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Frank Oppenheimer: Emma Dumont ... Jackie Oppenheimer: Florence Pugh ... Jean Tatlock: Sadie Stratton ... Mary Washburn: Jefferson Hall ... Haakon Chevalier: Britt Kyle ... Barbara Chevalier: Guy Burnet ... George Eltenton: Tom Jenkins ... Richard Tolman: Matthew Modine ... Vannevar Bush
Oppenheimer (2023) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Adam England
- 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.
- Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Emily Bunt as Katherine ‘Kitty’ Oppenheimer
- Matt Damon as Leslie Groves
- Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss
- Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock
- David Krumholtz as Isidor Isaac Rabi
- Benny Safdie as Edward Teller
- Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence
- Matthew Modine as Vannevar Bush
- Dylan Arnold as Frank Oppenheimer
The Father Of The Atomic Bomb
Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer in the Oppenheimer cast. Murphy is a veteran of Nolan’s films, so his inclusion in this cast should be no surprise. Murphy has compared Robert Oppenheimer with his role as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders because he sees both men as "contradictory characters" (viaNME). The actor has worked with Nolan onInception, Dunkirk, and appeared as The Scarecrow in all three of Nolan's Batmanmovies. This is the first time that Murphy plays the lead in one of Chri...
J. Robert Oppenheimer's Wife
Emily Blunt's Oppenheimer character is Kitty Oppenheimer. Kitty is Robert Oppenheimer's wife, who struggles to cope with his anxiety about work and his affair with Jean Tatlock. She still stands by Oppenheimer's side no matter what and stands up to government officials when he can't. Emily Blunt is new to Nolan’s films. Blunt’s previous film resume boasts an impressive list of acting credits, including A Quiet Place Part II, Edge of Tomorrow, and Sicario— intense movies that prove she's the p...
The Director Of The Manhattan Project
Matt Damon joins the Oppenheimer cast as Leslie Groves. Damon plays Army Corps of Engineers overseer Groves, who is responsible for the construction of the Pentagon and is appointed to direct the Manhattan Project in September 1942. He's the closest thing to an ally that Oppenheimer has outside his fellow physicists. Damon and Nolan previously worked together on Interstellarwhere Damon played an astronaut lost in space. The actor ironically played astronauts lost in space in back-to-back bloc...
A Member Of The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Robert Downey Jr. plays Lewis Strauss in the Oppenheimer cast. After playing one of the most famous superheroes in the world in the MCU, Downey plays the villain in Oppenheimer. Lewis Strauss, a naval officer who served two terms on the United States Atomic Energy Commission, locked horns with Oppenheimer every step of the way during the Manhattan Project, and he tried to ruin the physicist's life. Following his role in the MCU, Downey gives a much more dramatic performance as Strauss, and he...
Oppenheimer's Mistress & A Communist Party Member
Florence Pugh's Oppenheimer character is Jean Tatlock. Tatlock is a member of the United States Communist Party, and a psychiatrist, who has a romantic relationship with J. Robert Oppenheimer. Her suicide had a huge impact on Oppenheimer and only added to his increasing anxiety and stress. After her success in Midsommar, Little Women, and The Wonder, she quickly became a heavyweight Hollywood actor. In 2024, Pugh stars in a highly-anticipated blockbuster movie, playing Prince Irulan in Dune:...
A Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist
David Krumholtz's Oppenheimer character is Isidor Isaa Rabi. Rabi is another physicist who Oppenheimer meets as a student, and he's the closest thing Oppenheimer has to a best friend. The physicist is the most likeable character in Oppenheimer, as he refuses to join The Manhattan Project because of his anti-war beliefs until he's convinced by Oppenheimer, and he stands by Oppenheimer to the very end. Krumholtz is another example of Nolan's inspiring casting, as Krumholtz is a comedian first a...
A Hungarian Theoretical Physicist
Benny Safdie joins the Oppenheimer cast as Edward Teller. Teller is one of the theoretical physicists to work with Robert Oppenheimer on the Manhattan Project. During the scientist's meetings, Teller has the idea to create the bomb using hydrogen, which doesn't sit well with Oppenheimer and leads to a falling out between the two physicists. Benny Safdie is best known as part of the directing duo with his brother, Josh Safdie, who directed the crime thrillers Good Time and Uncut Gems. However,...
A Nobel-Winning Nuclear Physicist
Josh Hartnett plays Ernest Lawrence in the Oppenheimer cast. Lawrence is an American nuclear physicist and professor who gives lectures with Oppenheimer. Lawrence is the scientist who essentially recruits Oppenheimer, bringing him on board with the US government to work on the Manhattan Project. Interestingly enough, Hartnett was considered for the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in Nolan’s Batman Beginsbut had to decline due to scheduling conflicts. Hartnett has expressed his disappointment that...
Head Of The Office Of Scientific Research And Development
Matthew Modine's Oppenheimer character is Vannevar Bush. Modine is currently most famous for his role as Dr. Martin Brenner in Stranger Things. He has also worked with Nolan before on The Dark Knight Rises, in which he played GCPD Deputy Commissioner Peter Foley. The actor is also known for playing the lead character U.S. Marine Private/Sergeant J.T. "Joker" Davis in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. Bush is the electrical engineer and inventorwho works closely with Oppenheimer and, like O...
Robert's Younger Brother And A Particle Physicist
Dylan Arnold joins the Oppenheimer cast as Frank Oppenheimer. Frank is Robert Oppenheimer’s younger brother, who is a professor of physics at the University of Colorado. Frank eventually joins his brother at Los Alamos to work on the bomb, but that isn't until after the government's reluctance due to his ties to communism. Actor Dylan Arnold is still in the very early stages of his career, but he still has an impressive resume. He's already established a reputation as a go-to horror actor, ha...
Jul 21, 2023 · Oppenheimer: Directed by Christopher Nolan. With Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Alden Ehrenreich. The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
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Jul 21, 2023 · Here's your guide to the cast and the characters they play in Christopher Nolan's epic historical drama 'Oppenheimer,' including Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Robert Downey Jr.
The ensemble supporting cast includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh . Oppenheimer was announced in September 2021.
