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- Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer. Cillian Murphy plays the titular theoretical physicist in Christopher Nolan's long-awaited flick. Speaking to the Associated Press back in May, Murphy opened up about playing the man remembered as the "father of the atomic bomb."
- Emily Blunt as Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer's wife is portrayed by Emily Blunt. The biologist moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico with her husband in 1943, while he was working on the Manhattan Project.
- Matt Damon as Leslie Groves. Matt Damon plays Lieutenant General Leslie Groves in the historical drama. During World War II, the Army Corps of Engineers officer worked on the Pentagon's construction before directing the Manhattan Project.
- Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss. Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss — played by Robert Downey Jr. — worked closely with Oppenheimer during the development of nuclear weapons.
Jul 23, 2023 · Oscar winner Casey Affleck briefly appears in Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" as Boris Pash. Here's where viewers may have seen Affleck before.
Casey Affleck as Boris Pash, a US Army military intelligence officer and commander of the Alsos Mission. Rami Malek as David L. Hill, a nuclear physicist at the Metallurgical Laboratory, who helped to create the Chicago Pile. Kenneth Branagh as Niels Bohr, a Nobel-winning Danish physicist, philosopher and Oppenheimer's personal idol.
- James D'Arcy as Patrick Blackett. James D'Arcy appears right at the beginning of the film as Patrick Blackett, a ruthless professor whom Oppenheimer attempted to poison during his academic years.
- Kenneth Branagh as Niels Bohr. Kenneth Branagh is a prolific director and veteran actor who starred in many of his own movies, including Hamlet and Henry V. Oppenheimer marks his third collaboration with Nolan as he takes over the role of Niels Bohr, a Danish physicist and Nobel Prize winner portrayed as an expert on atomic structure and quantum theory, therefore one of Oppenheimer's idols.
- Matthias Schweighöfer as Werner Heisenberg. Werner Heisenberg was one of the most brilliant minds of his time and planted a necessary seed of uncertainty in the physics field by coming up with pioneering theories around quantum mechanics.
- Casey Affleck as Boris Pash. Casey Affleck features one of Oppenheimer's most anxiety-inducing scenes as Boris Pash, an American military with a special dislike for communists.
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- Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer. Murphy, 47, plays the titular character, Robert J. Oppenheimer. The Irish actor is best known for his starring role as Tommy Shelby in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders.
- Emily Blunt as Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer. Blunt, 40, plays Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, the wife of Murphy’s character. Like her on-screen husband, she had a main role in the A Quiet Place series.
- Matt Damon as Lieutenant General Leslie Groves. Damon, 52, plays U.S. military officer Leslie Groves. Damon has starred in Good Will Hunting, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Saving Private Ryan and Mars, and he also played the titular character in the Bourne franchise.
- Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss. Robert Downey Jr., 58, plays Lewis Strauss, chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and adversary of Oppenheimer.
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Apr 23, 2022 · New set photos reveal that Casey Affleck has been cast in Christopher Nolan's new biopic Oppenheimer, perhaps as a soldier or military officer. Casey Affleck cast in new Nolan movie Oppenheimer. Screen Rant
