“New mask, same job”.
Robert Downey Jr. reveals his 2.0 stint with Marvel at San Diego Comic-Con 2024. iron Man The veteran will return to the MCU, however, not as Tony Stark. RDJ will take on the new identity of supervillain Doctor Doom. This news was clearly kept secret, given the shocked, raucous reaction in Hall H when Robert unmasked himself.
Marvel is currently working on the fifth issue avengers Installment, first title Avengers: The Kang DynastyNow Rebranded Avengers: DoomsdayIt will be released in May 2026. After this the sixth part will also be released avengers movie, title Avengers: Secret WarIt is set to release in May 2027.
Marvel fans have some time left to see RDJ’s supervillain era, so we’re taking a look back at the actor’s best Grey’s roles – some acclaimed, some underrated.
oppenheimer
This masterpiece by Christopher Nolan is easily one of his best works. oppenheimer There was total cleanliness, fairness and transparency in the awards circuit. Just as Cillian Murphy and Nolan dominated the Best Actor and Best Director categories in the lead roles, Robert also dominated the Best Supporting Actor category. He played Lewis Strauss, the former acting United States Secretary of Commerce, a key decision maker in the development of nuclear weapons and overall nuclear energy policy. Robert played the role skillfully, competing with Murphy’s equally committed and controversial J. Robert Oppenheimer.
BAFTA, Golden Globe, SAG and his first Oscar – Robert’s commitment to playing Strauss won him nearly every major award and is now easily considered one of the best performances of his career.
Judge
Robert has a passion for playing a badass on screen and he does it well. However, what sets this legendary actor and his legacy apart is the admirable degree of complexity of the characters he plays even when they cross the line between black and white. By David Dobkin Judge (2014) is a great example of this. Robert plays Hank, a successful Chicago lawyer whose return to his hometown sets off a number of domino effects that ultimately affect his equation with his estranged father, ‘The Judge’.
Amount
David Fincher directing a serial killer movie? Understatement. If having Robert Downey Jr. wasn’t enough, Amount (2007) also stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Mark Ruffalo. Roberts played the overconfident and rejected newspaper reporter Paul Avery very convincingly. Due to his struggles with alcoholism as well as direct threats from the Zodiac killer, Roberts’ Paul did not receive as much credit from mainstream movie lovers as he should have.
kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Shane Black kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) was one of the first few films Robert chose to star in after his much-publicized rehab stint. He played Harry Lockhart, a con man whose confession is mistaken for a brilliant performance, which earns him a Hollywood screen test. Frankly, this movie isn’t that special. But Robert’s dialogue delivery against the serious but funny plot makes this one of his more nuanced performances. If you’re a true RDJ fan, kiss Kiss Bang Bang Will prove to be a hidden gem.
in dreams
Robert played Vivian Thompson, a serial killer, in Neil Jordan’s 1999 psychological thriller. in dreams. seriously underrated and not all that well known, in dreams This might be a bit too dramatic for some. However, it does represent Robert’s diversity well, making one wonder why he kept away from all negative characters until Marvel’s latest plot twist.
Are you excited for Robert’s supervillain era?
