Portrait of Robert Downey Jr.

Acting

Robert Downey Jr.

Career

Active from 1984 to 2027, busiest in 2006 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
56
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 93 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Downey Jr. Catalog average

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 10
  • Character Study 6
  • Coming-of-Age 5
  • Political Intrigue 5
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Visual Spectacle 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Crime Drama 3
  • Family Conflict 3
  • Witty Banter 3
  • Cinematic Spectacle 3
  • Crime 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

105
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

4 titles
All-Star Weekend
All-Star Weekend

as Mexican Stranger

Sherlock Holmes 3
Sherlock Holmes 3

as Sherlock Holmes

A Head Full of Ghosts
A Head Full of Ghosts

Producer

The Hider
The Hider

Producer

2020s

10 titles · average score 69
Avengers: Secret Wars
Avengers: Secret Wars (2027)

as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom

Avengers: Doomsday
Avengers: Doomsday (2026)

as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom

Play Dirty
Play Dirty (2025)
GoodWatch score 49

Executive Producer

The Fantastic 4: First Steps
The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom (uncredited)

The Sympathizer
The Sympathizer (2024)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Claude / Professor Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / Priest

Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer (2023)
GoodWatch score 87

as Lewis Strauss

"Sr."
"Sr." (2022)
GoodWatch score 81

Producer

Marvel Studios Legends
Marvel Studios Legends (2021)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marvel Studios Assembled
Marvel Studios Assembled (2021)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Tony Stark / Iron Man (archive footage)

Dolittle
Dolittle (2020)
GoodWatch score 39

as Dr. John Dolittle

2010s

16 titles · average score 69
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
GoodWatch score 84

as Tony Stark / Iron Man

Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
GoodWatch score 80

as Tony Stark / Iron Man

Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
GoodWatch score 79

as Tony Stark / Iron Man

Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
GoodWatch score 81

as Tony Stark / Iron Man

Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
GoodWatch score 71

as Tony Stark / Iron Man

The Judge
The Judge (2014)
GoodWatch score 60

as Hank Palmer

Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

as Tony Stark

The Avengers
The Avengers (2012)
GoodWatch score 80

as Tony Stark / Iron Man

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sherlock Holmes

Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant (2011)
GoodWatch score 62

as Tony Stark (archive footage)

Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 (2010)
GoodWatch score 65

as Tony Stark

Due Date
Due Date (2010)
GoodWatch score 52

as Peter Highman

2000s

26 titles · average score 63
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
GoodWatch score 68

as Sherlock Holmes

The Soloist
The Soloist (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

as Steve Lopez

Iron Man
Iron Man (2008)
GoodWatch score 83

as Tony Stark

Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder (2008)
GoodWatch score 74

as Kirk Lazarus

Charlie Bartlett
Charlie Bartlett (2008)
GoodWatch score 62

as Nathan Gardner

Zodiac
Zodiac (2007)
GoodWatch score 81

as Paul Avery

A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

as James Barris

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

as Dito

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
GoodWatch score 57

as Lionel Sweeney

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

as Harry Lockhart

Gothika
Gothika (2003)
GoodWatch score 41

as Pete Graham

The Singing Detective
The Singing Detective (2003)
GoodWatch score 46

as Dan Dark

1990s

27 titles · average score 56
Black and White
Black and White (1999)
GoodWatch score 45

as Terry Donager

U.S. Marshals
U.S. Marshals (1998)
GoodWatch score 50

as Royce

The Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Man (1998)
GoodWatch score 56

as Clyde Pell

Two Girls and a Guy
Two Girls and a Guy (1998)
GoodWatch score 56

as Blake

Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays (1995)
GoodWatch score 64

as Tommy Larson

Restoration
Restoration (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

as Robert Merivel

Natural Born Killers
Natural Born Killers (1994)
GoodWatch score 68

as Wayne Gale

Only You
Only You (1994)
GoodWatch score 61

as Peter Wright

Heart and Souls
Heart and Souls (1993)
GoodWatch score 63

as Thomas Reilly

Chaplin
Chaplin (1992)
GoodWatch score 65

as Charles Spencer Chaplin

Soapdish
Soapdish (1991)
GoodWatch score 67

as David Seton Barnes

Air America
Air America (1990)
GoodWatch score 38

as Billy Covington

1980s

20 titles · average score 53
Chances Are
Chances Are (1989)
GoodWatch score 64

as Alex Finch

True Believer
True Believer (1989)
GoodWatch score 64

as Roger Baron

Johnny Be Good
Johnny Be Good (1988)
GoodWatch score 23

as Leo Wiggins

1969
1969 (1988)
GoodWatch score 51

as Ralph Carr

Rented Lips
Rented Lips (1988)
GoodWatch score 38

as Wolf Dangler

Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero (1987)
GoodWatch score 56

as Julian

The Pick-up Artist
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
GoodWatch score 53

as Jack Jericho

Back to School
Back to School (1986)
GoodWatch score 71

as Derek

Tuff Turf
Tuff Turf (1985)
GoodWatch score 37

as Jimmy Parker

Mussolini: The Untold Story
Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Bruno Mussolini

Weird Science
Weird Science (1985)
GoodWatch score 59

as Ian

Firstborn
Firstborn (1984)
GoodWatch score 46

as Lee

1970s

2 titles · average score 53
Greaser's Palace
Greaser's Palace (1972)
GoodWatch score 51

as Boy in Covered Wagon (uncredited)

Pound
Pound (1970)
GoodWatch score 54

as Puppy