The Theory of Everything

2014 PG-13 2h 3m

7.8 /10

11K

Genre

Drama Romance

Plot

The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

Director

James Marsh

Writers

Anthony McCarten Jane Hawking

Stars

Eddie Redmayne Felicity Jones Charlie Cox

Cast & Crew

Jonathan Hellyer Jones

Robert Hawking (Age 17)

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Sophie Perry

Lucy Hawking (Age 14)

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Finlay Wright-Stephens

Timothy Hawking (Age 8)

Nicholas Gerard-Martin

Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital

Robert Hawking (New Born)

Robert Hawking (Age 2)

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Delilah Sexton

Lucy Hawking (New Born)

Robert Hawking (Age 8)

Timothy Hawking (Baby)

Victoria Emslie

Sarah (Geneva Student)

Undergraduate (uncredited)

Jon Wennington

Journalist (uncredited)

Cynthia Garbutt

Journalist (uncredited)

User Reviews

Alunauwie

30 Sep 2025

The Theory of Everything masterfully adapts Jane Hawking’s memoir into a touching portrayal of Stephen Hawking’s life—from romance and ALS diagnosis t...

Geronimo1967

1 Jun 2022

Based around the honest, touching and frequently heart-rending book by Jane Hawking (here played very well by Felicity Jones), this is essentially a s...

mattwilde123

9 Mar 2017

'The Theory of Everything' is James Marsh's biopic of scientific genius Stephen Hawking. Eddie Redmayne plays Hawking as we learn about his early days...

tanty

17 Mar 2015

Well told picture with amazing Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne. However, the script has been quite modify to adapt it to how the story wanted to ...