Robert Downey Jr celebrates 21 years with wife Susan Downey in heartfelt post

Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr celebrated 21 years with wife Susan Downey through a heartfelt social media post, calling her his “lioness” and “SuperBuddy”. The actor also expressed gratitude for their journey together as the couple marked the special milestone

Mumbai: Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr. marked a special milestone with his wife, Susan Downey, whom he lovingly called his “lioness”, as the couple celebrated 21 years together.

Calling himself the “adult cub”, the star expressed gratitude for being guided on a path of “righteous humility” alongside his “SuperBuddy”.

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Downey Jr. took to Instagram, where he shared two images, including a picture of an ace and queen playing card, to celebrate 21 years with his wife, Susan Downey.

“Her to whom all is owed… The great joy of being led on a path of righteous humility is mine. She — the lioness. Me — the adult cub, recipient of 21 trips around the sun with my SuperBuddy,” he wrote in the caption.

Downey Jr. proposed to Susan on November 5, 2003, the night before her 30th birthday. They were married in August 2005 in a Jewish ceremony in Amagansett, New York.

She gave birth to their son, Exton Elias Downey, in 2012 in Los Angeles, California. In 2014, Downey Jr. announced via Facebook and Twitter that he and his wife were expecting a daughter in November. Their daughter, Avri Roel, was born on November 4, 2014.

Robert Downey Jr. is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Known for his versatility across roles, he is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Daytime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.

He will soon be seen playing Doctor Doom in the upcoming *Avengers: Doomsday*, a superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team, the Avengers. The film is intended to be the sequel to *Avengers: Endgame* and the 39th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and written by Michael Waldron and Stephen McFeely, the film features an ensemble cast led by Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom. In the film, the Avengers, Wakandans, New Avengers, Fantastic Four and the X-Men converge from different universes to face Doom.