Robert Downey Jr. release year for his role in "Tropic Thunder". The first role Downey accepted after "Iron Man" was the title character in Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes". Warner Bros. released it on December 25, 2009. The film set several box office records in the United States for a Christmas Day release, beating the previous record holder, 2008's "Marley & Me", by nearly $10M, and finished second to "Avatar" in a record-setting Christmas weekend box office. "Sherlock Holmes" ended up being the 8th highest-grossing film of 2009. When Downey won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (film) The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (film) The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous is a British television film of 1997 based on Jilly Cooper's book of the same name in the Rutshire Chronicles series, directed by Robert Knights and produced by Sarah Lawson. The title role of Lysander Hawkley is played by Stephen Billington. With a length of 146 minutes, broadcasters usually divide the production into a serial of three episodes. It is available on DVD. The producer, Sarah Lawson, had previously worked with the director she hired for the film, Robert Knights, on the feature film "The Dawning" (1988).