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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.
Doctor Doom
for Doctor Doom in Wolverine Home Sweet Home: Tales from The Underworld
Suggested by comodin
When the Fox X-Men Universe starts to fall, Logan has to return to The Underworld universe only to find its been destroyed and he is now trapped in endless space. Luckily he is saved and pulled into the Dc cinematic by Grifter right before Grifter is killed by a falling star. When he gets there he is confused but eventually ignores it because he has to fight this universe's version of him who is evil and wants this new good version dead. Logan spends the majority of the movie hitting himself, but eventually is able to overpower him and kill him only for him to come back as an evil being made out of pure energy called the Black Phoenix Force. Logan manages to hold it off for as long as he can but is eventually overwhelmed by it and falls but when Logan reaches the afterlife he sees Jean Grey, Cyclops, Professor X, and Magneto who all tell him he needs to go back, and so using his healing factor to the extreme he is able to come back and destroy the Black Phoenix Force. The movie ends with Wolverine finding a portal that will lead him to a universe where The Underworld refuges are hiding. In the post credits we see Doctor Doom killing an entire universe and cleaning his sword with a version of Superman's cape.
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