evidence: Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer won at the 96th annual Academy Awards—just minutes after lead Cillian Murphy picked up the award for Best Actor at the 96th annual Academy Awards for his lauded performance as the ambitious, infamous physicist. [...] Murphy won the award for starring as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, in Nolan’s three-hour blockbuster epic. Oppenheimer is also nominated for Best Picture and has picked up a number of awards like Best Supporting Actor and Best Director at the 2024 Oscar awards. [...] "[Cillian] accepted the leading role of Oppenheimer before even reading the script, which must’ve taken some courage and trust, also some chutzpah," Kingsley announced with a laugh ahead of Murphy’s win. "Either way, the performance was masterful, endowing his character with layers of humanity, while he created something that was not."