The situation with Robert Downey Jr. also seems unfair. He was first nominated for an Oscar a long time ago in 1993 for Best Actor in Chaplin. At that time he lost to Al Pacino. The second and the last time took place in 2009 when he was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for Tropic Thunder. However, during the 2009 ceremony, all the other nominees had no chance of winning, because Heath Ledger had been posthumously awarded the Oscar for his unforgettable part as the Joker in The Dark Knight.

Currently, Robert Downey Jr. is seen as Tony Stark by many. This is a classic example of how a good actor has become a hostage to one single character. However, he recently confessed that he wasn’t going to play Iron Man any longer. He said that at his current age of 53, he’d look pathetic in a superhero suit.