--- title: Robert Downey Jr. Celebrates Anniversary With Instagram Post description: It's not the first time he's taken to Instagram to praise his wife Susan. canonical: https://time.com/4015861/robert-downey-jr-10-year-anniversary-instagram/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-29T12:21:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:47.472Z og:title: Robert Downey Jr. Celebrates 10 Years of Marriage With Adorable Instagram Post og:description: It's not the first time he's taken to Instagram to praise his wife Susan og:url: https://time.com/4015861/robert-downey-jr-10-year-anniversary-instagram/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Robert Downey Jr. Celebrates 10 Years of Marriage With Adorable Instagram Post twitter:description: It's not the first time he's taken to Instagram to praise his wife Susan twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Robert Downey Jr. Celebrates 10 Years of Marriage With Adorable Instagram Post ## Video: Understanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe [Watch (HLS stream): Understanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nKWYGrii.m3u8) (2:55)  _Published 2013-11-05. How do we get from Iron Man to The Avengers? Where do the X-Men fit in? Learn how Marvel has crafted the progression of its superheroes in film._ by [Jodi Guglielmi / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Jodi Guglielmi / People Contributor Aug 29, 2015 12:21 PM UTC by [Jodi Guglielmi / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Jodi Guglielmi / People Contributor Aug 29, 2015 12:21 PM UTC A quick scroll through [Robert Downey Jr.](http://www.people.com/people/robert%5Fdowney%5Fjr/)‘s [Instagram](https://instagram.com/robertdowneyjr/) and it’s clear to see why his wife fell in love with him: his great sense of humor. But in his latest post, the _Iron Man_ actor, 50, put all jokes aside, taking on a more earnest tone to share just how much he loves his wife in return. To celebrate his 10th anniversary with wife Susan Downey, the actor posted a cute photo of the two wearing matching black shirts and sunglasses on the beach. Referring to both his wife’s undeniable beauty and the number of years they have been married, he captioned the photo, “A perfect 10\. Happy Anniversary, Mrs. Downey.” It’s clearly been a great year for the couple, who [welcomed a daughter together](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2014/11/05/robert-downey-jr-welcomes-daughter-avri-roel/) in November. “Yep … Avri Roel Downey joined the party @ 3:22 a.m. on November 4th … she’s 7 lbs even, spans 20 inches, and is accompanied by a variety of Susan’s traits that have seemingly overwritten my ‘junk DNA,’ ” Downey wrote on[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/robertdowneyjr/posts/361958500639288) the day after his daughter’s birth. ### See Robert Downey Jr. Over the Years  Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith and Robert Rusler in Weird Science, 1985. Universal  Robert Downey Jr. as Bruce Winston on Saturday Night Live in 1985. Alan Singer—NBC/Getty Images  Robert Downey Jr. as George Michael on Saturday Night Live in 1985. Al Levine—NBC/Getty Images  Robert Downey Jr. in Back to School, 1986. Orion Pictures  Robert Downey Jr. as Julian Lynch on Saturday Night Live in 1986. Al Levine—NBC/Getty Images  Mary Stuart Masterson and Robert Downey Jr in Chances Are, 1989. MGM/Archive Photos/Getty Images  Mel Gibson and Robert Downey, Jr. in Air America, 1990. TriStar  Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin, 1992. TriStar  Robert Downey Jr. in Natural Born Killers, 1994. Warner Bros.  Robert Downey Jr. in Restoration, 1995. Miramax/Getty Images  Robert Downey Jr. and Wesley Snipes in U.S. Marshals, 1998. Michael P. Weinstein—Warner Bros./Getty Images  Robert Downey Jr in In Dreams, 1999. DreamWorks/Hulton Archive/Getty Images  Robert Downey Jr. in Gothika, 2003. Warner Bros.  Robert Downey Jr. in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, 2005. Warner Bros.  Robert Downey Jr in Good Night and Good Luck, 2005. Warner Independent Pictures  Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. in Zodiac, 2007. Paramount  Robert Downey Jr. during a signing for his Debut CD "The Futurist" at the Virgin Megastore in Los Angeles, Calif. in 2004. SGranitz—WireImage/Getty Images  Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man, 2008. Marvel  Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder, 2008. Paramount  Mark Strong and Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes, 2009. Warner Bros.  Robert Downey Jr. in The Avengers, 2012. Marvel/Disney  Robert Downey Jr. attends the Chicago premiere of The Judge at AMC River East Theater on Oct. 5, 2014 in Chicago, Ill. Timothy Hiatt—Getty Images _Read next:_ [_Robert Downey Jr. Walks Out of Interview After Questions Turn Personal_](http://time.com/3831919/robert-downey-jr-interview-personal-questions/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4015861/robert-downey-jr-10-year-anniversary-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4015861/robert-downey-jr-10-year-anniversary-instagram/"},"headline":"Robert Downey Jr. Celebrates 10 Years of Marriage With Adorable Instagram Post","datePublished":"2015-08-29T12:21:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:47.472Z","description":"It's not the first time he's taken to Instagram to praise his wife","url":"https://time.com/4015861/robert-downey-jr-10-year-anniversary-instagram/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jodi Guglielmi / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4015861/robert-downey-jr-10-year-anniversary-instagram/","name":"Robert Downey Jr. Celebrates 10 Years of Marriage With Adorable Instagram Post"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Understanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe","description":"How do we get from Iron Man to The Avengers? 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