The 96th Oscars has just come to an end, and Nolan's "Oppenheimer" won the Academy Award for Best Picture!
Director Nolan won the best director without any suspense for "Oppenheimer", Cillian Murphy won the best actor, and Iron Man Robert Downey Jr. also won the best actor for his role in "Oppenheimer" Strauss won Best Supporting Actor!
It is worth mentioning that Robert Downey Jr. has been in movies for more than 30 years, but has never won any Oscar awards before. He was even nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor in 2021 for "Dolittle" !
Downey urgently needs a trophy to prove himself.
Review of Robert Downey Jr.'s acting career
Born in Manhattan, New York City in 1965, his father Robert Downey Sr. is an actor and film producer, and his mother is also an actor. Robert Downey Jr. is a proper actor. Star II.
Downey made his screen debut when he was 5 years old, playing a sick puppy in the absurd comedy "Dog Life" directed by his father.
As an adult, Downey went from being a regular guest on "Saturday Night Live" to starring in the 1987 romantic comedy film "The Pickup Expert", and then in 1992, when the 27-year-old Robert Downey Jr. starred in the biographical film "Charlie" ·The role of Chaplin was nominated for the 65th Academy Award for Best Actor.
Although Downey unfortunately lost to Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman", Downey was already making a name for himself in Hollywood!
However, just when Downey's acting career was booming, he became a drug addict despised by thousands of people overnight. He was even arrested and imprisoned many times between 1996 and 2001.
Robert Downey Jr., who was holding the statuette, said jokingly: I want to thank my terrible childhood. Finally, I am especially grateful to the lawyer who spent half of the money on his insurance and bail for him over the past 40 years.
Yes, after being released from prison in 2001, Downey was blacklisted by major film and television companies. In the past ten years, he has starred in some bad movies. In order to prevent him from committing another crime during the filming, the producers often detained him. 40% of salary as insurance.
The reformed Robert Downey Jr. really needs a blockbuster movie that can bring him back to the big screen!
This turning point happened in the spring of 2008.
Marvel Studios, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, had already mortgaged many of its well-known superheroes, so Marvel decided to make a desperate effort to make a superhero movie, but first-line movies like Spider-Man, the X-Men series, and the Fantastic Four were The hero was no longer in his hands, so he chose over and over again, and finally chose a second-tier character: Iron Man.
At that time, it was also rumored that Tom Cruise would play the role of Iron Man, but at that time, Marvel Studios could not afford Tom Cruise's tens of millions in salary, while Robert Downey Jr.'s salary was only 500,000. .
Of course, the more important thing is that Downey's audition was so perfect. His father was powerful and wealthy, arrogant, narcissistic and conceited. He fell to the bottom of his life and then rose from the ashes. Tony Stark's character was a perfect match for Robert Jr. Donny!
Although there were too many objections within Marvel due to Downey's dark history, in the end it was director Jon Favreau who overcame all objections and finalized Robert Downey Jr. to play Iron Man.
Give me your trust, and I will give you a miracle. It can be said that without Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, there would be no Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Later, Downey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 2008 action comedy "Tropic Thunder" written and directed by Ben Stiller, but he missed this award again.
Although Downey has played Sherlock Holmes and a lawyer since then, it’s like Iron Man has been deeply bound to him. No matter what role he plays, he will always be Tony Stark!
Until "Oppenheimer" 15 years later, to be honest, I didn't recognize the character as Downey when I watched it.
Now Robert Downey Jr. finally succeeded in winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he is well-deserved!
And this "Oppenheimer" is definitely the biggest winner at the 96th Oscar! In addition to the Academy Award for Best Picture,
also won seven awards for Best Cinematography, Best Original Score and Best Film Editing!
Finally, the 96th Oscar winners list is attached:
