Robert John Downey Jr. is an American actor and producer. His career has been characterized by critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, before a resurgence of commercial success later in his career.
Downey gained global recognition for starring as Tony Stark / Iron Man in ten films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Iron Man (2008).
Downey is one of the highest-paid actors in the industry, and currently, he is planning to star in a Pinocchio movie as well as the new Avengers movie, and Sherlock Holmes 3.
In 2008, Downey started playing the role of the Comics superhero Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He appeared in several movies as either a member of an ensemble cast, the lead role, or in a cameo. Each of these films has crossed over $500 million worldwide.
An Example of five of these is The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3, Captain America: Civil War, and Avengers: Infinity War, which has earned over $1 billion combined.
Downey has also been playing an important role in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes (2009), which gave him his second Golden Globe award. As of 2018, the U.S. box-office grosses of Robert Downey Jr.’s movies is over $4.8 billion.
Robert Downey Jr. is the third highest-grossing U.S. domestic actor of all time and has worked with famous movie stars such as Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, and Ben Stiller.