Leslie Groves

Personal Info

Birthday

August 17, 1896

Place of Birth

Albany, New York, USA

Known For

Acting

Leslie Groves

Biography

Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.

Acting Filmography (8)

Bombshell
8.0

Bombshell

Movie2026
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
7.9

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

TV Series2024
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
7.7

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

Movie2023
A Compassionate Spy
6.2

A Compassionate Spy

Movie2022
Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb
8.5

Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

Movie2015
No Backdrop
5.0

Death in Focus

Movie1989
The Day After Trinity
7.6

The Day After Trinity

Movie1980
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
6.7

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Movie1965