Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. has made a whole lot of money from his role as the Marvel Comics superhero in 2015, reportedly raking in a whopping $80 million for his work on Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War.

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According to Forbes , this makes Downey Jr. the eighth highest-paid celebrity of 2015, just behind author James Patterson, who's earned $89 million.Age of Ultron was released earlier this year to much success . Meanwhile, the third Captain America movie isn't slated to hit theaters until May of next year.Just last month, Marvel boss Kevin Feige confirmed that the new Spider-Man, played by Tom Holland will be in Civil War . In fact, the young actor has already screen tested with both Downey Jr. and Cap star Chris Evans.

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