Cast & creator
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Best known for Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War, Crusade in Europe, Nixon
J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist. A professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project – the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. Oppenheimer was among those who observed the Trinity test in New Mexico, where the first atomic bomb was successfully detonated on July 16, 1945.
Also known as: Роберт Оппенгеймер, Julius Robert Oppenheimer
23
film credits
3
television credits
26
1945–2025 · acting roles
7.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
★ 8.0Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self - Physicist (archive footage) · 2024
★ 7.3Crusade in Europe
Self (archive footage) · 1949
★ 6.8Nixon
(Archive footage) · 1995
★ 7.7To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
Self (archive footage) · 2023
★ 7.2Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Self (archive footage) · 1995
Across film & television
Filmography (26)
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Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self - Physicist (archive footage)
2024Crusade in Europe
Self (archive footage)
1949Nixon
(Archive footage)
1995To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
Self (archive footage)
2023Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Self (archive footage)
1995
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Self (archive footage)
2019
Hiroshima
Self (archive footage)
2005
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Self (archive footage)
2014
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
2008
Nuclear Armageddon: How Close Are We?
Self (archive footage)
2024
The Day After Trinity
Self (archive footage)
1980
Too Near the Sun
self (archive footage)
1966
Le Syndrome du Titanic
Self (archive sound)
2009
Atomic People
Self (archive footage)
2024
Los Alamos: The Beginning
Self (archive footage)
1982
A Compassionate Spy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Self
1965Oppenheimer und die Bombe
Self (archive footage)
2025
Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb
Self (archive footage)
2015
Oppenheimer After Trinity
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project
Self (archive footage)
2000
The Destroyer of Worlds
Hugh Bradner Films (Los Alamos)
self
1945
Oppenheimer: The Real Story
Self (archive footage)
2023
Bellum - The Daemon of War
Self (archive footage)
2021
Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945
Self (voice) (archive footage)
1970