Robert Downey Jr. Birthday Brings A-Crowd

The actor celebrates his 44th birthday alongside Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Gwyneth Paltrow and more...get the soiree scoop!

By Cristina Gibson Apr 07, 2009 6:53 PMTags
Robert Downey Jr., Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Gwyneth PaltrowSteve Granitz/Getty Images; Ciao Pix/ INFphoto.com; AP Photo/ Matt Sayles

When Robert Downey Jr. has a birthday, he gets plenty of A-list help to blow out the candles...all 44 of them.

The Iron Man actor celebrated at Bond St. at the Thompson Beverly Hills hotel on Saturday night, where Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin, Sting and Ben Stiller were on the list.

Also in attendance: Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, who “were cuddling and a picture-perfect couple all night,” says a source.

Robert stayed sober, sipping espresso the entire evening, while his partygoers downed hot sake, specialty cocktails and champagne and soaked it all up with sushi and mini lobster tacos.

Dessert included individual chocolate meltdown cakes...and for the reformed bad boy and his pals, it seems like that was the only birthday meltdown of the night.