Robert Downey Jr. won his first ever Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Atomic Energy Commission head Lewis Straus in 'Oppenheimer.'
Robert Downey Jr. won his first Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as in the blockbuster biopic "Oppenheimer," three decades after receiving his first nomination.He had previously been nominated for Best Actor for "Chaplin" in 1993,and for Best Supporting Actor in 2008 for "Tropic Thunder" In "Oppenheimer," Downey plays Atomic Energy Commission head Lewis Strauss, a key figure in the the United States' effort to build and later deploy a nuclear weapon towards the end of World War II.
Downey gave a light-hearted speech as he accepted his award. "I'd like to thank my terrible childhood" he said, pausing for the audience's laughter, "and the academy, in that order."This image released by Universal Pictures shows Robert Downey Jr. in a scene from"Oppenheimer."This split image shows Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss in 1950, left, and at the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee in Washington on Nov. 4, 1954, right. Downey beat Sterling K. Brown for "American Fiction," Ryan Gosling for "Barbie," Mark Ruffalo for "Poor Things" and Robert De Niro for "Killers of the Flower Moon." Recently, Downey came away with awards for supporting actor at the Golden Globes, British Academy Film Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Robert Downey Jr. in the press room during the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.Nominated twice in 2009 for Tropic Thuder and in 1993 for Chaplin , Downey finally took home his first Oscar at the 96th Academy Awards. "Oppenheimer" received a total of 13 nominations including best picture. Co-star Cillian Murphy is up for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance as Robert J. Oppenheimer. "Oppenheimer" continued to steamroll through Hollywood's awards season on Saturday, winning the top prize, for outstanding cast, along with awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Downey has been open about his past struggles with drug addiction. He revealed in his 2022 documentary "Sr.," which pays tribute to his filmmaker father, that he was addicted to drugs by age 8. A series of arrests for drug-related charges and a year in prison followed Downey's first Oscar nod 30 years ago, when he was 28."I was young and crazy," he said on "The View." "It would have put me under the impression that I was on the right track.", hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, begins at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, an hour earlier than past years.Once all the awards have been handed out, it's time to party! Watch"On the Red Carpet: After the Awards" for a look into the most star-studded parties of the night. On Monday, it's America's best after party!"Live With Kelly and Mark: After the Oscars" is live from the Oscars stage at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood at 9 a.m.
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