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Robert John Downey, Jr. is an American actor whose career has included critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, and a resurgence of commercial success in middle age. Making his screen debut at the age of five, appearing in his father's film Pound (1970), he appeared in roles associated with the Brat Pack, such as the teen sci-fi comedy Weird Science (1985) and the drama Less Than Zero (1987). Other films he has starred in include the action comedy Air America (1990), the comedy Soapdish (1991), and the crime film Natural Born Killers (1994). He starred as Charlie Chaplin, the title character in the 1992 film Chaplin, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.  Downey joined the cast of the TV series Ally McBeal playing Calista Flockhart's love interest. His performance was praised and he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film.  His films include the musical comedy crime film The Singing Detective (2003), the supernatural horror film Gothika (2003), the crime comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), the animated science fiction thriller A Scanner Darkly (2006), the mystery thriller Zodiac (2007), and the satirical action comedy Tropic Thunder (2008), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Beginning in 2008, Downey has portrayed the role of Marvel Comics superhero Tony Stark/iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in several films as either the lead role, member of an ensemble cast, or in a cameo. He played the title character in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009) and its sequel (2011).

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Tony Stark: The Best-Dressed Superhero

Robert Downey Jr.'s biography is written as a three-act career: critical and popular success in his youth, a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, and a resurgence of commercial success in middle age. The first act begins at age five, in his father's film Pound (1970), and runs through the Brat Pack-era teen sci-fi comedy Weird Science (1985) and the drama Less Than Zero (1987), Air America, Soapdish and Natural Born Killers, to the title role of Chaplin in 1992, which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. The Ally McBeal years brought a Golden Globe for playing Calista Flockhart's love interest, and the film list of the 2000s — The Singing Detective, Gothika, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, A Scanner Darkly, Zodiac and Tropic Thunder, the last earning a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actor — built the bridge to the third act.

That third act is the one that made him a menswear reference point. Beginning in 2008 he has portrayed Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — a billionaire character whose sharp tailoring, sunglasses and watches are written into the role itself, so that the actor's own premiere wardrobe and the character's wardrobe reinforce each other in the public eye. In parallel he played the title character in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009) and its sequel (2011), a period role at the opposite, Victorian end of the tailoring spectrum. Few actors give a fashion blog two such distinct, costume-defining leading roles at once, and the posts gathered here follow both, along with his own red-carpet appearances.

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The resource list links the blog search for Robert Downey Jr., his Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts, and his Wikipedia and IMDb reference pages — no personal website is listed. In the R index he is the letter's senior leading man, filed between Rita Ora and Rose McIver, and one of only two men among the R letter's eight names.