© Reuters. Robert Downey Jr. wins the Oscar for Greatest Supporting Actor for “Oppenheimer” throughout the Oscars present on the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake
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By Daybreak Chmielewski
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Robert Downey Jr. received the Academy Award for greatest supporting actor for his position in “Oppenheimer,” the place he performed a villainous bureaucrat who seeks to destroy the acclaimed physicist.
Downey performed Lewis Strauss, the previous chairman of the U.S. Atomic Power Fee who mounted a behind-the-scenes marketing campaign to strip J. Robert Oppenheimer of his safety clearance by tarring him as a communist.
Strauss’s efforts had been later uncovered throughout a congressional listening to as he sought affirmation to function President Dwight Eisenhower’s commerce secretary.
The actor thanked his “terrible childhood and the Academy – in that order” and his spouse Susan, who he stated “found me a snarling rescue pet” and “loved me back to life.” He additionally acknowledged the solid and crew of “Oppenheimer.”
“What we do is meaningful,” Downey stated. “What we decide to do is important.”
Critics praised Downey for taking part in towards his standard sort. Although he has performed junkies, hustlers and fast-talkers, Downey is probably greatest recognized for his a number of movie appearances as Marvel superhero Iron Man.
Downey was thought of a frontrunner for the perfect supporting actor Oscar, having collected Golden Globe and Display Actors Guild trophies for his co-starring position.
The actor earned his first Oscar nomination for taking part in Charlie Chaplin in 1992’s “Chaplin.” After battles with scandal and habit, he earned a second supporting-actor nomination for his position within the battle satire “Tropic Thunder.”
