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The \"Iron Man\" star also congratulated the Governors Award recipients, which included songwriter Diane Warren, directors Euzhan Palcy and Peter Weir, and Michael J. Fox, who received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

Many who saw the Downey's photo, however, couldn't help but notice his new look.

In the photo, the actor is seen with a shaven head, a look that his kids helped him achieve for his new role in the series adaptation of author Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, \"The Sympathizer.\"

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Three weeks ago, the actor shared an Instagram video of his kids shaving his head for the series.

\"The things we do for work… and our kids,\" he wrote in the caption of the video. \"#Sympathizer set ready.\"

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