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.

Known For

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

Bombshell

The Day After Trinity

A Compassionate Spy

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

Death in Focus

All Movies (7)

• Bombshell2026 · as Self (archival footage)
• To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb2023 · as Self - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)
• A Compassionate Spy2022 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb2015 · as Self - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)
• Death in Focus1989 · as Lieutenant General/ Engineer
• The Day After Trinity1980 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Decision to Drop the Bomb1965 · as Self