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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.
- Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer. Nolan cast his longtime collaborator Cillian Murphy in the lead role of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the so-called "father of the atomic bomb" who headed up the Manhattan Project during World War II.
- Emily Blunt is Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer. Emily Blunt reunited with her A Quiet Place Part II costar Murphy to play Oppenheimer's wife Kitty, who moved to New Mexico with her husband after he took over the Manhattan Project.
- Matt Damon is Leslie Groves. Interstellar actor Matt Damon returned to the Nolan fold to play Lt. Gen. Groves, the director of the Manhattan Project who appointed Oppenheimer to directly oversee the development of the atomic bomb.
- Robert Downey Jr. is Lewis Strauss. Nolan gifted Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. the plum supporting role of Lewis Strauss, the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, whose General Advisory Committee was chaired by Oppenheimer.
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- Oppenheimer cast and characters. Below, you’ll find a list of all the major characters in the Oppenheimer cast. Article continues after ad. The official synopsis reads: “Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an IMAX®-shot epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.”
- J. Robert Oppenheimer: Cillian Murphy. Universal Pictures. Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb.” The star told AP: “I have always said publicly and privately, to Chris, that if I’m available and you want me to be in a movie, I’m there.
- Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer: Emily Blunt. Universal Pictures. Emily Blunt plays Katherine Oppenheimer, the wife of the titular physicist. In an interview with Collider, Blunt admitted she was nervous about all the science when she first read the script, but she soon realized that was the “backdrop… that’s not what’s so pulsating about it.
- Leslie Groves: Matt Damon. Universal Pictures. Matt Damon plays Leslie Groves, a US Army Corps of Engineers officer and the director of the Manhattan Project.
- Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Emily Blunt as Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer
- Matt Damon as Leslie Groves
- Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss
- Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock
- Benny Safdie as Edward Teller
- Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence
- Matthew Modine as Vannevar Bush
- Dylan Arnold as Frank Oppenheimer
- Michael Angarano as Robert Serber
Cillian Murphy (Peaky Blinders, A Quiet Place Part II) leads the film as the titular character, J. Robert Oppenheimer. Known as the father of the atomic bomb, Oppenheimer was a central player in the Manhattan Project during World War II. Cillian Murphy has been a mainstay in almost all of Nolan’s films, most notably as Jonathan Crane, aka the Scare...
Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place) will play Katherine Oppenheimer, the wife of Cillian Murphy’s character. While we don’t know how big Blunt’s role will be in the upcoming film, we expect it to be a significant role considering her connection to Robert Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer will be her first time working with Christopher Nolan, but the collaboration i...
Matt Damon was previously in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. Oppenheimer is the first time the two reunited since the 2014 epic. Damon will be playing Lt. Leslie Groves, who directed the Manhatten Project. Damon is an incredibly talented actor. He’s best known for his role in Good Will Hunting,The Martian, and theJason Bournefranchise.
Robert Downey Jr. has done it all. He’s been on the small screen with shows like Ally McBeal, done dramas like Zodiac, and was the face of the biggest franchise in the world as Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Even after all of his success, Downey jumped at the chance to star in Oppenheimer. The actor will play Lewis Strauss, a businessma...
Florence Pugh is one of the rising stars in Hollywood. She was a co-lead in Marvel’s Black Widow and Greta Gerwig’sLittle Women, and she led the instant classic, Midsommar. If you’re looking forward to another one of Pugh’s films, she will play a key role in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two. In the film, Pugh will play Jean Tatlock, a psychiatrist...
Benny Safdie is building quite the resume. Safdie isEdward Teller, a theoretical physicist who worked with Oppenheimer on the Manhattan Project and is known as the “father of the hydrogen bomb.” The actor appeared in critically acclaimed films Good Time, Pieces of a Woman, and Licorice Pizza.
Josh Harnett was initially offered the role of Bruce Wayne (Batman) for Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, a part famously played by Christian Bale. Hartnett turned down the offer, but the two finally collaborated over a decade later. Hartnett plays Ernest Lawrence, a Nobel Prize winner and cyclotron inventor. Hartnett is best known for his roles i...
Matthew Modine (Stranger Things) will play Vannevar Bush, an engineer and inventor for the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development. Modine first worked with Christopher Nolan on The Dark Knight Rises, and fans know him best as Dr. Martin Brenner on the Netflix mega-hit series Stranger Things. If you’re looking for more of Modine’s work, ...
Frank Oppenheimeris the younger brother of Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy). Dylan Arnold will bring the physics professor to life in the upcoming film. Arnold’s previous work includesHalloween Kills,Mudbound, and Disfluency. He also has recurring roles in the television series, The Purge, and Nashville.
Michael Angarano (Sky High) will play Robert Serber in the film, one of the many members of the Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer is one of the biggest films of Angarano’s career, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have some impressive shows on his resume. He starred in Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here and had a recurring role on This Is Us.
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The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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.
