This Article is From Feb 10, 2011

Robert Downey, Jr: First Iron Man, now Oscar presenter

Robert Downey, Jr: First Iron Man, now Oscar presenter

Highlights

  • The Oscar awards this year will have two superheroes presenting. Iron Man Robert Downey Jr will be among those giving away the Golden Man.
  • He joins Wolverine, Hugh Jackman, who hosted the show in 2010 and returns as a presenter this year.
  • Reformed bad boy Robert Downey Jr has been nominated twice – for Chaplin (1992) and Tropic Thunder (2008) – but has never won. Last seen in Due Date, the actor is currently filming the sequel to Sherlock Holmes.
  • The Oscars 2011, coming up on February 27 at the Kodak Theatre, will have nothing to worry about with the combined muscle power of Iron Man and Wolverine on the spot.
New Delhi: The Oscar awards this year will have two superheroes presenting. Iron Man Robert Downey Jr will be among those giving away the Golden Man.

He joins Wolverine, Hugh Jackman, who hosted the show in 2010 and returns as a presenter this year.

Reformed bad boy Robert Downey Jr has been nominated twice - for Chaplin (1992) and Tropic Thunder (2008) - but has never won. Last seen in Due Date, the actor is currently filming the sequel to Sherlock Holmes.

The Oscars 2011, coming up on February 27 at the Kodak Theatre, will have nothing to worry about with the combined muscle power of Iron Man and Wolverine on the spot.

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