Robert Downey Jr. Hilariously Recites His Past Scathing Reviews After Critics Choice Awards 2024 Win

Robert Downey Jr. is having fun with critics as he is named this year’s Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards.

The star, 58, won for Oppenheimerv. Sterling K. Brown for American fictionRobert De Niro for Killers of the flower moonRyan Gosling for BarbieCharles Melton for May December and Mark Ruffalo for Poor people.

Downey Jr. he used a good portion of his speech to hilariously read off a list of comments he said the Critics Choice Association had made about him in the past.

“The first is something like a haiku: ‘sloppy, sloppy and lazy.’ The second is more metaphorical: ‘Like Pee-wee Herman coming out of a coma,'” the actor said.

“This was from a Brit: ‘A puzzling waste of talent,'” he continued, putting on a British accent, ending with, “And finally—and this one stuck—’fun as a bed-locked fart.’ ”

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Robert Downey Jr Oppenheimer (2023).

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For his performance in the highest-grossing biopic of all time OppenheimerDowney Jr. he raised his number of critics’ choice votes to four.

Opposite Cillian Murphy’s titular protagonist, Downey Jr.’s Admiral Lewis Strauss serves as J. Robert Oppenheimer’s primary antagonist as the physicist deals with the moral and emotional dilemmas of creating the atomic bomb.

The Marvel star previously received accolades for Best Supporting Actor in 2009 A tropical thunderstorm and Best Actor in an Action Film for the Avengers and Iron Man 3.

Along with Downey Jr.’s nomination, Christopher Nolan’s film is competing in 12 other categories.

Sterling K. Brown in New York on November 20, 2023.

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Brown, 47, received his first nod and win at the 2018 Critics’ Choice Awards for Lead Actor in a Drama Series This is usbut his role in American fiction the first is the recognition of his film work at the ceremony.

Playing Monk Ellison’s recently divorced brother Jeffrey Wright (who was nominated for Best Actor), the Emmy winner gave a nuanced performance in the drama as a newly out man.

In addition to Brown’s nomination, American fiction is in four more categories, including best comedy and best film.

Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the flower moon (2023).

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Martin Scorsese’s epic thriller Killers of the Flower Moon sees De Niro, 80, as William King Hale, a ruthless crime boss responsible for murdering the Osage people. Godfather the actor receives his fifth award from the Critics Choice Association.

Enter Ryan Gosling Barbie (2023).

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Gosling’s over-the-top Kenergy garnered rave reviews after the summer blockbuster Barbie. He is no stranger to the Critics Choice Awards La la country the actor, 43, adds a ninth nomination to his tally for his role as Mattel doll boyfriend Ken.

Greta Gerwig Barbie is up for a record 18 categories, with best director for Gerwig, 40, best actress for Margot Robbie, best supporting actress for America Ferrera and best picture combined.

Enter Charles Melton May December (2023).

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Starring alongside Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, Melton, 33, walked out on Todd Haynes May December with one of the best performances of the year.

The Riverdale star played Joe Yoo, a 36-year-old stuck at the emotional age of 13 when he began an affair with Gracie (played by Moore, 63), a woman two decades his senior.

Enter Mark Ruffalo Poor people (2023).

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Trying to contain the antics of Emma Stone’s Bella Baxter, Ruffalo, 56, is being praised for his performance as Duncan Wedderburn in Yorgos Lanthimos Poor people.

The wild comedy follows Dr. Godwin Baxter’s (Willem Dafoe) childish science experiment as Bella wanders around Victorian-era London accompanied – or rather, chased – by Duncan.

The the Avengers star has three other Best Supporting Actor nominations at the 2011 Critics Choice Awards. The children are finein 2015 A fox hunter and in 2016 Reflector. Poor people has a total of 13 nodes.

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