First Movie - Pound 1970
Last Movie - Oppenheimer 2023
Total Movies - 74
Highest Grossing Movies
- UK: Avengers: Endgame (2019) - £88,719,051
- US: Avengers: Endgame (2019) - $858,373,000
- World: Avengers: Endgame (2019) - $2,797,501,328
Combined grosses
- UK - £598.3 Million
- US - $6.4 Billion
- Global - $16.4 Billion
Highest Rated Movie - Iron Man (2008) - 100%
Lowest rated movie - The Shaggy Dog (2006) - 40%

Acting credits By Year of release

By Year

By UK Gross

By US Gross

By Global Gross

Starring With

SEE SHORT LIST

Year

Oppenheimer

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Lewis Strauss)

Director(s):

Christopher Nolan

Starring:

Cillian Murphy • Emily Blunt • Robert Downey Jr. • Alden Ehrenreich • Scott Grimes

2023

Dolittle

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Dr. John Dolittle)

Director(s):

Stephen Gaghan

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Antonio Banderas • Michael Sheen • Jim Broadbent • Jessie Buckley

2020

Avengers: Endgame

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark / Iron Man)

Director(s):

Anthony Russo • Joe Russo

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Chris Evans • Mark Ruffalo • Chris Hemsworth • Scarlett Johansson

2019

Avengers: Infinity War

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark / Iron Man)

Director(s):

Anthony Russo • Joe Russo

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Chris Hemsworth • Mark Ruffalo • Chris Evans • Scarlett Johansson

2018

Spider-Man: Homecoming

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark / Iron Man)

Director(s):

Jon Watts

Starring:

Tom Holland • Michael Keaton • Robert Downey Jr. • Marisa Tomei • Jon Favreau

2017

Captain America: Civil War

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark / Iron Man)

Director(s):

Anthony Russo • Joe Russo

Starring:

Chris Evans • Robert Downey Jr. • Scarlett Johansson • Sebastian Stan • Anthony Mackie

2016

Avengers: Age of Ultron

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark / Iron Man)

Director(s):

Joss Whedon

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Chris Hemsworth • Mark Ruffalo • Chris Evans • Scarlett Johansson

2015

The Judge

Director(s):

David Dobkin

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Robert Duvall • Vera Farmiga • Billy Bob Thornton • Vincent D'Onofrio

2014

Chef

Director(s):

Jon Favreau

Starring:

Jon Favreau • John Leguizamo • Bobby Cannavale • Emjay Anthony • Scarlett Johansson

2014

Iron Man 3

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark)

Director(s):

Shane Black

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Gwyneth Paltrow • Don Cheadle • Guy Pearce • Rebecca Hall

2013

Avengers Assemble

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark / Iron Man)

Director(s):

Joss Whedon

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Chris Evans • Mark Ruffalo • Chris Hemsworth • Scarlett Johansson

2012

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Sherlock Holmes)

Director(s):

Guy Ritchie

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Jude Law • Noomi Rapace • Rachel McAdams • Jared Harris

2011

Due Date

Director(s):

Todd Phillips

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Zach Galifianakis • Michelle Monaghan • Jamie Foxx • Juliette Lewis

2010

Iron Man 2

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark)

Director(s):

Jon Favreau

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Gwyneth Paltrow • Don Cheadle • Scarlett Johansson • Sam Rockwell

2010

Sherlock Holmes

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Sherlock Holmes)

Director(s):

Guy Ritchie

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Jude Law • Rachel McAdams • Mark Strong • Eddie Marsan

2009

The Soloist

Director(s):

Joe Wright

Starring:

Jamie Foxx • Robert Downey Jr. • Catherine Keener • Tom Hollander • Lisa Gay Hamilton

2009

Tropic Thunder

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Kirk Lazarus - Hot LZ)

Director(s):

Ben Stiller

Starring:

Jack Black • Ben Stiller • Robert Downey Jr. • Steve Coogan • Jay Baruchel

2008

The Incredible Hulk

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark)

Director(s):

Louis Leterrier

Starring:

Edward Norton • Liv Tyler • Tim Roth • William Hurt • Tim Blake Nelson

2008

Charlie Bartlett

Director(s):

Jon Poll

Starring:

Anton Yelchin • Robert Downey Jr. • Hope Davis • Kat Dennings • Tyler Hilton

2008

Iron Man

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark)

Director(s):

Jon Favreau

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Terrence Howard • Jeff Bridges • Gwyneth Paltrow • Leslie Bibb

2008

Lucky You

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Telephone Jack)

Director(s):

Curtis Hanson

Starring:

Phyllis Somerville • Eric Bana • Horatio Sanz • Drew Barrymore • Joey Kern

2007

Zodiac

Director(s):

David Fincher

Starring:

Jake Gyllenhaal • Mark Ruffalo • Anthony Edwards • Robert Downey Jr. • Brian Cox

2007

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Lionel Sweeney)

Director(s):

Steven Shainberg

Starring:

Nicole Kidman • Robert Downey Jr. • Ty Burrell • Harris Yulin • Jane Alexander

2007

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Dito)

Director(s):

Dito Montiel

Starring:

Dianne Wiest • Robert Downey Jr. • Shia LaBeouf • Melonie Diaz • Laila Liliana Garro

2007

A Scanner Darkly

(Robert Downey Jr. plays James Barris)

Director(s):

Richard Linklater

Starring:

Keanu Reeves • Winona Ryder • Robert Downey Jr. • Rory Cochrane • Woody Harrelson

2006

The Shaggy Dog

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Dr. Kozak)

Director(s):

Brian Robbins

Starring:

Tim Allen • Kristin Davis • Zena Grey • Spencer Breslin • Danny Glover

2006

Good Night, and Good Luck

Director(s):

George Clooney

Starring:

Jeff Daniels • David Strathairn • Alex Borstein • Rose Abdoo • Dianne Reeves

2006

Kiss, Kiss! Bang Bang

Director(s):

Shane Black

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Val Kilmer • Michelle Monaghan • Corbin Bernsen • Dash Mihok

2005

Game 6

Director(s):

Michael Hoffman

Starring:

Michael Keaton • Robert Downey Jr. • Ari Graynor • Bebe Neuwirth • Griffin Dunne

2005

Eros

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Nick Penrose (segment „Equilibrium„))

Director(s):

Michelangelo Antonioni • Steven Soderbergh • Kar-Wai Wong

Starring:

Li Gong • Chen Chang • Feng Tien • Chun-Luk Chan • Jianjun Zhou

2004

Gothika

Director(s):

Mathieu Kassovitz

Starring:

Halle Berry • Robert Downey Jr. • Charles S. Dutton • John Carroll Lynch • Bernard Hill

2004

The Singing Detective

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Dan Dark)

Director(s):

Keith Gordon

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Robin Wright • Mel Gibson • Jeremy Northam • Katie Holmes

2003

Showboy

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Self - Golden Globe Presenter)

Director(s):

Lindy Heymann • Christian Taylor

Starring:

Christian Taylor • Lindy Heymann • Joe Daley • Erich Miller • Jason Buchtel

2002

Wonder Boys

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Terry Crabtree)

Director(s):

Curtis Hanson

Starring:

Michael Douglas • Tobey Maguire • Frances McDormand • Robert Downey Jr. • Katie Holmes

2000

Bowfinger

Director(s):

Frank Oz

Starring:

Steve Martin • Eddie Murphy • Heather Graham • Christine Baranski • Jamie Kennedy

1999

Black and White

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Terry Donager)

Director(s):

James Toback

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Gaby Hoffmann • Allan Houston • Jared Leto • Method Man

1999

In Dreams

Director(s):

Neil Jordan

Starring:

Annette Bening • Katie Sagona • Aidan Quinn • Robert Downey Jr. • Paul Guilfoyle

1999

Friends and Lovers

Director(s):

George Haas

Starring:

Stephen Baldwin • Danny Nucci • George Newbern • Alison Eastwood • Claudia Schiffer

1999

The Gingerbread Man

Director(s):

Robert Altman

Starring:

Kenneth Branagh • Embeth Davidtz • Robert Downey Jr. • Daryl Hannah • Robert Duvall

1998

U.S. Marshals

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Royce)

Director(s):

Stuart Baird

Starring:

Tommy Lee Jones • Wesley Snipes • Robert Downey Jr. • Joe Pantoliano • Daniel Roebuck

1998

One Night Stand

Director(s):

Mike Figgis

Starring:

Wesley Snipes • Nastassja Kinski • Kyle MacLachlan • Ming-Na • Robert Downey Jr.

1997

Danger Zone

Director(s):

Allan Eastman

Starring:

Billy Zane • Robert Downey Jr. • Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa • Lisa Collins • Ron Silver

1997

Two Girls and a Guy

Director(s):

James Toback

Starring:

Natasha Gregson Wagner • Heather Graham • Angel David • Frederique Van Der Wal • Robert Downey Jr.

1997

Hugo Pool

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Franz)

Director(s):

Robert Downey Sr.

Starring:

Alyssa Milano • Patrick Dempsey • Robert Downey Jr. • Richard Lewis • Malcolm McDowell

1997

Home For the Holidays

Director(s):

Jodie Foster

Starring:

Holly Hunter • Robert Downey Jr. • Anne Bancroft • Charles Durning • Dylan McDermott

1996

Richard III

Director(s):

Richard Loncraine

Starring:

Ian McKellen • Annette Bening • Jim Broadbent • Robert Downey Jr. • Nigel Hawthorne

1996

Restoration

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Merivel)

Director(s):

Michael Hoffman

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Sam Neill • David Thewlis • Polly Walker • Meg Ryan

1995

Only You

Director(s):

Norman Jewison

Starring:

Marisa Tomei • Robert Downey Jr. • Bonnie Hunt • Joaquim de Almeida • Fisher Stevens

1995

Natural Born Killers

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Wayne Gale)

Director(s):

Oliver Stone

Starring:

Woody Harrelson • Juliette Lewis • Tom Sizemore • Rodney Dangerfield • Everett Quinton

1994

Short Cuts

Director(s):

Robert Altman

Starring:

Andie MacDowell • Bruce Davison • Jack Lemmon • Zane Cassidy • Julianne Moore

1994

Hail Caesar

Director(s):

Anthony Michael Hall

Starring:

Anthony Michael Hall • Bobbie Phillips • Leslie Danon • Nicholas Pryor • Kane Picoy

1994

Heart and Souls

Director(s):

Ron Underwood

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Charles Grodin • Alfre Woodard • Kyra Sedgwick • Tom Sizemore

1993

Chaplin

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Charles Spencer Chaplin)

Director(s):

Richard Attenborough

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Geraldine Chaplin • Paul Rhys • John Thaw • Moira Kelly

1992

Soapdish

Director(s):

Michael Hoffman

Starring:

Sally Field • Kevin Kline • Robert Downey Jr. • Cathy Moriarty • Elisabeth Shue

1991

Air America

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Billy)

Director(s):

Roger Spottiswoode

Starring:

Mel Gibson • Robert Downey Jr. • Nancy Travis • Ken Jenkins • David Marshall Grant

1990

Too Much Sun

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Reed Richmond)

Director(s):

Robert Downey Sr.

Starring:

Allan Arbus • Robert Downey Jr. • Howard Duff • Laura Ernst • Lara Harris

1990

1969

Director(s):

Ernest Thompson

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Kiefer Sutherland • Bruce Dern • Mariette Hartley • Winona Ryder

1989

That's Adequate

Director(s):

Harry Hurwitz

Starring:

Tony Randall • James Coco • Jerry Stiller • Anne Meara • Ina Balin

1989

True Believer

Director(s):

Joseph Ruben

Starring:

James Woods • Robert Downey Jr. • Margaret Colin • Yuji Okumoto • Kurtwood Smith

1989

Chances Are

Director(s):

Emile Ardolino

Starring:

Cybill Shepherd • Robert Downey Jr. • Ryan O'Neal • Mary Stuart Masterson • Christopher McDonald

1989

Less Than Zero

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Julian)

Director(s):

Marek Kanievska

Starring:

Andrew McCarthy • Jami Gertz • Robert Downey Jr. • James Spader • Tony Bill

1988

Johnny Be Good

Director(s):

Bud Smith

Starring:

Anthony Michael Hall • Robert Downey Jr. • Paul Gleason • Uma Thurman • Steve James

1988

Rented Lips

Director(s):

Robert Downey Sr.

Starring:

Martin Mull • Dick Shawn • Jennifer Tilly • Robert Downey Jr. • June Lockhart

1988

The Pick Up Artist

Director(s):

James Toback

Starring:

Molly Ringwald • Robert Downey Jr. • Dennis Hopper • Danny Aiello • Mildred Dunnock

1987

Back to School

Director(s):

Alan Metter

Starring:

Rodney Dangerfield • Sally Kellerman • Burt Young • Keith Gordon • Robert Downey Jr.

1986

America

Director(s):

Robert Downey Sr.

Starring:

Zack Norman • Tammy Grimes • Michael J. Pollard • Richard Belzer • Monroe Arnold

1986

Weird Science

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Ian)

Director(s):

John Hughes

Starring:

Anthony Michael Hall • Kelly LeBrock • Ilan Mitchell-Smith • Bill Paxton • Suzanne Snyder

1985

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Punk Party Crasher)

Director(s):

Alan Metter

Starring:

Biff Yeager • Kristi Somers • Richard Blade • Ian Michael Giatti • Shannen Doherty

1985

Tuff Turf

Director(s):

Fritz Kiersch

Starring:

James Spader • Kim Richards • Paul Mones • Matt Clark • Claudette Nevins

1985

Firstborn

(Robert Downey Jr. plays Lee)

Director(s):

Michael Apted

Starring:

Teri Garr • Peter Weller • Christopher Collet • Corey Haim • Sarah Jessica Parker

1984

Baby Its You

Director(s):

John Sayles

Starring:

Rosanna Arquette • Vincent Spano • Joanna Merlin • Jack Davidson • Nick Ferrari

1983

Up the Academy

Director(s):

Robert Downey Sr.

Starring:

Wendell Brown • Tommy Citera • J. Hutchison • Ralph Macchio • Harry Teinowitz

1980

Greasers Palace

Director(s):

Robert Downey Sr.

Starring:

Albert Henderson • Michael Sullivan • Luana Anders • George Morgan • Ronald Nealy

1972

Pound

Director(s):

Robert Downey Sr.

Starring:

Joe Madden • James Green • Mariclare Costello • L. Errol Jaye • Carolyn Cardwell

1970