Robert Downey Jr. is One of the most famous actor of this century. He left an impression of his acting in the hearts of people continuously for 3 decades. There will hardly be such a person in this world who does not know about this actor. He won many People’s Choice Awards through his strong acting and earned a place in the hearts of people. But his life and career is not as simple and luxurious as it looks.In the midst of this success, he had to face a lot of ups and downs and also had to see such terrible scenes that no one has ever seen in his life.Today we will talk about the 5 best performances of this actor and will know about those iconic characters who made this actor a megastar.
1. Robert Downey Jr. As Iron Man
It;s about 2008 when John Favreau, the director of the Iron Man movie, told in an interview that the Robert downey jr. was not the first choice for iron man charcter. He was instead offered the role of Dr. Doom, the villain in one of a movie of marvel studios. But maybe it was written in Destiny that only Robert Downey should play this character. And everyone knows what happened after the release of this film.People had become so crazy about Iron Man that Robert Downey Jar. became a huge celebrity overnight. This might be one of the most favorite character of all time in the superhero genre.Before this film, Robert Downey Jr. was not that big of an actor and probably fits the slang which is very famous in Hollywood that if “10 films of an actor floped but after that if he gives just 1 hit film then his career would go on for another 10 years.” And we can say that only this film gaves Robert Downey Jar. a new lease of life to his declining career.
2. Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock Holmes
Robert Downey Jr. in the Sherlock Holmes series Made this character iconic. Sherlock Holmes is the story of a detective who can see what no one else can. He has solved such cases which anyone had thought or thought impossible to solve. And it was a different experience to see this great actor in the role of such a detective. So far 2 parts of this series have come out and both the stories were full of suspense and thriller. If Robert’s most powerful acting has been seen in any character after Iron Man, then there is no doubt that it is Sherlock Holmes.The series is not over yet and there are 2 more parts to come, so it will be a delight to see Robert Downey again as Sherlock Holmes.
3. Robert Downey Jr. As Hank Palmer In “The Judge”
Hank Parker’s character fits to third place in this segment. This movie is about a lawyer who doesn’t get along with his father who is a judge in his local town court. One day Hank’s father cheats someone while driving and that man dies. After that a case is filed against Hank’s father and after this whole incident Hank fights his father’s case and During the case, both try to resolve their estrangement.. Will he be able to save his father from going to jail or not, this is the summary of the movie. The emotions that Robert has put in front of the public in this film are superb and Robert seems to be fully justifying this character. Movie lovers must watch this movie at least once and that too just for Robert Downey Jr.’s performance.
4. Robert Downey Jr. As Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin is such a comedy character that people of 90’s will never forget, even now when it comes to any performance of Charlie Chaplin, people laugh thinking of him. This iconic character was played by Robert Downey Jr. in the 1992 film Chaplin. This character was played by RDJ with such perfection that people got confused whether it was RDJ or Charlie Chaplin came back.He was praised by many critics for this film and he also won many awards.This character has also been one of his top performances and even now if people watch this film, they cannot stop laughing.