‘The Theory Of Everything’ Star Eddie Redmayne Dedicates SAG Best Actor Win To Families Battling ALS! Will He Win An Oscar?

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"The Theory Of Everything" star Eddie Redmayne was shocked when Julia Roberts announced his name as Best Actor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Despite looking flustered and completely taken aback, he got up on the stage and proceeded to deliver one of the best acceptance speeches last Sunday night.

"This has been such an extraordinary year for performances and to be included in this number of Michael [Keaton], Ben [Cumberbatch], Jake [Gyllenhaal], Steve [Carell]... but beyond that, to Bradley Cooper and David Oyelowo, to Bradley Cooper-oh, I said Bradley Cooper. Timothy Spall, what an extraordinary man, is a great privilege for me," the newly married actor said after thanking the SAG, reported E! News.

He added that they "are all actors I've admired."

"The Theory Of Everything" star Eddie Redmayne didn't just acknowledge the movie's crew and staff as well.

He dedicated the SAG trophy, "this very wonderful, skinny man," to the people suffering from ALS as well as to those who lost their lives to it around the world.

"In preparing to play Stephen, I met many people fighting ALS and I met their families fighting alongside them and the courage and the bravery and the spirit-the triumphant spirit I witnessed-blew my mind. So I'm incredibly grateful to them," the Oscar nominee continued.

He also didn't forget to acknowledge the inspiration for the film, Stephen Hawking and his wife Jane.

The 33-year-old British actor thanked the celebrated scientist for "allowing someone who gave up science when they were 14 years old to enter your orbit" and for "reminding me of the overwhelming power of the will to love and the will to live every second of your life as fully and as passionately as possible."

According to BBC News, "The Theory Of Everything" star Eddie Redmayne's win against over Best Actor favorite Michael Keaton raised his chances for winning the same award at the Academy Awards.

The Best Actor award recipient at the SAG has reportedly been getting the equivalent Oscars distinction for the past 10 years.

Michael Keaton's "Birdman," however, took home the Best Ensemble Cast at the SAG.

Do you think Eddie Redmayne could bring home the 2015 Oscars trophy for Best Actor as well?

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