Robert Downey Jr is one of the biggest names in cinema who has enjoyed huge success in recent years with the likes of Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes, he is currently filming the sequel.
But this week he returns to comedy as he teams up with The Hangover filmmaker Todd Phillips and actor Zach Galifianakis.
So to celebrate the release of the movie we take a look at the best of Robert Downey Jr.
1.Chaplin
Despite having worked in movies before the release of Chaplin this is the film that launched Robert Downey Jr as a real acting talent.
A dramatized biography of the highs and lows in the life of one of the foremost comic geniuses the screen has ever known.
Presented as the reminiscences of an elderly Chaplin, the movie follows the comic's impoverished East London childhood, to Hollywood successes and his virtual banishment from the United States, and eventually his welcome back to accept a special Academy Award -- 20 years too late.
Directed by Richard Attenborough the film earned Downey Jr is first, and only, Best Actor Academy Award nomination. Chaplin was also nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Score.
2.The Soloist
This 2009 movie saw Downey Jr team up with Atonement filmmaker Joe Wright, in what was his first American movie, and Oscar winner Jamie Foxx in a movie that was based on a remarkable true story.
Columnist with the Los Angeles Times, Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) ultimately becomes an advocate for L.A.’s homeless population when he meets Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a talented musician who's been playing a two-stringed violin while living on the streets and battling mental illness.
Struck by Ayers’s passion for music, Lopez begins to write a series of columns about his new acquaintance while attempting to get him off the streets and playing music again.
Amidst numerous achievements and setbacks, Lopez and Ayers develop a friendship based on mutual respect despite their many differences, and Lopez rediscovers his humanity.
But the driving force behind this movie is, without doubt, the lead actors in the form of Foxx and Downey Jr as they prove to be a powerful combination. Foxx is left to run with his character of Ayers, whose only desire is to play music, and his performance is every bit as good as that in Ray.
Downey Jr on the other hand plays a more straight role, although he does provide much of the movie's humour, as journalist Steve Lopez. But he too is a flawed human being who is struggling with life.
Together they create these two characters that don't always fit together Lopez, to a certain extent, exploits Ayers to a certain degree for his own career until he understands that the only way he can help him is to simply be his friend.
3.Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005 saw the return of Robert Downey Jr after facing a string of personal issues teaming up with writer Shane Black, who was making his debut as a director.
Harry Lockhart (Downey Jr.) is basically a decent guy but he is a petty thief. When he and his partner are doing some after-hours Christmas "shopping" at a New York City toy store and the security alarm breaks up the party.
In making his frantic getaway from the cops, Harry inadvertently stumbles into an audition for a Hollywood detective movie, the producer flies him to Los Angeles for a screen test.
Thrust into the cutthroat world of L.A Harry is teamed with tough-guy private eye Perry van Shrike (Val Kilmer), AKA "Gay Perry," to prepare him for his screen test
It seems like nothing short of destiny when the thief-trying- to-be-an-actor- impersonating-a-detective crosses paths with Harmony Faith Lane (Michelle Monaghan), an aspiring actress who needs his help.
When the mysterious suicide of Harmony's sister intersects with a seemingly unrelated case that Harry and Gay Perry are investigating, they suddenly find themselves embroiled in a real-life murder mystery.
Following many conventions of the classic film noir genre Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was a hit with the critics, despite this the film struggled at the box office.
It's a great comic turn from Downey Jr, who really it as his comedy best in this film, and his on-screen chemistry with Val Kilmer is laugh out loud funny.
While this may not have been he actor's biggest success at the box office but it's a movie and a performance that you really should watch.
4.Iron Man
The latest release from Downey Jr sees him movie into the Hollywood blockbuster for the first time in his career.
The role of the lesser known Marvel Comic character Tony Stark has proved to be a critical and commercial success for the actor.
Tony Stark is a playboy business man, CEO of a major arms manufacturer whose family motto is 'Peace means having a bigger stick, and a mechanical genius.
But when his trip to Afghanistan, to unveil his new missile, goes wrong he is mortally wounded and kidnapped by a militant group.
During his captivity Stark befriends Yinsen, the surgeon who saves his life by using an electro magnet powered by a car battery to keep the shrapnel out of his heart, and is forced to build the devastating weapon he was unveiling to the U.S. military.
Instead, with the help of Yinsen, he builds a high tech suit of armour and escapes captivity.
When back in America he refines the armour and when he uncovers a nefarious plot, that includes his company and the suit he has designed, he dons the new suit to protect the world and those closest to him.
The film flexed it’s muscles at the American box office and exceeding expectations by grossing an estimated $101 million in it’s opening weekend.
It become only the tenth film to break the $100 million barrier in it’s first three days, having only been expected to gross $70-$80 million.
He reprised the role of Tony Stark this summer as Iron Man 2 hit the big screen. The movie was a massive success and grossed in excess of $621 million.
A third film is in the pipeline and Downey Jr will be joining The Avengers cast list.
5.Goodnight and Good Luck
George Clooney's directorial effort on Good Night and Good Luck brought together a great ensemble cast of David Strathairn, Robert Downey, Patricia Clarkson, Rose Abdoo, Alex Borstein.
Shot in black and white the film is set almost entirely inside the smoke-filled, pressurized newsrooms at CBS during this crucial chapter in 20th-century American history.
Good Night and Good Luck recounts the events of the mid-1950s leading up to acclaimed CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow's (David Strathairn) decision to stand up against fiery Senator Joseph McCarthy, who was out to rid the country of communism.
McCarthy's seemingly reckless behaviour, in which he condemned individuals without giving them a fair trial, angered Murrow and his producer Fred Friendly (Clooney) into action.
The resulting few episodes of Murrow's show, See It Now, found Murrow on a personal, patriotic crusade to challenge McCarthy and rid America of his callous persecution.
The film was a huge it critically and went on to be nominated Best Motion Picture of the Year at the Oscars, as well as a directing nod for Clooney.
Due Date is released 5th November.
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Robert Downey Jr is one of the biggest names in cinema who has enjoyed huge success in recent years with the likes of Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes, he is currently filming the sequel.
But this week he returns to comedy as he teams up with The Hangover filmmaker Todd Phillips and actor Zach Galifianakis.
So to celebrate the release of the movie we take a look at the best of Robert Downey Jr.
1.Chaplin
Despite having worked in movies before the release of Chaplin this is the film that launched Robert Downey Jr as a real acting talent.
A dramatized biography of the highs and lows in the life of one of the foremost comic geniuses the screen has ever known.
Presented as the reminiscences of an elderly Chaplin, the movie follows the comic's impoverished East London childhood, to Hollywood successes and his virtual banishment from the United States, and eventually his welcome back to accept a special Academy Award -- 20 years too late.
Directed by Richard Attenborough the film earned Downey Jr is first, and only, Best Actor Academy Award nomination. Chaplin was also nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Score.
2.The Soloist
This 2009 movie saw Downey Jr team up with Atonement filmmaker Joe Wright, in what was his first American movie, and Oscar winner Jamie Foxx in a movie that was based on a remarkable true story.
Columnist with the Los Angeles Times, Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) ultimately becomes an advocate for L.A.’s homeless population when he meets Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a talented musician who's been playing a two-stringed violin while living on the streets and battling mental illness.
Struck by Ayers’s passion for music, Lopez begins to write a series of columns about his new acquaintance while attempting to get him off the streets and playing music again.
Amidst numerous achievements and setbacks, Lopez and Ayers develop a friendship based on mutual respect despite their many differences, and Lopez rediscovers his humanity.
But the driving force behind this movie is, without doubt, the lead actors in the form of Foxx and Downey Jr as they prove to be a powerful combination. Foxx is left to run with his character of Ayers, whose only desire is to play music, and his performance is every bit as good as that in Ray.
Downey Jr on the other hand plays a more straight role, although he does provide much of the movie's humour, as journalist Steve Lopez. But he too is a flawed human being who is struggling with life.
Together they create these two characters that don't always fit together Lopez, to a certain extent, exploits Ayers to a certain degree for his own career until he understands that the only way he can help him is to simply be his friend.
3.Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005 saw the return of Robert Downey Jr after facing a string of personal issues teaming up with writer Shane Black, who was making his debut as a director.
Harry Lockhart (Downey Jr.) is basically a decent guy but he is a petty thief. When he and his partner are doing some after-hours Christmas "shopping" at a New York City toy store and the security alarm breaks up the party.
In making his frantic getaway from the cops, Harry inadvertently stumbles into an audition for a Hollywood detective movie, the producer flies him to Los Angeles for a screen test.
Thrust into the cutthroat world of L.A Harry is teamed with tough-guy private eye Perry van Shrike (Val Kilmer), AKA "Gay Perry," to prepare him for his screen test
It seems like nothing short of destiny when the thief-trying- to-be-an-actor- impersonating-a-detective crosses paths with Harmony Faith Lane (Michelle Monaghan), an aspiring actress who needs his help.
When the mysterious suicide of Harmony's sister intersects with a seemingly unrelated case that Harry and Gay Perry are investigating, they suddenly find themselves embroiled in a real-life murder mystery.
Following many conventions of the classic film noir genre Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was a hit with the critics, despite this the film struggled at the box office.
It's a great comic turn from Downey Jr, who really it as his comedy best in this film, and his on-screen chemistry with Val Kilmer is laugh out loud funny.
While this may not have been he actor's biggest success at the box office but it's a movie and a performance that you really should watch.
4.Iron Man
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