J. Robert Oppenheimer

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

Acting April 22, 1904

New York City, New York, USA

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 L…

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Nixon

Nixon

6.8 1995 Movie
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

7.7 2023 Movie
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

7.9 2024 TV Show
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

7.2 1995 Movie
Hiroshima

Hiroshima

7.2 2005 Movie
Awake: The Life of Yogananda

Awake: The Life of Yogananda

6.7 2014 Movie
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

7.7 2019 Movie
The Day After Trinity

The Day After Trinity

7.6 1980 Movie
Crusade in Europe

Crusade in Europe

7.3 1949 TV Show
Le Syndrome du Titanic

Le Syndrome du Titanic

5.9 2009 Movie
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

6.2 2008 Movie
Oppenheimer: The Real Story

Oppenheimer: The Real Story

8.1 2023 Movie

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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

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  1. 2025
    Oppenheimer und die Bombe

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  2. 2024
    Atomic People

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2024
    Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

    TV show Self - Physicist (archive footage)

  4. 2024
    Nuclear Armageddon: How Close Are We?

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2023
    Oppenheimer: The Real Story

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2023
    To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2023
    Oppenheimer After Trinity

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2022
    A Compassionate Spy

    Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  9. 2021
    Bellum - The Daemon of War

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 2019
    Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 2015
    Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 2014
    Awake: The Life of Yogananda

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  13. 2009
    Le Syndrome du Titanic

    Movie Self (archive sound)

  14. 2008
    The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  15. 2005
    Hiroshima

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  16. 2000
    The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project

    Movie Self (archive footage)

More credits
  1. 1995
    Nixon

    Movie (Archive footage)

  2. 1995
    Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 1982
    Los Alamos: The Beginning

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 1980
    The Day After Trinity

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 1970
    Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945

    Movie Self (voice) (archive footage)

  6. 1966
    Too Near the Sun

    Movie self (archive footage)

  7. 1965
    The Decision to Drop the Bomb

    Movie Self

  8. 1949
    Crusade in Europe

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  9. 1945
    Hugh Bradner Films (Los Alamos)

    Movie self

  10. —
    The Destroyer of Worlds

    Movie