Robert Downey Jr. portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe appearing for the first time in "Iron Man" (2008) and subsequently appearing in "Iron Man 2" (2010), "The Avengers" (2012), "Iron Man 3" (2013), "" (2015), "" (2016), "" (2017), "" (2018) and "" (2019). He made a cameo in "The Incredible Hulk" (2008) and Downey will reprise his role in "Black Widow" (2021).