Golden Globes: 2 Nominations. Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. Writer: Ethan Coen. The year Tropic Thunder came out, Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for not just an Oscar.He was also nominated for a BAFTA for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, a Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.

Tropic Thunder. Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Steve Coogan, Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Hader. Co-Written by Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen, the film was produced by Red Hour Films and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures through Paramount Pictures. Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Tilda Swinton and Javier Bardem Tropic Thunder is all the more funny and effective for how seriously Robert approaches Lazarus. Contents[show] Nominations Best Supporting Actor — Robert Downey, Jr. A pampered actor and his co-stars become part of a real war in a Southeast Asian jungle. Robert Downey Jr. for Best Supporting Actor in Tropic Thunder! Tropic Thunder is a 2008 American action comedy film written, produced, and directed by Ben Stiller, and starring Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr., and Jack Black.