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
Robert Downey Jr. staff, and asked if he could produce or assist in an episode creation, as his son Indio is a fan of the show. The producers of the show accepted the offer and created the character of Patrick Pewterschmidt, Lois Griffin's long lost, mentally disturbed brother, for Downey. Downey signed on with publishers HarperCollins to write a memoir, which in 2006, was already being billed as a "candid look at the highs and lows of his life and career". In 2008, however, Downey returned his advance to the publishers, and canceled the book without further comment. In 2007, Downey appeared in