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Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965), also known as RDJ, is an American actor. A son of a filmmaker, Robert Downey Sr and one of the highest-grossing actors of all time, his films as a leading actor have grossed over $14 billion worldwide. In 2008, Downey was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and from 2013 to 2015, he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. At the age of five, Downey made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s 1970 film Pound. He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films Weird Science (1985) and Less than Zero (1987). Downey's portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic Chaplin earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Actor and his first Academy Award nomination. Following a stint at the Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility on drug charges, he joined the TV series Ally McBeal in 2000. He won a Golden Globe Award for the role. Downey was fired from the show in 2001 in the wake of additional drug charges. He stayed in a court-ordered drug treatment program and has maintained his sobriety since 2003. Downey made his acting comeback in the 2003 film The Singing Detective, after Mel Gibson paid his insurance bond, and went on to star in the black comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), the thriller Zodiac (2007) and the action comedy Tropic Thunder (2008). He also played Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009), which earned him his second Golden Globe, and in its 2011 sequel. Downey gained global recognition for starring as Iron Man in ten Marvel Cinematic Universe films, from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). Downey received acclaim for his role in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023), winning an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing multiple characters in the black comedy miniseries The Sympathizer (2024). He made his Broadway debut that year, playing the title role in Ayad Akhtar's McNeal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Downey Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Robert Downey Jr.
J. Jonah Jameson
for J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man: Return of The Goblin
Suggested by underworld_stories
We see Peter Parker trying to right the wrongs he did as the symbiote while also trying to restart his relationship with Kitty Pryde who even though she had remembered her and Peter's relationship she has moved on and doesnt really want to continue with Peter but does with Bobby Drake who she started dating a year ago. Throughout the movie Peter doesn't know what to do with both being seen as a menace and his girlfriend being with someone he considered a friend. Meanwhile after the fall of Intelligencia Norman Osborn has run way after Doom was removed from office. Norman eventually decides if he's going to do anything now he's going to kill Spider-Man. Later on that week Norman attacks Peter who thinks he can just beat him right away but Norman hurts Peter badly. We cut to the hospital as Aunt May, Gwen Stacy, and Harry Osborn show up. Peter tells them he's fine and goes to try and find Norman. Throughout the rest of the movie Peter pushes himself to extreme lengths to beat the Goblin as he slowly becomes more like he was with the symbiote. Eventually Peter and Norman fight again and this time they both hurt each other badly but Norman manages to get up and fly away while Peter lies there in pain. Peter thinks of what he is doing and wonders if this is the best way to deal with his emotions. Peter makes it to where Norman is and this time fights a lot calmer and wins. Norman gets away but Peter is the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man once again. The movie ends with Kitty Pryde and Bobby Drake breaking up and Kitty going back to Peter but when she gets there she sees Peter and Gwen Stacy kissing.
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