Robert Downey Jr. was in a sentimental mood as he headed to his 58th birthday on Tuesday.
In a video posted the following day, the Avengers: Endgame star shared a lovely video on Instagram showcasing some of the highlights of his past year, including some unexpected footage of his three sons, who are rarely photographed or filmed.
He shares his adult son Indio, 29, with his first wife Deborah Falconer, and he has two younger sons – Exton, 11, and Avri, eight – with his current wife Susan Downey.
The anniversary video looked back at Downey’s experiences filming Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film Oppenheimer, as well as the upcoming miniseries based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer, in which he has multiple roles to play.
He even looked back at fun footage of his two youngest boys shaving his head last year, which they did to help him navigate the many wigs he had to wear for the seven-episode series, which is being produced by HBO and A24. .
One Year Older: Robert Downey Jr. was in a sentimental mood as he headed to his 58th birthday on Tuesday. He shared a video with highlights of the year
Looking back, he added some unexpected footage of his three sons, which are rarely photographed or filmed
Downey captioned his video: “57 you’ve been too nice / with deep gratitude I’ll rewind..”
It opened with him looking overjoyed as his family sang Happy Birthday to him as they presented him with a birthday cake with two rows of candles.
He wore a white baseball cap and white T-shirt with a comically photoshopped image of Bruce Lee wearing sunglasses and headphones draped around his neck while standing in front of a DJ’s turntable.
Eagle-eyed Marvel fans will recognize the DJ Bruce Lee from a different shirt the actor wore while playing Tony Stark, and he’s apparently a fan of the wacky design in real life.
He then reflected on the past 365 days with a black-and-white photograph of himself in costume from Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that designed the first atomic bombs.
Downey can be seen in the film as Lewis Strauss, who was involved in the making of the bomb and the subsequent attempt to develop the more powerful hydrogen bomb.
“Thanks to the Nolans we agree,” he captioned the photo.
He then shared a glowing photo of himself thanking “Hugh Herr and the MIT bionics board.”
Life imitates art: Eagle-eyed Marvel fans will recognize DJ Bruce Lee from a different shirt the actor wore while playing Tony Stark, and he’s apparently a fan of the silly design in real life
Old school: He then began looking back at the past 365 days with a black and white photo of himself in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer costume, about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that designed the first atomic bombs
The future: Then he shared a glowing photo of himself thanking ‘Hugh Herr and the MIT bionics board’
Saying goodbye: The actor also recalled taking part in the documentary Sr., about his late father, the influential independent filmmaker Robert Downey Sr., who died in 2021
The actor also recalled his participation in the documentary Sr., about his late father, the influential independent filmmaker Robert Downey Sr., who passed away in 2021.
The Doctor on “Sr.” definitely hit home,” he captioned a photo of his dad and a short clip of the two, filmed from behind helping the frail older man walk.
Downey’s son looked excited in the next clip when they got a chance to shave his “dome.”
The clip came from a Halloween-themed video posted in October in which the two youngest sons got to dress him up as a jack-o-lantern after shaving his head.
But the haircut wasn’t just for a costume as he shaved it all off to better play multiple characters in The Sympathizer as the shaved head would make it easier to wear some of the balding wigs without having a fake looking bald wig. wear hooves. cap.
The Wonder Boys actor posted two photos of himself on the set of The Sympathizer in two different costumes, both of which required different wigs, though one was covered with his character’s hat.
He reserved praise for his eldest son Indio, calling him one of his “favorite musicians” and including a black and white photo of the two together.
In close-up, he could be seen cheering on his son Exton at a baseball game, which was “a great time.”
Shed it: Downey’s son looked excited in the next clip when they got a chance to shave his “dome.” The clip came from a Halloween-themed video posted in October in which the two youngest sons got to dress him up as a jack-o-lantern after shaving his head
What a difference: The Wonder Boys actor posted two photos of himself on the set of The Sympathizer in two different costumes, both of which required different wigs, though one was covered with his character’s hat
Supportive dad: He saved credit for his eldest son Indio by calling him one of his “favorite musicians” and including a black and white photo of the two together
Sports dad: In close-up, he was seen cheering on his son Exton at a baseball game, which was a ‘crazy time’
Loved up: Near the end of his video was a lovely shot of Downey resting his head on his wife Susan Downey’s lap as she looked down at him
Getting around: He ended the clip with a funny video of him making a silly face while bouncing on an inflatable toy horse
Near the end of his video was a nice shot of Downey resting his head on his wife Susan Downey’s lap as she looked down at him.
“And the sweet 17 of marriage – sublime!” he gushed in his caption.
He ended the clip with a funny video of him making a funny face while bouncing on an inflatable toy horse.
“After all these blessings I just have to say I hope one day I NEVER grow up,” he wrote.