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Here's the List of 20 Celebs Starring in Oppenheimer Alongside Cillian Murphy

Here's the List of 20 Celebs Starring in Oppenheimer Alongside Cillian Murphy
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There are some huge names here.

'Stellar cast' sometimes feels like a bit of an overused phrase. But when it comes to the cast of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, it almost feels like an even more impressive superlative is needed.

Here are 20 celebs starring alongside Cillian Murphy in the movie:

  1. Emily Blunt – Kitty Oppenheimer the protagonist's wife.

Previously starred in A Quiet Place and its sequel as Evelyn Abbott and Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins Returns.

  1. Matt Damon – Director of the Manhattan Project, Leslie Groves.

Best known for his role in The Talented Mr. Ripley and Good Will Hunting. He also starred in Nolan's Interstellar as NASA astronaut, Mann.

  1. Robert Downey Jr. – Lewis Strauss from the US Atomic Energy Commission.

Best known as Iron Man in the MCU.

  1. Florence Pugh – Physician and psychiatrist Jean Tatlock.

Played Amy March in Little Women.

  1. Josh Hartnett – Physicist Ernest Lawrence.

Ironically, also starred in Pearl Harbour as Danny Walker.

  1. Rami Malek – David Hill.

Best known for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody.

  1. Benny Safdie – Physicist Edward Teller.

Starred in Licorice Pizza as US politician and lawyer Joel Wachs.

  1. Jack Quaid – Theoretical physicist Richard Feynman.

Has a lead role in Amazon Prime's The Boys as Hughie Campbell.

  1. Michael Angarano – Physicist Robert Serber.

Previously starred alongside Jackie Chan and Jet Li in The Forbidden Kingdom as Jason Tripitikas .

  1. Josh Peck – Physicist Kenneth Bainbridge.

Mainly appeared on TV as co-lead Josh Nicholls in Drake and Josh. Has had voice roles as Eddie in the Ice Age movies.

  1. Kenneth Branagh – Physicist Niels Bohr.

Too many roles to mention but worked with Nolan on Tenet where he played oligarch Andrei Sator.

  1. Dylan Arnold – Frank Oppenheimer (younger brother of Robert).

Starred in Halloween and its sequel Halloween Kills as Cameron Elam.

  1. Jason Clarke – US judge Robert Robb.

Best known as Tommy Caffee in TV crime drama Brotherhood.

  1. Tony Goldwyn - US govt official Gordon Gray.

Played Ed Miller in Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House.

  1. Casey Affleck – US army intelligence officer Boris Pash.

Also worked with Nolan on Interstellar, appearing as Tom Cooper.

  1. Gary Oldman – President Harry S. Truman.

Plenty of previous roles, including playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.

  1. Olivia Thirlby – Czech-American scientist Lilli Hornig.

Played social psychologist Christina Maslach in 2015 docudrama The Stanford Prison Experiment.

  1. Dane DeHaan – Civil engineer Kenneth Nicholls.

Portrayed Billy the Kid in 2019 movie The Kid.

  1. James D'Arcy – British experimental physicist Patrick Blackett.

Co-starred as Colonel Winnant in Nolan's Dunkirk.

  1. Matthew Modine – US engineer and inventor Vannevar Bush.

Played Peter Foley in the Dark Knight Rises and Dr. Martin Brenner in Stranger Things.