Did Benedict Cumberbatch played Stephen Hawking?

Did Benedict Cumberbatch played Stephen Hawking?

Hawking is a BBC television film about Stephen Hawking's early years as a PhD student at Cambridge University, following his search for the beginning of time, and his struggle against motor neuron disease. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Hawking and premiered in the UK in April 2004.

Is Hawking still a thing?

Stephen Hawking died on Ma.

Is Professor Hawking real?

Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA (8 January 1942 – ) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, at the time of his death, was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.

When did Benedict Cumberbatch play Stephen Hawking?

“It is the most extraordinary experience,” Cumberbatch — who played the renowned physicist in the 2004 TV movie Hawking — tells host Graham Norton in an upcoming episode of BBC's The Graham Norton Show.

What has happened to Stephen Hawking?

World-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who died Ma,, didn't believe in God and called heaven "a fairy story." ... Hawking lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's Disease that impacts movement, and used a wheelchair most of his adult life.

Who played the role of Stephen Hawking?

Film

Year	Title	Role
2011	Hick	Eddie Kreezer
My Week with Marilyn	Colin Clark
2012	Les Misérables	Marius Pontmercy
2014	The Theory of Everything	Stephen Hawking

What awards did Benedict Cumberbatch win for hawking?

• Cumberbatch won the Golden Nymph for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Film or Miniseries, and received his first nomination for a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. Cumberbatch's portrayal of Hawking was the first portrayal of the physicist on screen not by himself.

Is Eddie Redmayne friends with Benedict Cumberbatch?

• Benedict Cumberbatch is the first actor ever to play Stephen Hawking on screen in this film. He is also good friends with Eddie Redmayne, who played Hawking in the biopic The Theory of Everything (2014). Stephen Hawking, on his 21st Birthday, mentions the Beatles song "Please Please Me."

What is the movie Hawking about?

• Hawking (2004) A drama documenting the life and work of the theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking who, despite being diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 21, has galvanized the ...

When did the original Stephen Hawking come out in the UK?

• It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Hawking and premiered in the UK in April 2004. The film received acclaim, with critics particularly lauding Cumberbatch's performance as Hawking.