Films featuring Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr's Surprising Film Career
Robert Downey Jr. has acted in many, many films over his career. His career started in 1970s Pound under the name Bob Downey, as Puppy. This was followed by an uncredited appearance in 1972's Greaser's Palace. His other credits include:
- Moment to Moment (1975)-uncredited
- Mad Magazine Presents Up the Acadamy (1980)-uncredited
- Baby It's You (1983) as Stewart
- Firstborn (1984) as Lee
- Deadwait (1985)
- Tuff Turf (1985) as Jimmy Parker (under the name Robert Downey)
- Weird Science (1985) as Ian (one of the jerky popular guys): I happen to love this movie!! It isn't a great movie, but it is one that is near and dear to my heart...who knows why...For some reason, I have two copies of it.
- Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)- TV mini-series; as Bruno Mussolini
- Back to School (1986) as Derek
- America (1986) as Paulie Hackley
- The Pick-Up Artist (1987) as Jack Jericho
- Less Than Zero (1987) as Julian Wells
- Johnny Be Good (1988) as Leo Wiggins: I saw this movie once...it wasn't...that bad...
- Rented Lips (1988) as Wolf Dangler
- 1969 (1988) as Ralph Carr
- That's Adequate (1989) as Albert Einstein
- True Believer (1989) as Roger Baron
- Chances Are (1989) as Alex Finch
- Air America (1990) as Billy Covington
- Too Much Sun (1991) as Reed Richmond
- Soapdish (1991) as David Seton Barnes: This is another movie that I like. It's strange, but that is part of it's charm. It's kind of silly, but fun.
- Chaplin (1992) as Charles Spencer Chaplin: This is a great movie!! He does a great job portraying Charlie Chaplin!
- Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver County (1993) as himself
- Heart and Souls (1993) as Thomas Reilly: This movie is rather sappy, but I still enjoyed it!
- The Last Party (1993) as himself (also writer on project)
- Short Cuts (1993) as Bill Bush
- Hail Caesar (1994) as Jerry
- A Century of Cinema (1994) as himself
- Natural Born Killers (1994) as Wayne Gale: Excellent movie!! A little dark, but wonderful!!
- Only You (1994) as Peter
- Richard III (1995) as Lord Rivers
- Home for the Holidays (1995) as Tommy Larson
- Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) TV movie; as Mr. Willowby
- Restoration (1995) as Robert Merivel
- Danger Zone (1997) as Jim Scott
- One Night Stand (1997) as Charlie
- Two Girls and a Guy (1997) as Blake Allen (also did writing and performing for soundtrack)
- Hugo Pool (1997) as Fraz Mazur
- The Gingerbread Man (1998) as Clyde Pell
- U.S. Marshals (1998) as Special Agent John Royce
- In Dreams (1999) as Vivian Thompson
- Friends & Lovers (1999) as Hans (also did writing and performing for soundtrack)
- Bowfinger (1999) as Jerry Renfro
- Black and White (1999) as Terry Donager
- Wonder Boys (2000) as Tery Crabtree
- Auto Motives (2000) as Rob
- Last Party 2000 (2001) as himself
- Lethargy (2002) as Animal Therapist
- Whatever We Do (2003) as Bobby
- The Singing Detective (2003) as Dan Dark (also did work on soundtrack)
- Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003) as himself
- Gothika (2003) as Pete Graham: One would expect me to love this movie, but I really didn't care for it that much. I kind of hate it.
- Eros (2004) as Nick Penrose (segment "Equilibrium)
- Game 6 (2005) as Steven Schwimmer
- The Outsider (2005) as himself
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) as Harry Lockhart (also did work on soundtrack)
- Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) as Joe Wershba
- Hubert Selby Jr: It'll Be Better Tomorrow (2005) as Narrator
- The Shaggy Dog (2006) as Dr. Kozak
- A Scanner Darkly (2006) as James Barris. I wanted to see this movie, but never got around to it, and have since had a hard time finding it.
- Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) as Lionel Sweeney
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) as Dito (also co-producer)
- Zodiac (2007) as Paul Avery: A decent movie. Not a favorite, but a decent movie.
- Lucky You (2007) as Telephone Jack
- Charlie Bartlett (2007) as Principal Nathan Gardner
- Iron Man (2008) as Tony Stark/Iron Man: I have yet to see this movie. Not really wanting to.
- The Incredible Hulk (2008) as Tony Stark
- Tropic Thunder (2008) as Kirk Lazarus: I have to admit, I hated this movie!!! It was terrible!
- The Soloist (2009) as Steve Lopez
- Sherlock Holmes (2009) as Sherlock Holmes: LOVE this movie!!! He did a great job playing Holmes!!
- Iron Man 2 (2010) as Tony Stark
- Love & Distrust (2010) as Rob
- Due Date (2010) as Peter Highman
- Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows (2011) as Sherlock Holmes: Looking forward to seeing this movie!
- The Avengers (2012) as Tony Stark/Iron Man
- Iron Man 3(2013) as Tony Stark/ Iron Man (obviously...)
- Chef(2014...currently filming) no character listed
- The Judge(2014...currently filming) as Hank Palmer
The Soloist
Robert Downey Jr. singing one of my favorite songs
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