J. Robert Oppenheimer — Oppenheimer Character Profile

About J. Robert Oppenheimer

Theoretical physicist who leads the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos to develop the atomic bomb. After WWII, he advises against further nuclear weapons development, faces a 1954 security clearance hearing, and is later recognized with the Enrico Fermi Award in 1963.

J. Robert Oppenheimer — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Cillian Murphy

Appears in

Oppenheimer (2023)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• J. Robert Oppenheimer — Professional Lead Scientist & Fusion Bomb Proposer — Edward Teller (Benny Safdie)
• J. Robert Oppenheimer — Conflict Political Rivals & Security Hearing Adversaries — Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr.)
• J. Robert Oppenheimer — Power Military Commander & Project Director — Leslie Groves (Matt Damon)
• J. Robert Oppenheimer — Professional Scientific Colleagues & Security Advisors — Ernest Lawrence (Josh Hartnett)
• J. Robert Oppenheimer — Romantic Lovers & Political Affair — Jean Tatlock (Florence Pugh)
• J. Robert Oppenheimer — Social Colleagues & Communist Sympathizers — Haakon Chevalier (Jefferson Hall)

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