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LOS ANGELES -- Robert Downey Jr. won his archetypal Academy Award for Best Actor successful a Supporting Role for his show arsenic successful the blockbuster biopic "Oppenheimer."
Downey plays Atomic Energy Commission caput Lewis Strauss, a cardinal fig successful the the United States' effort to physique and aboriginal deploy a atomic limb towards the extremity of World War II.
Recently, Downey came distant with awards for supporting histrion astatine the Golden Globes, British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.
Nominated doubly successful 2009 for Tropic Thuder (Supporting) and successful 1993 for Chaplin (Leading), Downey yet took location his archetypal Oscar astatine the 96th Academy Awards.
"Oppenheimer" received a full of 13 nominations including champion picture. Co-star Cillian Murphy is up for Best Actor successful a Leading Role for his show arsenic Robert J. Oppenheimer.
It's Oscar Sunday! The 96th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, begins astatine 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, an hr earlier than past years.
The Oscars are followed by an all-new occurrence of "Abbott Elementary."
Once each the awards person been handed out, it's clip to party! Watch "On the Red Carpet: After the Awards" for a look into the astir star-studded parties of the night.
On Monday, it's America's champion aft party! "Live With Kelly and Mark: After the Oscars" is unrecorded from the Oscars signifier astatine the Dolby Theater successful Hollywood astatine 9 a.m.
