Stephen Hawking

Q: Did Stephen Hawking win any prestigious awards?

Yes, Stephen Hawking received numerous awards, including the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Q: What was Stephen Hawking's first book?

Stephen Hawking's first popular book was 'A Brief History of Time,' published in 1988, which became an international bestseller.

Q: What are some of Stephen Hawking's most famous works?

Some of his most famous works include 'A Brief History of Time,' 'The Universe in a Nutshell,' and 'The Grand Design.'

Q: What was Stephen Hawking's personal life like?

Stephen Hawking was married twice and had three children. He faced many personal challenges due to his illness but remained dedicated to his work.

Q: What was Stephen Hawking's estimated net worth?

Stephen Hawking's estimated net worth was around $20 million at the time of his passing in 2018, largely from his books and speaking engagements.

Q: What impact did Stephen Hawking have on popular culture?

Stephen Hawking became a cultural icon, appearing in various TV shows and films, and inspiring many through his story of perseverance and intellect.

Q: What legacy did Stephen Hawking leave behind?

Stephen Hawking's legacy includes groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics and inspiring millions with his resilience and love for science.

Known for

Top Ten Mysteries of Outer Space (2022)

2022 / Documentary / 90mins

The wonders of the universe have long propelled our insatiable desire to learn more about who we are and where we came from. With...

End Game: Technology (2021)

2021 / 70mins

They can either enhance our lives and make the world a better place to live, or we may find ourselves in a dystopian future...

Name

Stephen Hawking

Height

5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Born

8 January 1942, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Spouses

Elaine Mason (1995–2006)

Children

3 children: Robert, Lucy, Tim

Parents

Isabel Hawking, Frank Hawking

Estimated Net Worth

$20 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2023	TV Territorio Gravedad	Stephen Hawking	Not rated
2021	Movie Hawking: Can You Hear Me? A documentary telling the remarkable human story of Stephen Hawking. For the first time, the personal archives and the testimonies...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2020	Movie Peter: The Human Cyborg Peter: The Human Cyborg is the extraordinary journey of super-scientist Peter Scott-Morgan as he turns himself into a cyborg in...	archive footage	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2020	TV Einstein and Hawking: Unlocking the Universe Two brilliant physicists of our day, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking have each defined humanity's understanding of the universe but...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2020	Movie Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know Black holes stand at the limit of what we can know. To explore that edge of knowledge, the Event Horizon...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2019	Movie Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time How's it all gonna end? This experience takes us on a journey to the end of time, trillions of years...	Self - Narrator (archive sound)	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2018	Movie Why Are We Creative? A 30 years odyssey: the world's most intriguing artists and thinkers from the fields of visual art, music, filmmaking, acting,...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie The Search for a New Earth In this landmark film Professor Hawking, alongside engineer and radio astronomy expert Professor Danielle George and a former student, Christophe...	Himself	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2017	Movie The Truth Is in the Stars William Shatner sits down with scientists, innovators and celebrities to discuss how the optimism of 'Star Trek' influenced multiple generations.	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2016	Movie The Entire Universe Eric Idle persuades Professor Brian Cox to present a lecture on the birth of the entire universe. Brian soon realises...	Participant	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2016	Movie Quantum Is Calling Zoe Saldana enlists the help of Stephen Hawking to solve a quantum riddle in order to get Simon Pegg’s cat...	Himself	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2016	Movie The University On a NASA research base in Silicon Valley, there's an organization that's changing the world ... Singularity University (SU). Created...	Self - Interviewee	Not rated
2016	TV Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places Commander Stephen Hawking pilots his space ship, the SS Hawking, on the journey of a lifetime, zooming from black holes...	Narrator	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2016	TV Genius by Stephen Hawking Professor Stephen Hawking challenges a selection of volunteers to think like the greatest geniuses in history and solve some of...	Himself - Host	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2016	Movie Anyone Can Quantum The game is real and the stakes are high as the future of humanity hangs in the balance. Can Paul...	Himself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2016	Movie Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places Commander Stephen Hawking pilots his space ship the SS Hawking on the journey of a lifetime, zooming from black holes...	Himself - Presenter	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2015	Movie Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking Since he was a teenager, Dara O Briain has been fascinated with professor Stephen Hawking, the world's most celebrated scientist....	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2015	TV StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson Host Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists and comedians to explore a variety of cosmic topics and collide pop...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2015	Movie Little Britain Sketch David Walliams reprises his iconic character Lou for the exclusive return of Little Britain with a very special guest -...	Self	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2014	Movie Monty Python: The Meaning of Live With unprecedented access, this program reveals the humour, chaos and passion that went into bringing the Flying Circus to the...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2014	Movie Monty Python Live (Mostly) Celebrate the last night of the Pythons on the big screen! With John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2014	TV Last Week Tonight with John Oliver A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2014	TV Stephen Hawking's Science of the Future Stephen Hawking’s Science of the Future investigates the very latest game changing innovations. Each episode takes one area of progress...	Self - Host	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2014	Movie Stem Cell Universe With Stephen Hawking The use of embryonic stem cells has ignited fierce debate across the spiritual and political spectrum. But what if we...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2013	Movie The Unbelievers Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and the rational questioning of religious belief.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2013	Movie David Blaine: Real or Magic David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	Movie Hawking The extraordinary story of the planet’s most famous contemporary scientist, told in his own words and by those closest to...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2012	TV Stephen Hawking's Grand Design Stephen Hawking draws on 40 years of research to answer some of life's most compelling questions.	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2012	Movie London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic games.	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2011	Movie Surviving Progress Humanity’s ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiraling us downwards, towards...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2011	TV Brave New World with Stephen Hawking Aided by some of the world's leading scientific figures, this new five-part series examines how 21st century scientists are battling...	Self - Host	TMDB 9.3 / 10
2011	Movie When Aliens Attack What if an extra-terrestrial force attacked Earth? What might that look like and how will the people of Earth respond?...	Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage)	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2011	Movie The Universe: God and the Universe Where did the universe come from and did a creator have a hand in making it? As scientists learn more...	Self - Co-Author, 'The Grand Design'	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2010	Movie CERN, or The Factory for the Absolute Human action is often influenced by the desire for knowledge. This desire is in itself a positive impulse and could...	Self (voice)	Not rated
2010	TV Genius of Britain Genius of Britain is a five-part television documentary presented by leading British scientific figures, such as Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins,...	Presenter	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	TV Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking Hawking gives us the ultimate guide to the universe, a ripping yarn based on real science, spanning the whole of...	Himself	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2010	Movie Beautiful Equations Artist and writer Matt Collings takes the plunge into an alien world of equations. He asks top scientists to help...	Self	Not rated
2009	Movie Stephen Hawking and The Theory of Everything Twenty years after A Brief History of Time flummoxed the world with its big numbers and black holes, its author,...	Himself	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2008	Movie Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs Fresh off ripping space-time a new one at the end of "Bender's Big Score," the Planet Express crew is back...	Stephen Hawking (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	TV Stephen Hawking and the Theory of Everything Join Stephen Hawking and other renowned thinkers as they explore the revolutionary new ideas that have evolved since the publication...	Self	Not rated
2007	TV The Big Bang Theory Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves...	Stephen Hawking	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2007	Movie The 11th Hour A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems. Featuring...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2007	TV Masters of Science Fiction Masters of Science Fiction is an American television anthology series with each hour long episode taking the form of a...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2006	Movie Last Days on Earth How secure is our future? This eye-opening documentary -- which uses computer-generated imagery to illustrate an asteroid collision, black holes...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2005	Movie Alien Planet The dynamic meeting of solid science and futuristic simulation culminates in a dramatic exploration to another inhabited planet seven light...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2003	Movie Red Dwarf A–Z A compilation of clips and interviews, originally broadcast on BBC2's Red Dwarf Night, celebrating the show's 10th anniversary in 1998,...	Self	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1999	TV Futurama The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen...	Stephen Hawking (voice)	TMDB 8.4 / 10
1999	TV Beckmann Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1998	Movie Stephen Hawking's Universum 1 - Sehen ist glauben	Darsteller	Not rated
1997	Movie Equinox: Black Holes Documentary on nature's ultimate abyss, the black hole. It is the darkest thing in the universe and its gravity is...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1997	TV TV Offal The series covered generally obscure, rare or offensive excerpts of television footage from numerous media archives, usually accompanied by Lewis-Smith's...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1997	TV Stephen Hawking's Universe A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1995	Movie Fractals: The Colors of Infinity Explores the revolutionary world of Fractal Geometry - its far-reaching and often unexpected implications - its powerful and revolutionary applications.	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1995	TV Reality on the Rocks A trilogy of films in which the comic actor, Ken Campbell, tries to get to grips with Stephen Hawking’s A...	Unknown character	Not rated
1994	Movie Visions of Heaven and Hell Dennis Potter, Esther Dyson, William Gibson and other techno-thinkers appeared in this award-winning three-part documentary series which examined social changes...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1991	Movie A Brief History of Time This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1991	TV The Astronomers This series explores the lives and work of noted modern-day astronomers, taking the viewer into the farthest reaches of outer...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Stephen Hawking (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1988	Movie God, the Universe and Everything Else In a studio setting, Stephen Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan (who joins them via satellite) discuss the Big...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1987	TV Star Trek: The Next Generation Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they...	Holodeck Stephen Hawking	TMDB 8.4 / 10
1964	TV Horizon Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.	Himself	TMDB 7.4 / 10
TBA	Movie MiP: The Journey Across the Universe A distance planet in a distant star system has a plan: to construct highly advanced miniature robots to send to...	Stephen Hawking (voice)	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2017	TV Expedition New Earth Based on Professor Steven Hawking's research, humans will have to inhabit a new planet within a century if we are...	Creator Creator	Not rated
2013	Movie Hawking The extraordinary story of the planet’s most famous contemporary scientist, told in his own words and by those closest to...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2010	TV Epic Rap Battles of History Pitting notable historical and pop culture figures, real and fictional, against one another in a rap battle format.	Characters Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2010	TV Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking Hawking gives us the ultimate guide to the universe, a ripping yarn based on real science, spanning the whole of...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2010	TV Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking Hawking gives us the ultimate guide to the universe, a ripping yarn based on real science, spanning the whole of...	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2003	Movie Red Dwarf A–Z A compilation of clips and interviews, originally broadcast on BBC2's Red Dwarf Night, celebrating the show's 10th anniversary in 1998,...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1991	Movie A Brief History of Time This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak...	Author Writing	TMDB 7.2 / 10

Hawking: Can You Hear Me?

2021 / TMDB 7.0

Peter: The Human Cyborg

2020 / TMDB 6.0

Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know

2020 / TMDB 6.6

Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time

2019 / TMDB 8.5

Why Are We Creative?

2018 / TMDB 7.6

The Truth Is in the Stars

2017 / TMDB 6.8

Got a question about Stephen Hawking?

What were Stephen Hawking's major contributions to science?

Stephen Hawking is best known for his work on black holes and his formulation of Hawking radiation, which revolutionized theoretical physics and cosmology.

Did Stephen Hawking win any prestigious awards?

What was Stephen Hawking's first book?

What are some of Stephen Hawking's most famous works?

What was Stephen Hawking's personal life like?

What was Stephen Hawking's estimated net worth?

What impact did Stephen Hawking have on popular culture?

What legacy did Stephen Hawking leave behind?