Iron Man Downey Jr. as Tony Stark and directed by Jon Favreau. "Iron Man" received very positive reviews from film critics, grossing $318 million domestically and $585 million worldwide. The character of Tony Stark, again played by Robert Downey Jr., appeared at the end of the 2008 film "The Incredible Hulk". Downey reprised his role in "Iron Man 2" (2010), "Marvel's The Avengers" (2012), "Iron Man 3" (2013), "" (2015), "" (2016), "" (2017), "" (2018), and will appear in "" in 2019. In 2009, Playtech released a online casino slot machine game called "Iron Man". After that they created two more
Robert Downey Jr. reference to Gibson's DUI. Gibson said of Downey: "He was one of the first people to call and offer the hand of friendship. He just said, 'Hey, welcome to the club. Let's go see what we can do to work on ourselves.'" In October 2011, Downey was being honored at the 25th American Cinematheque Awards; Downey chose Gibson to present him with his award for his life's work, and used his air time to say a few kind words about Gibson and explain why he chose him to present the award. Downey maintains that he has been drug-free since July