Professor Stephen Hawking takes to the stage at the BAFTAs alongside The Theory Of Everything star Felicity Jones to present Visual Effects award
It was the night Eddie Redmayne was named Best Actor for his portrayal of him on the big screen.
But Professor Stephen Hawking got his own moment in the spotlight when he took to the stage to present the awards for Best Special Visual Effects.
He was joined by actress Felicity Jones - who plays his first wife Jane Wilde in The Theory Of Everything - to dish out the prize.
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Professor Stephen Hawking got his own moment in the spotlight when he took to the stage to present the awards for Best Special Visual Effects at the BAFTAs on Sunday
The nominees included Guardians of The Galaxy, The Battle of the Five Armies, Interstellar, The Hobbits: The Battle Of The Five Armies and X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Interstellar came out on top, with the team behind it - Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher and Andrew Lockley - taking to the stage to collect the BAFTA.
Professor Stephen Hawking made an appearance at the EE British Film Academy Film Awards on Sunday evening.
His arrival at the ceremony came shortly before Eddie Redmayne - who won in the Leading Actor category for portraying the famous physicist in The Theory Of Everything - also ventured down the red carpet.
The scientist was joined at London's Royal Opera House by his family and ex-wife Jane Wilde.
Keeping up with Jones: He was joined by actress Felicity Jones - who plays his first wife Jane Wilde in The Theory Of Everything - to dish out the prize
Applaud: Felicity joined in the star-studded audience as they gave the professor a round of applause
Winners: The Special Visual Effects award went to the team behind last year's Interstellar
Prestigious guest: Professor Stephen Hawking arrived on the red carpet at the EE British Film Academy Film Awards in central London on Sunday evening, joined by his family and ex-wife Jane Wilde (left)
It was confirmed earlier this week that the British scientist would be making an appearance at the prestigious awards ceremony.
Eddie, who has won much praise for his on-screen characterisation of Hawking in the biographical movie, later followed alongside his wife Hannah Bagshawe.
And the good-natured actor couldn't help but notice that he and his on-screen inspiration were dressed in similar outfits for the evening.
He quipped: 'I noticed that Stephen's here and we are both wearing velvet; we didn't plan this!'
Speaking ahead of the big night, the 33-year-old added: 'I try not to think about [winning] too much.'
'The film was such a high stakes game, we care so much about what the Hawkings thought, so frankly everything has been a gift.'
He went on: 'I've come to the BAFTAs a couple of times and it is a real special evening, and we actually shot some scenes at The Royal Opera House, so it feels like we've come full circle being here tonight.'
And he was victorious, fending off stiff competition from Michael Keaton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes and Jake Gyllenhaal to win the Leading Actor gong.
Inspiration: Hawking is the subject of the acclaimed biographical movie The Theory Of Everything
Proud moment: The physicist was joined on the red carpet by his daughter Lucy Hawkin
The film, which has already seen it's fair share of awards-season success, is based on Stephen's first wife Jane Wilde's book Travelling to Infinity: My Life With Stephen.
Largely centred on the former couple's relationship, it covers the period from Hawking's days as a PhD student at Cambridge until 1989 when he was named a Companion of Honour by the Queen.
Eddie stood alongside the lauded scientist at the film's London premiere back in early December, along with his co-star Felicity Jones.
She too is nominated for Leading Actress for her part in the film, Jane Wilde Hawking.
The couple became engaged in October 1964 and were married the following July, with Hawking later saying that the engagement had given him 'something to live for'.
Proud moment: After Eddie won his Leading Actor prize, he posed with Stephen Hawking backstage at the awards
The real deal and the actor: The two caught up later in the evening at the post-BAFTA party at The Grosvenor House Hotel
Their eldest child, Robert, was born in 1967, followed by Lucy in 1970 and Timothy in 1979.
As Hawking's condition declined, he began to require crutches to walk and slowly lost the ability to write. He reluctantly started using a wheelchair in the late 1960s and by the late 1970s his speech could only be understood by family members and close friends.
During a 1985 visit to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research on the border of France and Switzerland, Hawking contracted pneumonia and was so close to death that Wilde was asked if his life support should be turned off.
She refused and Hawking underwent a tracheotomy which removed what was left of his ability to speak, and left him needing round-the-clock care. One of his nurses was Elaine Mason, played in the film by Maxine Peake, who would go on to become his second wife.
Hawking started using a computer programme called the 'Equalizer', which allows phrases, words or letters to be selected from a collection of around 3,000 - a method he still uses to speak today.
The programme used an American accent, and despite the others now available Hawking has said he wants to stick with it as it has become part of his identity.
'We're both wearing velvet!' Eddie - who took on the role of Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything - joked that he and the scientist didn't match their outfits on purpose for the BAFTAs
Glamorous arrival: Leading Actor nominee Eddie Redmayne walked the red carpet with his beautiful wife Hannah Bagshawe
Meanwhile, his marriage to Wilde was under increasing strain and in 1990 Hawking told her he was leaving her for Mrs Mason. They divorced in 1995 and he married the nurse that September.
Hawking and Mrs Mason divorced in 2006, after which Hawking's relationship with Ms Wilde, his children and grandchildren improved - she even attended the premiere for The Theory Of Everything at the end of 2014.
Hawking, whose most famous work A Brief History of Time helped change the face of cosmology, previously revealed that he was so impressed by Eddie's performance, he kept mistaking the actor for himself.
EE British Academy Film Awards in 2015: Winners
LEADING ACTOR
WINNER: EDDIE REDMAYNE The Theory Of Everything
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH The Imitation Game
JAKE GYLLENHAAL Nightcrawler
MICHAEL KEATON Birdman
RALPH FIENNES The Grand Budapest Hotel
LEADING ACTRESS
WINNER: JULIANNE MOORE Still Alice
AMY ADAMS Big Eyes
FELICITY JONES The Theory of Everything
REESE WITHERSPOON Wild
ROSAMUND PIKE Gone Girl
BEST FILM
WINNER: BOYHOOD Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
BIRDMAN Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
THE IMITATION GAME Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER: J.K. SIMMONS Whiplash
EDWARD NORTON Birdman
ETHAN HAWKE Boyhood
MARK RUFFALO Foxcatcher
STEVE CARELL Foxcatcher
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER: PATRICIA ARQUETTE Boyhood
EMMA STONE Birdman
IMELDA STAUNTON Pride
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY The Imitation Game
RENE RUSSO Nightcrawler
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
WINNER: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
'71 Yann Demange, Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Gregory Burke
THE IMITATION GAME Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman, Graham Moore
PADDINGTON Paul King, David Heyman
PRIDE Matthew Warchus, David Livingstone, Stephen Beresford
UNDER THE SKIN Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Walter CampbelL
DIRECTOR
WINNER: BOYHOOD Richard Linklater
BIRDMAN Alejandro G. Iñárritu
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING James Marsh
WHIPLASH Damien Chazelle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
WINNER: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson
BIRDMAN Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo
BOYHOOD Richard Linklater
NIGHTCRAWLER Dan Gilroy
WHIPLASH Damien Chazelle
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
WINNER: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Anthony McCarten
AMERICAN SNIPER Jason Hall
GONE GIRL Gillian Flynn
THE IMITATION GAME Graham Moore
PADDINGTON Paul King
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
WINNER: STEPHEN BERESFORD (Writer), DAVID LIVINGSTONE (Producer) Pride
ELAINE CONSTANTINE (Writer/Director) Northern Soul
GREGORY BURKE (Writer), YANN DEMANGE (Director) '71
HONG KHAOU (Writer/Director) Lilting
PAUL KATIS (Director/Producer), ANDREW DE LOTBINIÈRE (Producer) Kajaki: The True Story
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
WINNER: IDA Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska
LEVIATHAN Andrey Zvyagintsev, Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov
THE LUNCHBOX Ritesh Batra, Arun Rangachari, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga
TRASH Stephen Daldry, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
DOCUMENTARY
WINNER: CITIZENFOUR Laura Poitras
20 FEET FROM STARDOM Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Gil Friesen
20,000 DAYS ON EARTH Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
VIRUNGA Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara
ANIMATED FILM
WINNER: THE LEGO MOVIE Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
BIG HERO 6 Don Hall, Chris Williams
THE BOXTROLLS Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable
ORIGINAL MUSIC
WINNER: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Alexandre Desplat
BIRDMAN Antonio Sanchez
INTERSTELLAR Hans Zimmer
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Jóhann Jóhannsson
UNDER THE SKIN Mica Levi
CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER: BIRDMAN Emmanuel Lubezki
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Robert Yeoman
IDA Lukasz Zal, Ryzsard Lenczewski
INTERSTELLAR Hoyte van Hoytema
MR. TURNER Dick Pope
EDITING
Due to a tie in voting in this category, there are six nominations
WINNER: WHIPLASH Tom Cross
BIRDMAN Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Barney Pilling
THE IMITATION GAME William Goldenberg NIGHTCRAWLER John Gilroy
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Jinx Godfrey
PRODUCTION DESIGN
WINNER: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
BIG EYES Rick Heinrichs, Shane Vieau
THE IMITATION GAME Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
INTERSTELLAR Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
MR. TURNER Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts
COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Milena Canonero
THE IMITATION GAME Sammy Sheldon Differ
INTO THE WOODS Colleen Atwood
MR. TURNER Jacqueline Durran
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Steven Noble
MAKE UP & HAIR
WINNER: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Frances Hannon
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White
INTO THE WOODS Peter Swords King, J. Roy Helland
MR. TURNER Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Jan Sewell
SOUND
WINNER: WHIPLASH Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann
AMERICAN SNIPER Walt Martin, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
BIRDMAN Thomas Varga, Martin Hernández, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak
THE IMITATION GAME John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
WINNER: INTERSTELLAR Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
WINNER: THE BIGGER PICTURE Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka
MONKEY LOVE EXPERIMENTS Ainslie Henderson, Cam Fraser, Will Anderson
MY DAD Marcus Armitage
BRITISH SHORT FILM
WINNER: BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
EMOTIONAL FUSEBOX Michael Berliner, Rachel Tunnard
THE KÁRMÁN LINE Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby, Oscar Sharp
SLAP Islay Bell-Webb, Michelangelo Fano, Nick Rowland
THREE BROTHERS Aleem Khan, Matthieu de Braconier, Stephanie Paeplow
THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
WINNER: JACK O'CONNELL
GUGU MBATHA-RAW
MARGOT ROBBIE
MILES TELLER
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