In Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993), he appeared as an aspiring film make-up artist

In Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993), he appeared as an aspiring film make-up artist whose best friend commits murder. In Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (1994), withWoody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis, Downey starred as a tabloid TV journalist who exploits a murderous couple's killing spree to boost his ratings. For the comedy Heart and Souls (1993), Downey starred as a young man with a special relationship with four ghosts. In 1995, Downey starred in Restoration (1995), with Hugh Grant, Meg Ryan andIan McKellen, directed by Michael Hoffman. Also that year, he starred in Richard III(1995), in which he appears opposite his Restoration (1995) co-star McKellen.