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Robert Downey Jr. wins Best Supporting Actor at Oscars 2024: I’d like to thank my terrible childhood
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0:40Now PlayingRobert Downey Jr. is finally an Oscar winner.
The 58-year-old “Oppenheimer” star took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at the 96th Academy Awards, presented live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday.
“I’d like to thank my terrible childhood and the Academy in that order,” Downey joked during his acceptance speech.
“I’d like to thank my veterinarian — I mean my wife, Susan Downey, over there. She found me a snarling rescue pet and you love me back to life. That’s why I’m here,” he sweetly acknowledged his bride of 22 years.
In the Christopher Nolan-directed film, Downey portrays Lewis Strauss: a businessman who played a major role in the development of the atomic bomb and later became a political rival of J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy).
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