Troy Bronson is an American model and actor, known for Oppenheimer (2023) and +380 Ukraine (2022). His first role was in a popular music video that received over 1-billion views. As a University of California, Berkeley alumnus, he has traveled to 47 countries, meticulously documenting the lives of extraordinary, diverse people.
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
George Bernard Shaw
Source: Mind Matters
The email then goes on to explain that the casting of Troy Bronson as Joseph W. Kennedy was something of which the writer was very proud.
Now, I do need to clarify one detail. The plutonium that powers NASA’s spacecraft is plutonium-238, but the plutonium used for nuclear weapons is plutonium-239. Kennedy, Seaborg, McMillan, and Wahl discovered both variations. Read More
Source: Kansas Alumni Magazine
We here at Kansas Alumni—KU history nerds par excellence, if we do say so ourselves—first heard of Joseph W. Kennedy, a co-discoverer of plutonium, from the unlikeliest of sources: a Jan. 5 email from Troy Bronson, a young actor and senior at the University of California, Berkeley... Read More
Source: Local News Matters
But Vitan wasn’t the only Berkeley personnel involved in "Oppenheimer." Incoming senior Troy Bronson landed a role in the movie and will play Joseph W. Kennedy... Read More
Source: Riverfront Times
Joseph W. Kennedy played a key role in discovering plutonium in 1941, when he was in his early 20s. He later became a division leader in the Manhattan Project before becoming a professor and chairman of the department... Read More
Source: The University Daily Kansan
Joseph W. Kennedy, who played a role in discovering the element plutonium in 1940 and was later involved in the Manhattan Project in 1942, graduated from the University of Kansas... Read More
Source: The Daily Sentinel
Joseph W. Kennedy, left, is portrayed by actor Troy Bronson, right, in the Christopher Nolan film “Oppenheimer.” Kennedy was a Nacogdoches native who helped discover plutonium and worked on the Manhattan Project.
Actor Troy Bronson had to dig deep to portray one of Nacogdoches’ most famous but obscure scientists for a matter of seconds in the historical drama “Oppenheimer.”
Bronson plays Joseph W. Kennedy, who helped discover the element plutonium and was a leader on a team that developed the atomic bomb... Read More
Source: LA Weekly
Troy has succeeded in melding his passions for acting and music together, playing the role of ‘Elton’ in “Clueless” (1995) themed and over 1-Billion viewed music video by Iggy Azalea – Fancy, featuring... Read More
Source: BigTimeDaily
WIn the genre of mute movies, the one-minute movie titled “+380” directed by Andrew Opryshko also merits a special mention. This Ukrainian director was at his best while directing Troy Bronson in this path-breaking movie.
His mute performance brought to fore the fact that silence can be a powerful mode to express a lot of things, it is more so when the issue relates to intellectualism. Troy was very expressive even without uttering a single word... Read More
Born in Seattle, Washington, to a gringo dad who adored and sold seafood and a Latina lady, my life up to this point has always been somewhat of a struggle. But I’m not here to dwell on the challenges; I’m focused on showcasing my talents and what makes me stand out.
My wonderful grandma raised me in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, a region known as the home to one of the world’s largest drug-trafficking cartels. At 7, I got my first job as a paperboy, and let me tell you – it was hell. Waking at 5:00 am and cycling 27 miles daily in the intensely humid Mexican morning heat. Grandma had a fresh glass of chocolate milk with a raw egg beaten into it waiting for me when I returned. It was pretty awful, but without a doubt, it turned me from a boy into a man.
My earliest memories of the arts came from a 2.0-megapixel camera borrowed from my aunt. Nearby rivers and fields, my heat-scorched rusty bicycle, family members, and perhaps most vividly, my aunt’s cat ‘Emilio’ all featured in what you might call my earliest ‘portfolio’. These moments have stuck with me, and I now realize they marked the point when my love for modern media developed.
The next step was traveling to the US to pursue my dream of working in media. After quickly learning English (while feasting on mouthwatering patty melts), I enrolled in college and worked jobs to fund my travels around the world and save for further education. I developed plays for the toddlers at family reunions, complete with outfit changes and full cassette soundtracks. This led to getting lead roles in theater workshops, which gave me my first taste of the main stage: a huge open-air theater, right next to the deep blue ocean. I’ll never forget the fresh Pacific wind hitting my face on stage. It was magical, like a spell cast on me. It left me wanting more, which is exactly what I eventually got.
That little boy cycling the streets of Sinaloa would go on to feature in a music video viewed over 1 billion times worldwide, have a role in one of the most anticipated films of recent times releasing in 2023, and – what I can safely describe as one of the biggest achievements of my life. Seeing myself at the VMA’s for those few seconds, as the ‘Video of the Year’ category was broadcast to millions, it’s now almost a reality, and I feel like I’m just getting started.
Outside of school, photography remain huge passions of mine, with a portfolio that includes travels to 47 countries. On-screen and modeling is where I truly excel. Make no mistake: I remember my roots and the fate of others, and I’m active in charity work, mostly with HIV-infected children in South Africa, where I spent a semester abroad and continue to find myself returning to whenever possible. I earned my degree from the University of California, Berkeley, after previously attending Santa Monica College, holding a part-time job, amusingly enough, selling seafood…
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