But alas, Robert Downey Jr. is finally an Oscar winner for his performance as Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer. He gave an incredible performance and now has one of the greatest comeback stories in ...

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.

And they claimed that Oppenheimer's opposition had retarded the progress of the project. Rather than hand in his resignation, which is what AEC chairman Lewis Strauss had hoped Oppenheimer would ...

Of a possible 14 Oscars, Oppenheimer won seven, including best actor for its titular star Murphy and best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr’s portrayal of Admiral Lewis Strauss. Oppenheimer ...