Oscars 2024: Robert Downey Jr wins his first-ever trophy for 'Oppenheimer'

Good news for all the Robert Downey Jr fans as the Hollywood star bagged his firstever Oscar award for his performance in the biopic drama film Oppenheimer Downey Jr won the award in the Best Supporting Actor category Taking to X The Academy shared a post and wrote Congratulations to Robert Downey Jr on winning Best Supporting Actor for OppenheimerCongratulations to Robert Downey Jr on winning Best Supporting Actor for Oppenheimer Oscars pictwittercomfFrgo9SiEnmdash The Academy TheAcademy March 11 2024He triumphed over Sterling K Brown American Fiction Robert De Niro Killers of the Flower Moon Ryan Gosling Barbie and Mark Ruffalo Poor Things After taking the stage Downey Jr said Id like to thank my terrible childhood and the Academy in that order He then joked Id like to thank my veterinarian I meant wife Susan Downey over there She found me a snarling rescue pet and loved me back to life as per PEOPLERobert Downey Jrrsquos acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars pictwittercomA6KqYb18gHmdash Christopher Nolan Art amp Updates NolanAnalyst March 11 2024Later he thanked Christopher Nolan the director of Oppenheimer and his costars I needed this job more than it needed me Chris knew it he said before shouting out costars Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy and their time working together I stand here a better man because of it Downey Jr also thanked his stylist and his entertainment lawyer and closed out his speech with a shoutout to his kids Avri Exton and Indio reported PEOPLEEveryone cheering for RDJ Im so proud and happy for him he deserves it so much Oscars pictwittercomrAp5r6Ut2Vmdash costi RDJisacupcake March 11 2024The Oscars 2024 are currently underway at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood Los Angeles and are streaming live on the OTT platform Disney Hotstar Oppenheimer has bagged the nominations in 13 categories at the 96th Academy Awards The Nolans biopic also bagged the Oscar for Best Film EditingOppenheimer made the final cut Congratulations on the Oscar for Best Film Editing Oscars pictwittercomyXS8B3zYinmdash The Academy TheAcademy March 11 2024Earlier Downey Jr won the Best Supporting Actor award at the BAFTA Awards 2024 Critics Choice Awards 2024 and the Golden Globe Awards 2024 Robert Downey Jr played the role of Lewis Strauss in Nolans biopic of the titular physicist played by Cillian Murphy Lewis Strauss played an important role in the development of the atomic bomb and later became a political rival of J Robert Oppenheimer The film was helmed by Christopher NolanThe biopic set during World War II follows Oppenheimer known as the Father of the Atomic Bomb during a period in history when he understood that testing the atomic bomb would ignite the atmosphere and destroy the world yet he pushed the button anyway The film received a lot of appreciation from the audienceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever