Robert Downey Jr. filmography "Zodiac". Downey was cast as the role of Tony Stark / Iron Man in the 2008 Marvel Studios film "Iron Man", a role he later reprised in "The Incredible Hulk" (2008) (cameo), "Iron Man 2" (2010), "The Avengers" (2012), "Iron Man 3" (2013), "" (2015), "" (2016), "" (2017), "" (2018), and "" (2019). During that time he also starred in the films "Tropic Thunder" (2008) and "The Soloist" (2009), and played the title character in "Sherlock Holmes" (2009) and "" (2011). For his role in "Tropic Thunder", he was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best
Iron Man (2008 film) end of the day it's Robert Downey Jr. who powers the lift-off separating this from most other superhero movies". A. O. Scott of "The New York Times" called the film "an unusually good superhero picture. Or at least – since it certainly has its problems – a superhero movie that's good in unusual ways." Among the specialty press, Garth Franklin of "Dark Horizons" commended the "impressive sets and mechanics that combine smoothly with relatively seamless CG", and said, "Robert Downey Jr., along with director Jon Favreau ... help this rise above formula. The result is something that, whilst hardly original