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Tropic Thunder is a 2008 satirical action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller, who wrote the screenplay with Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen. The film stars Stiller, Jack Black , Robert Downey Jr. , Jay Baruchel , and Brandon T. Jackson as a group of prima donna actors making a Vietnam War film.
For his role in Tropic Thunder, he was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. He also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Sherlock Holmes . [ 4 ] For his role as Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan 's Oppenheimer (2023), Downey received a Golden Globe Award , BAFTA Award , Screen Actors Guild ...
Robert John Downey Jr. was born on April 4, 1965, in Manhattan, New York City, the younger of the two children. [3] His father, Robert Downey Sr., was a filmmaker, while his mother, Elsie Ann (née Ford), was an actress who appeared in Downey Sr.'s films. [4]
Here's everything you need to know about the ongoing debate over Downey's use of blackface in the 2008 comedy.
Robert Downey Jr.’s Tropic Thunder character is a big reason the film probably couldn’t get made today, according to director, co-writer and star Ben Stiller. “Obviously, in this environment ...
Robert Downey Jr. has long defended his role in “Tropic Thunder,” the 2008 comedy from director Ben Stiller that cast the “Iron Man” star as an egotistical Australian thespian who takes ...
Tropic Thunder: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Nominated [16] 2024: Oppenheimer: Won [17] Capri Hollywood International Film Festival: 2023 Oppenheimer: Best Ensemble Cast [b] Won [18] Chicago Film Critics Association: 1993: Chaplin: Best Actor: Nominated 2008: Tropic Thunder: Best Supporting Actor: Nominated [19] 2023: Oppenheimer: Nominated ...
Following Theroux's work on Tropic Thunder, actor Robert Downey Jr. recommended Theroux as a screenwriter to the film's director, Jon Favreau. Theroux returned to acting in the film Your Highness (2011), as Leezar, an evil wizard who kidnaps a princess. He starred in the 2012 comedy Wanderlust, playing the leader of a hippie commune.