Three times a charm for Robert Downey Jr. who finally wins an Oscar with this third nomination tonight for his turn as Louis Strauss, the anti-American Atomic Energy Commissioner in Christopher Nolan’s film. Oppenheimer.
“I’d like to thank my terrible childhood and my academics — in that order,” smiled Downey Jr., the cool sage.
Giving a big shout out to his producer wife, Susan Downey, miss the “vet.” Iron Man “You found me as a snarling pet and brought me back to life. That’s why I’m here, thank you,” Thespian announced.
“That’s my little secret, I needed this job more than it needed me. Chris (Nolan) knew that, and Emma (Thomas) made sure she surrounded me with some of the best cast and crew ever – Emily, Cillian, Matt Damon, Blunt – it was amazing.” And I stand here before you as a better man because of that,” Downey Jr. said.
“What we do has meaning, and the things we decide to make matter,” the actor continued.
“I go back to my publicist, my agent Philip Raskind, Andrew Dunlap, and my mom, Joy Feheley, thank you so much. I’ll thank my hairdresser in case no one else does. Thank you, Erika. Thank you so much. And I’ll just say this, My entertainment lawyer, Tom Hansen, has been in business for 40 years, half of which he tried to insure me and get me out of this crisis – thanks bro!
From Universal Minute Oppenheimer The film returned to screens in July, amid buzz over Downey Jr.’s nuanced and complex role as J. Robert Oppenheimer’s nemesis in the words of many journalists and award-winning cast members.
Downey Jr. won all of the major awards leading up to tonight in the Best Supporting Actor category Oppenheimer Including BAFTA, Golden Globe, SAG and Critics’ Choice Awards.
the Saturday Night Live The alum received his first Academy Award nomination in 1993 in the Best Actor category for Richard Attenborough. Chaplin, Downey Jr. after playing the title role. He was also nominated in 2009 for the comedy film directed by Ben Stiller, Tropical thunder.