For the supporting role, Downey Jr. earned Oscar, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Over the years, ...

Ben Stiller is doubtful that his 2008 satirical comedy “Tropic Thunder” could get made today. The film, which centers on a ...

As explained by People , the 2008 satirical comedy film featured Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus, a White Australian method actor ...

Tropic Thunder, which Stiller wrote, acted in, and directed, is a satirical action comedy that followed a group of actors ...

Robert Downey Jr. starred in the 2008 satire as an Australian actor who uses blackface to portray an African-American soldier ...

Ben Stiller explained how Steven Spielberg saved 'Tropic Thunder' in 2008 but admitted that the 'dicey' comedy couldn't be ...

Tropic Thunder star and director Ben Stiller has confirmed what many movie fans have long believed: there's no way that the ...

While Tropic Thunder would have been impossible to make today, Steven Spielberg greenlit the movie that almost risked Robert ...

Downey Jr. received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his work on Tropic Thunder but lost to Heath Ledger, ...

Downey Jr. appeared in Blackface in the 2008 satirical comedy ... They have frequently stated that Tropic Thunder was satirizing actors who engage in insensitive and offensive stereotypes.

Robert Downey Jr.’s Tropic Thunder character is a big reason ... The Iron Man star appears throughout the film in Blackface make-up, a wig and speaking in African American Vernacular English.