The first role Downey accepted after Iron Man was the title character in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock

Holmes. Warner Bros. released it on December 25, 2009.[100] The film set several box office records
in the United States for a Christmas Day release, beating the previous record-holder, 2008's Marley
& Me, by nearly $10M, and finished second to Avatar in a record-setting Christmas weekend box
office. Sherlock Holmes ended up being the 8th highest-grossing film of 2009.[101][102] When Downey
won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy from the Hollywood
Foreign Press Association for his role as Sherlock Holmes, he noted in his acceptance speech that
he had prepared no remarks because "Susan Downey (his wife and Sherlock Holmes producer) told
me that Matt Damon (nominated for his role in The Informant!) was going to win so don't bother
preparing a speech".[103]

Waxwork of Downey (as Sherlock Holmes) on display at Madame Tussauds London

Downey returned as Tony Stark in the first of two planned sequels to Iron Man, Iron Man 2, which
released in May 2010. Iron Man 2 grossed over $623M worldwide, becoming the 7th highest-
grossing film of 2010.[104] Downey's other commercial film release of 2010 was the comedy road
film, Due Date. The movie, co-starring Zach Galifianakis, was released in November 2010[105] and
grossed over $211M worldwide, making it the 36th highest-grossing movie of 2010. [106] Downey's sole
2011 film credit was the sequel to the 2009 version of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game
of Shadows, which opened worldwide on December 16, 2011. [107]
In 2012, Downey reprised the role of Tony Stark in The Avengers. The film received positive
reviews[108] and was highly successful at the box office, becoming the third highest-grossing film of all
time both in the United States and worldwide. [109] His film, the David Dobkin-directed dramedy The
Judge,[110] a project co-produced by his production company Team Downey, was the opening film at
the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014.[111] Downey played Tony Stark again in Iron Man
3 (2013),[112] Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man:
Homecoming (2017),[113] Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).[114] According
to Deadline, he will also be seen in Black Widow (2020),[115] which takes place after Civil War.
Downey hosted The Age of A.I., a YouTube documentary series released in 2019. [116] In 2020, he
starred in Dolittle, playing the titular character, depicted in the film as a 19th-century English
physician who can speak to animals. This was the second film from Team Downey. It was a box
office disappointment, and received negative reviews from critics, who called it "too long [and]
lifeless."[117]

Upcoming projects
Downey will appear in the sports comedy drama film All-Star Weekend, directed by Jamie Foxx.
[118]
 He will reprise his role as Holmes in a third film, scheduled for release on December 22, 2021. [119]

Other ventures
Music
Downey has sung on several soundtracks for his films, including for Chaplin, Too Much Sun, Two
Girls and a Guy, Friends and Lovers, The Singing Detective, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. In 2001, he
appeared in the music video for Elton John's song, "I Want Love." He released a CD in 2004
called The Futurist, and while promoting his film Tropic Thunder, he and his co-stars Ben
Stiller and Jack Black were back-up singers "The Pips" to Gladys Knight singing "Midnight Train to
Georgia".[120]
Downey's most commercially successful recording venture to date (combining sales and radio
airplay) has been his remake of the 1973 Joni Mitchell Christmas song "River", which was included
on the Ally McBeal tie-in album Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas, released in 2000; Downey's
character Larry Paul performs the song in the Ally McBeal episode "Tis the Season".[121]

Production company
On June 14, 2010, Downey and his wife Susan opened their own production company called Team
Downey. Their first project was The Judge.[1