Robert Downey Jr. gained the BAFTA Award for greatest supporting actor for his efficiency in “Oppenheimer” on Sunday night time.

In his acceptance speech, Downey Jr. took a stroll down reminiscence lane and shouted out “that dude” Christopher Nolan.

“Once I was 15, I wished to be Peter O’Toole. Once I was 25, I labored for Richard Attenbourgh and Anthony Hopkins. Once I was 35, I lastly understood why Dickie thought Tony can be a greater position mannequin for me than Peter,” Downey Jr. stated. “Once I was 42, I did two movies for Man Ritchie and realized learn how to make large Hollywood motion pictures with a civil British flare. I then performed a man named Tony within the MCU for about 12 years.”

He continued, “After which lately, that dude Chris Nolan prompt I try an understated strategy as a last-ditch effort to maybe resurrect my dwindling credibility. So I share this with my fellow nominees, this has been an distinctive 12 months.”

In Nolan’s epic biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, who created of the world’s first atomic bomb, Downey Jr. performed Lewis Strauss, a high-ranking member of the usAtomic Vitality Fee who turned hostile to Oppenheimer and sought to show he was disloyal to the U.S.

Downey Jr. had beforehand gained one of the best actor BAFTA for “Chaplin” again in 1992, and was nominated for greatest supporting actor in 2009 for “Tropic Thunder.”

Downey Jr. was up in opposition to Robert De Niro for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Jacob Elordi for “Saltburn,” Ryan Gosling for “Barbie,” Paul Mescal for “All of Us Strangers” and Dominic Sessa for “The Holdovers.”