Robert Downey Jr. won Best Supporting Actor at the 2024 Oscars on Sunday for his work in 'Oppenheimer,' finally getting his first Academy Award.
The actor beat out fellow Best Supporting Actor nominees Sterling K. Brown, Robert De Niro, Ryan Gosling, and Mark Ruffalo.Sydney Bucksbaum is a writer at Entertainment Weekly covering all things pop culture – but TV is her one true love.
She currently lives in Los Angeles but grew up in Chicago so please don't make fun of her accent when it slips out.star won Best Supporting Actor during Sunday's 96th Academy Awards ceremony, finally earning his first-ever Oscar after a Hollywood career spanning more than four decades. And during his acceptance speech, the actor joked that it's all thanks to his"terrible childhood.""I'd like to thank my terrible childhood and the Academy, in that order," Downey Jr. said. "I'd like to thank my veterinarian — I mean wife, Susan Downey — over there. She found me a snarling rescue pet and you loved me back to life. That's why I'm here. Thank you." He went on to reveal his "little secret" was that he "needed this job more than it needed" him. "It was fantastic and I stand here before you a better man because of it," he added. "What we do is meaningful and the stuff we decide to make is important." Downey Jr. then thanked his lawyer who has been working for him his entire career. "I'm just going to say this, my entertainment lawyer, Tom Hansen, of 40 years, the half of which he spent trying to get me insured and bailing me out of the hoosegow: Thanks bro," he said.'s historical epic about the invention of the atomic bomb that ended World War II. The role has now earned him the Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA, and Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, making it a clean sweep of all the major awards shows this year. The award was presented by past winners Ke Huy Quan, Sam Rockwell, Mahershala Ali, Tim Robbins, and Christoph Waltz. Downey Jr. has previously been nominated twice for an Oscar, with his first nomination in 1993 for his portrayal of silent movie star Charlie Chaplin in Richard Attenborough’s biopic Sean Ono Lennon leads Oscars Mother's Day shout-out to Yoko Ono Da'Vine Joy Randolph's parents, teacher brought to tears watching her Oscars win: 'We are just so proud'The 'Voice of God' on tonight's Oscars is none other than national treasure David Alan GrierBeetlejuiceSteven Spielberg won't read pretend winner name at 2024 Oscars rehearsal: 'It's bad luck!'Jimmy Kimmel says his Oscars monologue likely won't feature any Taylor Swift or Aaron Rodgers jokes: 'Probably played out' Angela Bassett reflects on losing Best Supporting Actress to Jamie Lee Curtis: 'It was, of course, a supreme disappointment'
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