American actor and producer

Robert Downey Jr. Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor and producer. His career has been characterized by critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, before a resurgence of ...

has received numerous accolades throughout his career including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, two BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. For his role as Charlie Chaplin in the Richard Attenborough-directed biographical epic '' Chaplin'' (1991) he received the

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as well as nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the

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. For his comedic role in

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's satirical war comedy ''

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'' (2008) he received his second

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nomination, this time for the Best Supporting Actor as well as nominations for the

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and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Downey Jr. portrayed Larry Paul in the

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legal drama '' Ally McBeal'' from 2000 to 2002. For his performance he earned the

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and the

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as well as a nomination for the

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. For his role as

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in the

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-directed epic biographical film '' Oppenheimer'' (2023), Downey received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, the

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and the

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Awards and nominations

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