Opposite Murphy, Downey Jr.’s Admiral Lewis Strauss serves as J. Robert Oppenheimer’s primary antagonist as the physicist navigates the moral and emotional dilemmas of creating the atomic bomb.

In Oppenheimer, Downey Jr. plays Lewis Strauss, who was an original member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and a ...

Robert Downey Jr. after winning the Oscar award for Best ... But Downey’s award for his role as Rear Admiral Lewis Strauss stood out, because it was his first such award after 82 movie roles ...

"I have never witnessed a greater sacrifice by a lead actor in my career," Robert Downey Jr. tells PEOPLE of his ... Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss in the film, says he was impressed ...

Out of all the actors working in Hollywood today, few actors have had a rollercoaster ride of a career like Robert Downey Jr. He got started ... which he played Lewis Strauss, an antagonistic ...

Despite some previous shady comments, Robert Downey Jr. says he'd be more than happy ... Downey played Lewis Strauss, former Acting United States Secretary of Commerce and an original member ...

Kate Green/BAFTA/Getty Robert Downey Jr. is taking home another award for ... For his portrayal of Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss in the Christopher Nolan-directed drama, the ...

Robert Downey Jr. would team up for the first time with ... However, Downey’s role as Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer couldn’t have been any more different than Tony Stark. Downey’s wife ...