Birthday blessings! Robert Downey Jr. rang in his 58th year by looking back at 57 — complete with a rare glimpse at his family life.
“57 you’ve been too kind with deep gratitude I shall rewind,” the Iron Man star, now 58, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, April 4.
Downey Jr. shared a video montage of the year past that began with his family singing “Happy Birthday” to him and presenting him with a cake.
“Thanks to the Nolans we are of one accord,” the birthday boy wrote alongside a snap of him in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. “Thanks to Hugh Herr and the MIT Bionics Board.”
The Marvel star confessed, “The doc about Sr. surely hit close to home,” referring to his 2022 Netflix documentary that cataloged his late father Robert Downey Sr.’s life as a filmmaker ahead of his death in July 2021. (The actor’s father passed away after battling Parkinson’s. He was 85.)
The Oscar nominee continued to give fans a taste of his home life by sharing a video of his two youngest kids, son Exton, 11, and daughter Avri, 8, as his hairstylists. “Thanks to my kids for shaving my dome,” he joked.
Elsewhere in the clip, the Dolittle star revealed he was seemingly his son’s No. 1 fan in little league. “Watching Exton play baseball was a heck of a time,” he wrote alongside a clip of himself screaming with excitement.
The Sherlock Holmes actor, who shares Exton and Avri with wife Susan Downey, also gushed over his wife, writing, “And the sweet 17 of marriage — sublime!”
He then gave a shout-out to “my favorite musicians all achieving their goals,” pointing specifically to his eldest son, Indio Downey, and his band for releasing the 2022 albums Headspace and Runaway and 2023’s September. (The New York native shares Indio, 29, with ex Deborah Falconer.)
“After all these blessings I must simply say, I hope I NEVER grow up some day,” Robert Jr. concluded, sharing a video of himself acting silly.
The Avengers: Endgame actor, who wed Susan in August 2005, previously gave fans insight into his successful marriage and home life in celebration of his wife’s birthday in November 2021.
“Adjusting the halo on my heaven-sent partner,” he tweeted at the time alongside a snap of the couple. “Mrs D … you are my everything, and November 6th, Always a day of gratitude, for your blessed birth.”
The Judge star joked: “I will never watch ahead on a co-viewed streaming show … That is my eternal vow.”
Scroll down to see how the actor celebrated his birthday with his loved ones: