Co-Written by Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen, the film was produced by Red Hour Films and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures through Paramount Pictures. A pampered actor and his co-stars become part of a real war in a Southeast Asian jungle. 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. Contents[show] Nominations Best Supporting Actor — Robert Downey, Jr. 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. Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Steve Coogan, Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Hader. Robert Downey Jr. for Best Supporting Actor in Tropic Thunder! Golden Globes: 2 Nominations. Writer: Ethan Coen. Tropic Thunder. 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. Tropic Thunder is all the more funny and effective for how seriously Robert approaches Lazarus. Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Tilda Swinton and Javier Bardem