The theoretical physicist Richard Feynman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates made a video to tell the world why he thought Feynman was special. Matthew Broderick played Feynman in the film Infinity, Alan Alda portrayed Feynman in the play, QED, and Jack Quaid enacts Feynman in the new film Oppenheimer.