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Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)

Awards

Tropic Thunder

10 wins & 47 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2009 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • 2009 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Make-Up
    • Gerald Quist

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • 2009 Nominee Eddie
    • Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical
    • Greg Hayden

BMI Film & TV Awards

  • 2009 Winner BMI Film Music Award
    • Theodore Shapiro

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2008 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Ensemble Cast
  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.

BAFTA Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2009 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Critics Choice Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2009 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.
  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2009 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Comedy Movie

Casting Society of America, USA

  • Francine Maisler
    2009 Winner Artios Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Comedy
    • Francine Maisler

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Golden Globes, USA

  • Tom Cruise at an event for Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
    2009 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • Tom Cruise
  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2009 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Satellite Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2008 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Hollywood Film Awards

  • Ben Stiller
    2008 Winner Hollywood Film Award
    • Comedy of the Year
    • Ben Stiller

MTV Movie + TV Awards

  • Ben Stiller
    2009 Nominee MTV Movie Award
    • Best WTF Moment
    • Ben Stiller
    Tasting the decapitated head.

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2009 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2009 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Teen Choice Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2009 Nominee Teen Choice Award
    • Choice Movie: Bromantic Comedy
  • Ben Stiller
    2009 Nominee Teen Choice Award
    • Choice Movie Actor: Comedy
    • Ben Stiller
    Shared with: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2009 Nominee Teen Choice Award
    • Choice Movie Hissy Fit
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Performance, Male
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Young Artist Awards

  • Brandon Soo Hoo
    2009 Winner Young Artist Award
    • Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor
    • Brandon Soo Hoo

Empire Awards, UK

  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2009 Nominee Empire Award
    • Best Comedy

Golden Trailer Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2008 Winner Golden Trailer
    • Best Comedy

Black Reel Awards

  • Brandon T. Jackson
    2008 Nominee Black Reel
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Brandon T. Jackson

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2009 Winner COFCA Award
    • Actor of the Year
    • Robert Downey Jr.
    Shared with: Iron Man

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Danny McBride at an event for Observe and Report (2009)
    2008 Winner Breakthrough Artist Award
    • Danny McBride
    Shared with: Pineapple Express · The Foot Fist Way

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2008 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Comedy or Musical Film
  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2008 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Ensemble
  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

  • 2008 Nominee IFMCA Award
    • Best Original Score for a Comedy Film
    • Theodore Shapiro

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2008 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast
  • Tom Cruise at an event for Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
    2008 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Tom Cruise
  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.

Online Film & Television Association

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2009 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.
  • Rick Baker
    2009 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Makeup and Hairstyling
    • Rick Baker
    • Kristin Wahl
    • Kate Biscoe
    • John Blake
    • Beth Buckwalter Miller
    • Greg Nelson
    • Gerald Quist

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Robert Downey Jr. (actor)

Golden Schmoes Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2008 Winner Golden Schmoes
    • Best Comedy of the Year
  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Supporting Actor of the Year
    • Robert Downey Jr.
  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2008 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Coolest Character of the Year
    'Kirk Lazarus'
  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2008 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best DVD/Blu-Ray of the Year
  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2008 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Line of the Year
    "You went full retard, man. Never go full retard."

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2009 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.
  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2009 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2008 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Supporting Performance
    • Robert Downey Jr.
    7th place.

Gold Derby Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
    2009 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Supporting Actor
    • Robert Downey Jr.
    As Kirk Lazarus
  • Rick Baker
    2009 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Makeup/Hair
    • Rick Baker
    • Michèle Burke

Russian National Movie Awards

  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    2009 Nominee Georges Award
    • Best Blockbuster Movie

Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra

  • 2009 Nominee Film Award
    • Best Supporting Voice
    • Angelo Maggi
    For the dubbing of Robert Downey Jr.

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