The Avengers (2012)

Cowboys and Aliens (2011)

Iron Man 2 (2010)

Oobermind (2010) (voice)

Sherlock Holmes (2009)



Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV)

Star Movies: Live from the Red Carpet (2009) (TV)

The 81st Annual (2009) (TV)



The Soloist (2009)

Chaplin Anniversary Edition: Strolling Into the Sunset (2008)

Chaplin Anniversary Edition: Chaplin the Hero (2008)

Chaplin Anniversary Edition: The Most Famous Man in the World! (2008)

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness (2008)

(2008)

(2008) (uncredited)

(2008)

The Movie Loft (TV)

Eigo de shabera-night (TV)

Resumen - 56º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008) (TV)





HBO First Look (TV)



AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty (2008) (TV)

Spike Guys Choice (2008) (TV)

Imagine (TV)

2008 (2008) (TV)











Access Hollywood (TV)



The Modern Warrior (2007) (TV)

This Is Zodiac (2007)

Out of Control: 10 Celebrity Rehabs Exposed (2007) (TV)

Payback (TV)



Charlie Bartlett (2007)

Lucky You (2007)

Zodiac (2007)

The 79th Annual (2007) (TV)

Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards (2007) (TV)

The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales (2006)

One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' (2006)

American Masters (TV)






The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006) (TV)

Corazón de... (TV)

Sunday Morning Shootout (TV)

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)

A Scanner Darkly (2006)

The Shaggy Dog (2006)

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)



Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

Game 6 (2005)

GMTV (TV)



Film '72 (TV)

The Showbiz Show with David Spade (TV)

Larry King Live (TV)

Magacine (TV)

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow (2005) (Narrator)

The Paul O'Grady Show (TV)

Breakfast (TV)

The Outsider (2005)

Last Call with Carson Daly (TV)

Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (2005) (TV)

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2004) (TV)

St. Richard of Austin (2004) (TV)



Eros (2004)

Between the Lines (2004) TV mini-series

Tangled Up in Blue (2004) (TV)



Movie House (TV)

The Frank Skinner Show (TV)



The Wayne Brady Show (TV)

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)

Hollywood Celebrates Denzel Washington: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2003) (TV)

Anatomy of a Scene (TV)

Gothika (2003)

The Singing Detective (2003)

Whatever We Do (2003)



Last Party 2000 (2001)

7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001) (TV)

Chaos Rising: The Storm Around 'Natural Born Killers' (2001)

Lethargy (2002)

Auto Motives (2000)

Wonder Boys (2000)

Black and White (1999)

Bowfinger (1999)

Friends & Lovers (1999)

In Dreams (1999)

U.S. Marshals (1998)

The Gingerbread Man (1998)

Hugo Pool (1997)

Two Girls and a Guy (1997)

One Night Stand (1997)

Danger Zone (1996)



Howard Stern (TV)

Restoration (1995)

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) (TV)

Home for the Holidays (1995)

Richard III (1995)

1995 (1995) (TV)

A Century of Cinema (1994)

Only You (1994)

Natural Born Killers (1994)

Hail Caesar (1994)

The Last Party (1993)

The 65th Annual (1993) (TV)

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993)

Short Cuts (1993)

Heart and Souls (1993)

Chaplin (1992)

1992 (1992) (TV)

Soapdish (1991)

Too Much Sun (1990)

Air America (1990)

Chances Are (1989)

True Believer (1989)

(1989)

The 61st Annual (1989) (TV)

Get Out the Vote (1988) (TV)

1969 (1988)

Rented Lips (1988)

Johnny Be Good (1988)

(1987)

The Pick-up Artist (1987) (as Robert Downey)

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) (TV) (voice)

America (1986)

Back to School (1986)

Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985) TV mini-series (as Robert Downey)

Weird Science (1985) (as Robert Downey)

Tuff Turf (1985) (as Robert Downey)

Deadwait (1985)

Firstborn (1984)

Baby It's You (1983)

Up the Academy (1980) (uncredited)

Moment to Moment (1975) (uncredited)

Greaser's Palace (1972) (uncredited)

Pound (1970) (as Bob Downey)

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Notorious for various addictions, Robert Downey Jr. has been supported through multiple rehabs and career kick-starts because he is a wonderful performer. Combining brown, puppy-dog eyes with a handsome face, a physique that’s muscled with age, a fast-talking demeanor, and an acidic attitude tending to melancholy, he is a perfect combination of madness, vulnerability, and intelligence. In short, he is typical of 1960s children, born from postwar boom times, reared through the 1970s, only to emerge in the 1980s overwhelmed and sad at how complicated the world has become.


The son of an independent filmmaker, Robert Downey Sr., Downey cut his teeth in a spate of teen comedies such as Weird Science (1985) and The Pick-up Artist (1987). He followed this up playing a drug-addled Los Angeleno in Less Than Zero (1987), and later earned critical plaudits, including an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his lead role as the silent film star in the biopic Chaplin (1992). After this followed a series of arrests, supporting parts, a brief smell of success in the TV comedy series Ally McBeal (2000-2002), and continual struggles to remain clean.


Through it all, Downey has been nothing short of brilliant. Never involved with a blockbuster, he is typically overlooked in a roll call of his generation’s best leads. But there are gems to bolster his reputation, among them Short Cuts (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), all leading to future work, ideally without so much personal drama.


Downey also has a second career in music. He performed in a duet with Sting on The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” (1983), appeared in the Elton John video for “I Want Love” (2001), and has released his debut musical album The Futurist (2004).


In 2006, Downey was cast as the title character in the comic book adaptation Iron Man which premiered in the summer of 2008, making almost $100 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend. In addition to receiving commercial success, Downey’s performance in the film received rave reviews. His other 2008 films include Charlie Bartlett and the Ben Stiller-directed Tropic Thunder, in which he portrayed an Australian Method actor overly engrossed in his role as an African-American soldier. He received his second Oscar nomination for said film, in the category of Best Supporting Actor, which he lost to Heath Ledger.