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In 1959, during Strauss's Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Commerce, Hill unexpectedly testifies about Strauss's personal motives for engineering Oppenheimer's downfall. Strauss's nomination is narrowly voted down, enraging him. In 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson presents Oppenheimer with the Enrico Fermi Award.
Strauss — who was active in his Jewish faith — also took with Oppenheimer's lack of dedication to Judaism. In 1954, Strauss pushed for the revocation of Oppenheimer's security clearance during ...
Downey Jr. plays Lewis Strauss, who chaired the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and was convinced Oppenheimer was a spy—(spoiler alert!) leading to the revoking of the scientist's security ...
Strauss is played by Phil Brown in the 1980 BBC miniseries Oppenheimer, [277] and by Robert Downey Jr. in Christopher Nolan's 2023 film Oppenheimer. [278] Downey received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal.
Downey Jr. had more to say about Strauss in the latest episode of Esquire's “Explain This.” He said: “There are very few things I didn’t like about him. He was a lifelong public servant.
He also starred in the films Tropic Thunder (2008) and The Soloist (2009), and played the title character in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). In 2020, he starred as the title character in Dolittle. For his role in Tropic Thunder, he was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor.
Scene 2: Strauss meets Oppenheimer “Oppenheimer” is partly a battle of wills between Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) and Lewis Strauss, the vindictive head of the Atomic Energy Commission, played ...
Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) [1] is an American actor who mainly plays roles of antagonists. He first rose to prominence for portraying the titular role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), and is best known for starring as Merle Dixon in the AMC series The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and as Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), followed by its sequels Guardians of the ...