Happy Birthday RDJ! Robert Downey Jr. is fascinating as an actor, one of his early roles was as the preppy bully, Ian, in Weird Science (1985). Then he was on Saturday Night Live (1985-1986) for a year, he hasn’t returned as host. Downey Jr. starred in the comedy Back to School (1986), roommate to Rodney Dangerfield in college. In 1990, RDJ was in the action comedy Air America based on the 1979 account by Christopher Robbins. Next, he was in the comedy, Soapdish, playing soap opera producer David Seton Barnes. He changed everything with his lead role in Chaplin (1992), based on Chaplin’s autobiography and biography, it was directed by Richard Attenborough covering the life and films of the director and film icon. I consider this to be Robert Downey Jr.’s best part to this date. He appeared in the crime film Natural Born Killers (1994) as Wayne Gale. Downey Jr. played Special Agent Royce, a followup to The Fugitive (1993).
Next, Robert Downey Jr. was in the series Ally McBeal (2000-2002) as Larry Paul. He had the lead role, Dan Dark, in the comedy musical, The Singing Detective (2003) based on the BBC series. He was part of the duo in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) directed by Shane Black. One of his genre films was Richard Linklater’s strangely animated A Scanner Darkly (2006) based on Philip K. Dick’s novel. Jon Favreau took a chance pushing for RDJ on the role that set him as superstar, Iron Man (2008) that launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe! He was back in a comedic role in Tropic Thunder (2008). Downey Jr. also had another franchise iconic role with Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes (2009). RDJ returned as Tony Stark in Iron Man 2 (2010). He also returned in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). Then, he was in the superhero ensemble film, The Avengers (2012). He finished the MCU trilogy with Iron Man 3 (2013) directed and co-written by Shane Black. Downey Jr. was Marvin in Jon Favreau’s Chef (2014). Then, he was in the drama, The Judge (2014). He of course unleashed Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), broke the Avengers with Captain America: Civil War (2016) and acted as mentor in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). Last year, he faced Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War! This year of course he was upcoming Avengers: Endgame! Happy Birthday Robert Downey Jr.!
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