Curated By: Dishya Sharma
Final Up to date: March 11, 2024, 06:31 IST
New York, United States of America (USA)
Robert Downey Jr wins Greatest Supporting Actor at Oscars 2024. (Pic: Reuters)
Robert Downey Jr gained Greatest Supporting Actor for his efficiency in Oppenheimer. Watch his witty speech right here.
Oscars 2024: Robert Downey Jr gained his first-ever Oscar on the 96th Academy Awards. The actor gained Greatest Supporting Actor for his spectacular efficiency in Oppenheimer. Downey Jr performed the function of Lewis Strauss, J Robert Oppenheimer’s nemesis in Christopher Nolan’s movie. He took to the centre stage and accepted his award. In his acceptance speech, Robert Downey Jr first thanked his ‘horrible childhood’ adopted by the Academy for the honour. He additionally emotionally thanked his spouse, Susan Downey.
“I’d wish to thank my horrible childhood and the Academy — in that order,” Robert Downey Jr stated earlier than he turned in direction of Susan and thanked her. Evaluating her with a ‘veterinarian’, Downey Jr added, “She discovered me as a snarling rescue pet and beloved me again to life. That’s why I’m right here, thanks.”
“Right here’s my little secret, I wanted this job greater than it wanted me. Chris (Nolan) knew it, Emma made positive she surrounded me with one of many nice casts and crews of all time –Emily, Cillian, Matt Damon, Blunt—and I stand right here a earlier than you a greater man due to it,” he stated.
This marked Robert Downey Jr’s first ever Oscar win. He was beforehand nominated for Greatest Actor in 1993 for Chaplin, and for Greatest Supporting Actor in 2009 for Tropic Thunder.
Congratulations, Robert Downey Jr!
Robert Downey Jr has been the primary selection for Greatest Supporting Actor this awards season. The actor not solely bagged the Oscar for his efficiency in Oppenheimer, he additionally gained the Golden Globe and the Critics Alternative Awards for a similar. His co-star Cillian Murphy has been sweeping the awards season as effectively.
