Robert Downey Jr. earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Academy Awards for playing Kirk Lazarus/"Sergeant Lincoln Osiris" in "Tropic Thunder." (Though it took 15 years and "Oppenheimer ...

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The Zoolander actor starred alongside Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Jay Baruchel ... element of the film is Downey Jr.'s character Kirk Lazarus, who undergoes "pigmentation alteration" surgery ...

The most extreme example is Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus, an Australian Oscar winner who undergoes "pigmentation alteration: surgery in order to play a Black character, Staff Sergeant Lincoln ...

‘Tropic Thunder’ - which also stars Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. - follows a film crew who ... pointed to Downey Jr.’s character Kirk Lazarus - a white actor who undergoes ...

Robert Downey Jr has never been regarded as a staunch practitioner ... After all, Downey Jr’s performance as Kirk Lazarus landed him his first Academy Award nomination in 16 years, and he was also ...

‘Tropic Thunder’ - which also stars Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. - follows a film crew who are forced to ... The ‘Severance’ director pointed to Downey Jr.’s character Kirk Lazarus - a white actor ...