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Robert Downey Jr.
Robert John Downey Jr. is an American actor and producer. His films as a leading actor have grossed over $14.3 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Downey was the highest-paid actor in the world annually from 2013 to 2015. Known for his versatility across roles, he is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Daytime Emmy Award, thre…
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Born 4 April 1965 · Q165219
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2026· 9 entries
Odisha TV: Avengers: Doomsday: How Robert Downey Jr. helped bring Chris Evans back as Captain America, deets inside
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Yahoo: I Wasn’t Expecting Robert Downey Jr. To Admit He Preferred Playing Doom Over Tony Stark
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Comic Book Movie: Robert Downey Jr. Returns As Iron Man And Thor Dons A Helmet In New Look At Avengers Infinity Defence
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The News International: Robert Downey Jr. gives major Iron Man news seven years after Tony Stark's death
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TheWrap: Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth and Iman Vellani to Star in Avengers Disneyland Attraction
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Public attention spiked: 17,517 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 5,679, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Updated BAFTA Award & Actor Award links in 'Acting credits and accolades'
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Public attention spiked: 18,057 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 5,679, with 0 article edits.
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Reported claimRated The claim is false. The video is not official Marvel footage or a legitimate “first peek” and there is no evidence to prove it. The clip is AI generated and is a fan-content created by another user. · DigitEye India
DigitEye India rated the claim “Clip allegedly shows leaked Avenger’s Doomsday trailer featuring a fight between Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom and Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlett Witch.” The claim is false. The video is not official Marvel footage or a legitimate “first peek” and there is no evidence to prove it. The clip is AI generated and is a fan-content created by another user..
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2025· 2 entries
Was named one of the greatest film actors of the 21st century by The Independent
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The Independent named Downey the forty-fourth-greatest film actor of the 21st century
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2024· 12 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Robert Downey Jr said he would leave Marvel and US Goodbye I Don't Fit In Here” No Record.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Celebrities including Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr., John Legend and Tom Hanks have announced they are leaving the U.S. following the 2024 election.” False.
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And opened on September 30 at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater, playing through November 24
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Snopes rated the claim “An image circulating online in the summer of 2024 shows actor Robert Downey Jr. in blackface.” Mixture.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Robert Downey Jr. is the new member of Mel Gibson's "anti-woke movie production studio."” Labeled Satire.
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Oppenheimer (2024).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Oppenheimer (2024).
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Video shows CNN report about actor Robert Downey Jr.’s app “to earn money.”” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Robert Downey Jr. once credited Burger King with helping him overcome his drug addiction.” Research In Progress.
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That he had transitioned to a pescetarian diet after experiencing low levels of vitamin B12, calcium, and iron
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Was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the miniseries The Sympathizer and made his Broadway debut in the title role of Ayad Akhtar's McNeal
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Downey and his Avengers castmates once again came together to endorse Harris in her presidential bid that year
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2023· 4 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Videos that surfaced in November 2023 accurately reported that actor Robert Downey Jr. would be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as Iron Man.” False.
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Oppenheimer (2023).
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Awarded Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor for Oppenheimer (2023).
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Downey portrayed the antagonistic bureaucrat Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
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2020· 4 entries
AP News rated the claim “Actor Robert Downey Jr. has made a “shocking revelation and lifted the lid on a major Hollywood pedophile ring.”” False.
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VERA Files rated the claim “Actor Robert Downey Jr. died in a car crush stunt in Hollywood on July 8.” Fake.
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Founded the organization Footprint Coalition, which aims to use advanced technologies like robotics and nanotechnology to help clean up and restore the environment
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Downey starred in Stephen Gaghan's Dolittle, portraying the titular 19th-century Welsh veterinarian who can communicate with animals
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2019· 3 entries
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actor for Avengers: Endgame (2019).
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Awarded MTV Movie & TV Awards (2019).
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Awarded Disney Legends (2019).
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded California Hall of Fame (2015).
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“I have a really interesting political point of view [...] [the time in prison] was very, very, very educational for me and has informed my proclivities and politics ever since”
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actor for Iron Man 3 (2014).
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Downey described his religious beliefs as "Jewish Buddhist"
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2013· 1 entry
2014, and 2015, with earnings of $75 million in the first two years and $80 million in 2015
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2010· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Sherlock Holmes (2010).
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Walter Kirn, writing for Rolling Stone, stated that Downey "refuses to follow any kind of script, never quite coming into focus, always in thrall to another idea", which the journalist described as the "essence of [Downe
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actor (2009).
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2008· 2 entries
And Forbes featured him on the Celebrity 100 in 2013 and 2014
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Returned his advance and canceled the project without explanation
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2007· 1 entry
Appeared in David Fincher's mystery thriller Zodiac, based on true events, portraying San Francisco Chronicle journalist Paul Avery, who covered the Zodiac Killer case
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2006· 1 entry
Downey was cast as the titular character in Iron Man, a superhero film
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2005· 2 entries
In a Jewish ceremony in Amagansett, New York
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Downey voiced the character of Patrick Pewterschmidt for an episode of Family Guy titled "The Fat Guy Strangler"
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2004· 2 entries
Released his only studio album, The Futurist
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And Falconer received custody of their son
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award for The Singing Detective (2003).
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Downey met producer Susan Levin, then the executive vice president of production at Silver Pictures, while filming Gothika
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2001· 3 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for Ally McBeal (2001).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for Ally McBeal (2001).
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Following further drug-related arrests, he entered a court-ordered rehabilitation program and has remained sober since 2003
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2000· 3 entries
Earning a Golden Globe for his performance
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After police responded to an anonymous 911 call and searched his room at Merv Griffin's Hotel and Givenchy Spa in Palm Springs, California
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On the condition of posting a $5,000 bail, when a judge ruled that his cumulative time in incarceration facilities—from his initial 1996 arrests—qualified him for early release
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1997· 1 entry
Spent six months in Los Angeles County Jail
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for their discovery of fullerenes.
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And filed for divorce in early 2001, citing "irreconcilable differences"
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — for having developed and applied the hypothesis of rational expectations, and thereby having transformed macroeconomic analysis and deepened our understanding of economic policy.
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1994· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Awards for Short Cuts (1994).
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Awarded Saturn Awards (1994).
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1993· 3 entries
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actor for Heart and Souls (1993).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (1993).
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Downey starred in Heart and Souls, playing a man possessed by multiple characters—a performance that critic Peter Travers praised as revealing his "explosive talent for physical comedy"
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1992· 1 entry
Married singer and actress Deborah Falconer following a six-week courtship
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1985· 1 entry
Downey joined the new, younger cast of Saturday Night Live, securing the audition with help from his Weird Science co-star and friend Anthony Michael Hall
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1984· 1 entry
After meeting her on the set of Firstborn
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1983· 1 entry
With a three-week run in Alms for the Middle Class at the Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York
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1965· 1 entry
Born 1965-04-04.
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