 In 2011 he starred as filmmaker Colin Clark in the drama film "My Week with Marilyn".He took on the role of Marius Pontmercy for the 2012 musical film "Les Misérables".In 2014, he starred as Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything", a role for which he won the Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor, depicting the debilitating challenges of ALS.