | 2013 | TV Series | Tony Stark Iron Man |
| Chelsea Lately | 2013 | TV Series | Tony Stark in 'Iron Man 3' |
| Movie Guide | 2013 | TV Series | Tony Stark |
| Too Young to Die | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Welcome to the Basement | 2012 | TV Series | Iron Man |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant | 2011 | Video short | Tony Stark (uncredited) |
| Road to 'The Avengers' | 2011 | Video short | Himself |
| Troldspejlet | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Actor / Iron Man |
| Richard Roeper & the Movies | 2010 | TV Series | Tony Stark Iron Man |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | 2010 | Video documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Live from Studio Five | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Almost Famous III | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Puppy |
| Sky News: Sunrise | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| WWE Raw | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dr. Drew's Celebrity Addiction Special | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| City Confidential | 2007 | TV Series documentary | |
| Biography | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Various |
| El Magacine | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Showboy | 2002 | Himself - Golden Globe Presenter (uncredited) | |
| Ally McBeal | 2001-2002 | TV Series | Larry Paul |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Why Robert? | 2001 | Documentary | Himself |
Awards
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | MTV Generation Award | MTV Movie Awards | ||
| 2015 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor | |
| 2015 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Movie Actor | |
| 2014 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Actor | Iron Man Three (2013) |
| 2014 | Britannia Award | BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards | Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film | |
| 2014 | Blimp Award | Kids' Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Male Butt Kicker | Iron Man Three (2013) |
| 2014 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Action Movie Star | |
| 2013 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Fight | The Avengers (2012) |
| 2013 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Movie Actor | |
| 2013 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Movie Superhero | The Avengers (2012) |
| 2013 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Action | Iron Man Three (2013) |
| 2011 | American Cinematheque Award | American Cinematheque Gala Tribute | ||
| 2010 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Sherlock Holmes (2009) |
| 2010 | IFTA Award | Irish Film and Television Awards | Best International Actor | Sherlock Holmes (2009) |
| 2010 | Scream Award | Scream Awards | Best Superhero | Iron Man 2 (2010) |
| 2009 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Actor | Iron Man (2008) |
| 2009 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Actor of the Year | Iron Man (2008) |
| 2009 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Favorite Celebrity of the Year | |
| 2009 | IFTA Award | Irish Film and Television Awards | Best International Actor | Iron Man (2008) |
| 2008 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Favorite Celebrity of the Year | |
| 2008 | ShoWest Award | ShoWest Convention, USA | Male Star of the Year | |
| 2006 | Special Jury Prize | Sundance Film Festival | Dramatic | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) |
| 2004 | Man of the Year | Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA | ||
| 2003 | Career Achievement Award | Chicago International Film Festival | ||
| 2003 | Best Actor | Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | The Singing Detective (2003) | |
| 2001 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Ally McBeal (1997) |
| 2001 | Screen Idol Award | L.A. Outfest | Male | Wonder Boys (2000) |
| 2001 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Ally McBeal (1997) |
| 1994 | Special Award | Golden Globes, USA | Short Cuts (1993) | |
| 1994 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Actor | Heart and Souls (1993) |
| 1993 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Chaplin (1992) |
| 1993 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Actor of the Year | Chaplin (1992) |
| 1993 | Special Volpi Cup | Venice Film Festival | Short Cuts (1993) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Movie Actor | |
| 2017 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Action Movie Actor | |
| 2016 | Blimp Award | Kids' Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Movie Actor | Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) |
| 2016 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Fight | Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) |
| 2016 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Movie Actor | |
| 2016 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Action Movie Actor | |
| 2016 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Captain America: Civil War (2016) |
| 2016 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Chemistry | Captain America: Civil War (2016) |
| 2015 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) |
| 2014 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor in an Action Movie | Iron Man Three (2013) |
| 2014 | Blimp Award | Kids' Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Movie Actor | Iron Man Three (2013) |
| 2014 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Hero | Iron Man Three (2013) |
| 2014 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Movie Actor | |
| 2014 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Movie Duo | Iron Man Three (2013) |
| 2013 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor in an Action Movie | The Avengers (2012) |
| 2013 | Empire Award | Empire Awards, UK | Best Actor | The Avengers (2012) |
| 2013 | Blimp Award | Kids' Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Male Butt Kicker | The Avengers (2012) |
| 2013 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best On-Screen Duo | The Avengers (2012) |
| 2013 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Hero | The Avengers (2012) |
| 2013 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Action Movie Star | |
| 2013 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Iron Man Three (2013) |
| 2013 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Chemistry | Iron Man Three (2013) |
| 2012 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Action | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) |
| 2012 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | The Avengers (2012) |
| 2012 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Summer Movie Star: Male | The Avengers (2012) |
| 2011 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Actor | Iron Man 2 (2010) |
| 2011 | Blimp Award | Kids' Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Butt Kicker | Iron Man 2 (2010) |
| 2011 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Biggest Badass Star | |
| 2011 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite On-Screen Team | Iron Man 2 (2010) |
| 2011 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Movie Actor | |
| 2011 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Action Star | |
| 2011 | SFX Award | SFX Awards, UK | Best Actor | Iron Man 2 (2010) |
| 2011 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Hissy Fit | Due Date (2010) |
| 2010 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Actor | Sherlock Holmes (2009) |
| 2010 | Empire Award | Empire Awards, UK | Best Actor | Sherlock Holmes (2009) |
| 2010 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Fight | Sherlock Holmes (2009) |
| 2010 | Prism Award | Prism Awards | Performance in a Feature Film | The Soloist (2009) |
| 2010 | Scream Award | Scream Awards | Best Science Fiction Actor | Iron Man 2 (2010) |
| 2010 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure | Sherlock Holmes (2009) |
| 2010 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Dance | Iron Man 2 (2010) |
| 2010 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Fight | Iron Man 2 (2010) |
| 2010 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi | Iron Man 2 (2010) |
| 2009 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2009 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2009 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2009 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2009 | Empire Award | Empire Awards, UK | Best Actor | Iron Man (2008) |
| 2009 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2009 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Male Performance | Iron Man (2008) |
| 2009 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2009 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2009 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Male Movie Star | |
| 2009 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Male Action Star | |
| 2009 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Superhero | Iron Man (2008) |
| 2009 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2009 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Hissy Fit | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2008 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2008 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2008 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2008 | DFWFCA Award | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2008 | HFCS Award | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2008 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Supporting Performance | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2008 | National Movie Award | National Movie Awards, UK | Best Performance - Male | Iron Man (2008) |
| 2008 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2008 | SLFCA Award | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | Best Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2008 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure | Iron Man (2008) |
| 2008 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Performance, Male | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2007 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Zodiac (2007) |
| 2007 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Supporting Actor | A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
| 2007 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Supporting Actor of the Year | Zodiac (2007) |
| 2007 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Supporting Performance | Zodiac (2007) |
| 2006 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Actor | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) |
| 2006 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Ensemble Cast | Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) |
| 2006 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) |
| 2005 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) |
| 2005 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Best Ensemble Performance | Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) |
| 2005 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) |
| 2005 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Outstanding Original Song | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) |
| 2004 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical | The Singing Detective (2003) |
| 2001 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Ally McBeal (1997) |
| 2001 | American Comedy Award | American Comedy Awards, USA | Funniest Supporting Male Performer in a TV Series | Ally McBeal (1997) |
| 2001 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Ally McBeal (1997) |
| 2001 | TCA Award | Television Critics Association Awards | Individual Achievement in Comedy | Ally McBeal (1997) |
| 2001 | TV Guide Award | TV Guide Awards | Supporting Actor of the Year in a Comedy Series | Ally McBeal (1997) |
| 1993 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Chaplin (1992) |
| 1993 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Chaplin (1992) |
| 1993 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Chaplin (1992) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2008 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Actor of the Year | Iron Man (2008) |
| 2008 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Supporting Actor of the Year | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2008 | SEFCA Award | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2007 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Supporting Actor | A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tropic Thunder (2008) |
| 2006 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Supporting Performance | A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
| 1997 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor | One Night Stand (1997) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
