J. Robert Oppenheimer
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
as Self (archive footage) 1995
Hiroshima
as Self (archive footage) 2005
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
as Self (archive footage) 2014
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage) 2019
The Day After Trinity
as Self (archive footage) 1981
Le syndrome du Titanic
as Self (archive sound) 2009
Oppenheimer: The Real Story
as Self (archive footage) 2023
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Self (archive footage) 2008
A Compassionate Spy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2022
Atomic People
as Self (archive footage) 2024
Oppenheimer After Trinity
as Self (archive footage) 2023
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
as Self 1965
Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb
as Self (archive footage) 2015
Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945
as Self (voice) (archive footage) 1970Hugh Bradner Films (Los Alamos)
as self 1945
The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project
as Self (archive footage) 2000