From the First Roles to the Most Recent of Hollywood’s Top Stars

Making his debut at the young age of five in the film Proud, Robert Downey Jr. has been in the Hollywood spotlight his entire life. Downey Jr. has managed to build a pretty extensive list of cinema classics over the years, even while dealing with substance abuse, legal problems and other personal demons.

His work in the hilarious action comedy Tropic Thunder earned him an Academy Award nomination. Downey Jr. was ranked as Hollywood’s highest-paid actor from 2013 to 2015. He was in the 2019 comedy Dolittle and is set to reprise his Sherlock Holmes role in the third film set for 2021. We can’t wait!