Robert Downey Jr. has gained the Oscar for Finest Supporting Actor on the 2024 Academy Awards for his position in Oppenheimer, the primary Oscar for Christopher Nolan’s newest movie.

In Oppenheimer, Downey Jr. performed Lewis Strauss, the previous chairman of the Atomic Power Fee who masterminded the listening to that revoked J. Robert Oppenheimer’s (Cillian Murphy) safety clearance. The previous few months have been a banner award season for the star, who took dwelling the Golden Globe, SAG Award, Critics Selection Award, and BAFTA for his masterful efficiency of Oppenheimer’s duplicitous former colleague.

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The 2024 Academy Awards mark Downey Jr.’s first Oscar win, however he has been nominated twice earlier than. In 1993, he was nominated for Finest Actor for his position as Charlie Chaplin in Richard Attenborough’s Chaplin. In 2009, he picked up a nomination for Finest Supporting Actor in Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder — the only nomination for the movie — the place he performed blackface-wearing technique actor Kirk Lazarus.

“I would wish to thank my horrible childhood and the Academy, in that order,” Downey Jr. joked to open his speech. He went on to thank director Nolan and producer Emma Thomas, saying, “Here is my little secret. I wanted this job greater than it wanted me. Chris knew it. Emma made certain she surrounded me with one of many nice solid and crews of all time: Emily [Blunt], Cillian [Murphy], Matt Damon. It was implausible, and I stand right here earlier than you a greater man due to it.”

Learn how to watch: Oppenheimer is now streaming on Peacock.