Robert Downey Jr.
| Name: | Robert John Downey Jr. |
| Also Known As: | RDJ |
| Occupation: | actor, producer, singer |
| Medium: | television, film, video game voiceovers |
| Works: | Iron Man, The Avengers Movieverse, Captain America: Civil War (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Tropic Thunder, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Ally McBeal, Oppenheimer, and many more |
| Official Website(s): | IMDb, Facebook, Twitter |
| Fan Website(s): | The Institute for Robert Downey Jr Studies, Archived version |
| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
Robert Downey Jr. is an American actor who is known for portraying a variety of popular characters.[1]
RDJ has been nominated for and received several awards for his acting.[2] In 2004, he was Hasty Pudding Man of the Year.[3] The award ceremony is basically a roast and, in his acceptance speech, RDJ said it was the most exciting thing to happen to him since he played pocket pool and watched Animal Planet earlier in the day.[4]
On January 23, 2024, RDJ received his third Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actor) for portraying Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer.[5] He won the award on March 10, 2024, at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony.[2]
The documentary "Sr." (2022) [6] is a film featuring RDJ examining and documenting his relationship with his late father, the filmmaker Robert Downey.[7] The movie was awarded the 94th National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Film in 2022.[8]
RDJ co-authored Cool Food: Erasing Your Carbon Footprint One Bite at a Time, a cookbook and guide on how to reduce one's carbon footprints which was published on January 23, 2024.[9]
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RDJ sometimes interacts with fans via Twitter and Facebook; he also reblogs or reposts fanart and memes related to his characters or shares gifs and pictures of himself.
In 2014, RDJ googled himself and discovered there was a fandom for frostiron on the internet. He also decided to blog about his discovery.[11]
On December 14, 2018, izhunny wrote on tumblr:
true story. at the time he posted this little gem from tabbystardust to his fb feed you could not google this. or any combination of his name: rdj, robert downey, robert downey jr, or robert downey junior and get this in the results. at the time it only showed up whilst searching FROSTIRON.
i know, i saw it on fb, and that’s the story of how i became guilt free about frostiron in 2014.
thanks bob. you’re the best.[12]
The photo manip[13] RDJ discovered was fanart for the fic The Abyss,[14] published by StarkRogers in 2014. A few years later, the author updated the notes to the fic and wrote:
Note #1: To all the new fans from the Loki show, I apologize that this Loki in no way matches up with that Loki. But hey, now there's a multiverse of Lokis, so technically, my Loki isn't OOC anymore! He's just not that Loki.
Note #2: Yes, this is the fic that went went the pic RDJ found years and years ago lol. It still brings me great joy any time anyone finds this fic, so thanks for reading![14]
On January 2, 2019, miss brain answered an anonymous ask about RDJ's infamous dress sense which has been a source of amusement for fans for a long time on tumblr. The post documents and gives names to several categories of fashion desasters the actor is frequently seen in.[15]
Fandom and Environmentalism
Fanworks
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RDJ is an occasional character in RPF. He is sometimes paired with one of his costars, such as Jude Law (who played Dr John Watson in the 2009 movie adaption of Sherlock Holmes and its sequel from 2011) or an actor from the Avengers movieverse.
Some of RDJ's characters, especially Tony Stark and Sherlock Holmes, inspire same-actor crossovers and fusions.
Cosplay
- RDJ's Munich Outfit, Archived version cosplay by Shannon Rona (2018)
Doujinshi
- RDJ Maniax (SH/KKBB/TT/IM/DD/CB)
- Kochira Centron-Sha Goyouken o Douzo (TT/KKBB/SH)
Example Art Gallery
From Stark to Stork fannish shirt made by Gina Betters for the premiere of Due Date, 2010
Rough Sketch - Robert Downey Jr. by kleinmeli, 2012
Lawyer RDJ Evolution! by Hallpen, 2014
Just Robert.... by Felisia Lettise, 2014
2015 with RDJ by Hallpen, 2015
Other
- Robert Downy Jr. (offline, archived)
Archives
- Robert Downey Jr. tag on the AO3
Fan Communities
LiveJournal Communities
Tumblrs
- All Robert Downey Jr., Archived version
- Downey Dream Land, Archived version
- Fuck Yeah, RDJ, Archived version
- Fuck Yeah, Robert and Susan (offline, archived)
- Fuck Yeah, Downey Jr., Archived version
- Oh Yeah, Robert Downey Jr. (offline, archived)
- Fuck yes, Robert Downey Jr.’s tummy (offline, archived)
- rdj-a-day, Archived version
- The RDJ Spectrum, Archived version
References
- ^ See: Wikipedia:Robert Downey Jr. filmography
- ^ a b See: Wikipedia:List of awards and nominations received by Robert Downey Jr.
- ^ See: Wikipedia:Hasty Pudding Man of the Year
- ^ See: Robert Downey Jr: Hasty Pudding Man of the Year, 2004, Archived version
- ^ RDJ's previous nominations were for Chaplin (1993, Best Actor) and Tropic Thunder (2009, Best Supporting Actor)
- ^ See: Wikipedia:"Sr."
- ^ See: Wikipedia:Robert Downey Sr.
- ^ See: Wikipedia:National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Film
- ^ See: Cool Food: Erasing Your Carbon Footprint One Bite at a Time, Archived version on Goodreads
- ^ See: tabbystardust on tumblr, Archived version
- ^ See: Robert Downey Jr. Discovers Gay Fan Fiction Photo After Googling Himself, Archived version
- ^ See: izhunny on tumblr, Archived version
- ^ See: tabbystardust on tumblr, November 29, 2014, Archived version
- ^ a b See: The Abyss, Archived version
- ^ See: the RDJ spectrum, Archived version