58-year-old Robert Downey Jr wins Oscar for 'Oppenheimer', 31 years after first nod
New Indian ExpressHOLLYWOOD: Robert Downey Jr on Sunday won his first Academy Award, a best supporting actor statuette for his villainous turn in "Oppenheimer" -- a golden moment in a decades-long career of highs and lows, on and off the screen. "I'd like to thank my terrible childhood and the Academy -- in that order," Downey joked in his acceptance speech before turning serious and thanking director Christopher Nolan and his producer wife Emma Thomas. The win came 31 years after Downey's first nomination, for his leading role in Richard Attenborough's Hollywood biopic "Chaplin," and 15 years after his second for a divisive turn in comedy "Tropic Thunder." As the film opens, Downey's Strauss -- who served with J. Robert Oppenheimer on the US Atomic Energy Commission that controlled the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos -- seems like just another bureaucrat.
History of this topic
Oscars 2024: Tim Robbins accidentally proclaims Robert De Niro's Killers of the Flower Moon performance as 'Oscar-winning' ... before Oppenheimer's Robert Downey Jr. claims statue in category
Daily Mail
Barbenheimer bombshell! Oppenheimer takes home SEVEN Oscars - including first wins for Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan... as rival Barbie wins ONLY one
Daily Mail
Robert Downey Jr wins his first Oscar for 'Oppenheimer'
India Today
Oscars 2024 highlights: Oppenheimer is Best Picture, Cillian Murphy is Best Actor, Nolan finally wins Best Director
Hindustan Times
BAFTAs 2024: Barbie, Saltburn and Killers Of The Flower Moon head home empty-handed after Oppenheimer and Poor Things swept the board
Daily MailDiscover Related
)
)
)
)
