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 ...

Ben Stiller doesn't think his 2008 satirical comedy Tropic Thunder would get made ... element of the film is Downey Jr.'s character Kirk Lazarus, who undergoes "pigmentation alteration" surgery ...

Ben Stiller has “discussed” making a ‘Tropic Thunder’ spin-off movie ... director pointed to Downey Jr.’s character Kirk Lazarus - a white actor who undergoes “pigmentation alteration ...

Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow? Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder"? You'd be shocked by the roles that have received ...

Here are 12 movie satires that have it both ways. Kentucky Fried Movie is the film that that started it all for Jerry Zucker, ...

Tropic Thunder isn't so much a satire of war ... The most extreme example is Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus, an Australian Oscar winner who undergoes "pigmentation alteration: surgery in ...

The ‘Severance’ director pointed to Downey Jr.’s character Kirk Lazarus - a white actor who undergoes “pigmentation alteration” surgery to temporarily darken his skin for his portrayal of the black ...

After all, Downey Jr’s performance as Kirk Lazarus landed him his first Academy Award nomination ... the character his character plays in the fictional film within Tropic Thunder.