Eddie Redmayne Wins OSCAR for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Eddie Redmayne has won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING.

Redmayne is an English actor, singer, and model. He is noted for his performances in My Week with Marilyn, LES MISERABLES and The Theory of Everything, the last of which received critical praise was awarded with the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (SAG), and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Redmayne won a Tony Awrd for his performance in Red. His resume also includes the West End's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?

The Theory of Everything is a 2014 British biographical romantic drama film directed by James Marsh and adapted by Anthony McCarten from the memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Wilde Hawking, which deals with her relationship with her ex-husband, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, his diagnosis of motor neuron disease, and his success in physics.

The film stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones with Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, Christian McKay, and David Thewlis featured in supporting roles. The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2014.

The film opened to a positive reception worldwide and has been nominated for a variety of accolades in award shows and film festivals. It received four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama for Redmayne and Best Original Score. It received three 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, winning one for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Redmayne. It received 10 nominations in British Academy Film Awards or BAFTA and went on to win three; Outstanding British Film, Best Leading Actor (for Redmayne) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Anthony McCarten). The film also received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Redmayne, and Best Actress for Jones.