Name
Eddie Redmayne
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1982-01-06 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Biography
Edward John David Redmayne OBE (born 6 January 1982) is an English actor and model. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a British Academy Film Award.
He began his professional acting career in West End theatre before making his screen debut in 1996 with guest television appearances. His first films were Like Minds (2006), The Good Shepherd (2006) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). On the stage, Redmayne starred in the productions of Red from 2009 to 2010 and Richard II from 2011 to 2012. The former won him the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.
Redmayne's film breakthrough came with the roles of Colin Clark in the biographical drama My Week with Marilyn (2011) and Marius Pontmercy in Tom Hooper's musical Les Misérables (2012). He garnered consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayals of physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014), and transgender artist Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl (2015), winning for the former. In 2016, he began starring as Newt Scamander in the Fantastic Beasts film series.
Known For
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In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished...
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In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America wi...
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Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving t...
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An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in ...
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A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of...
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When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invad...
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In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James ...
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Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 yea...
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Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones ...
- 2007 Savage Grace as Tony Baekeland
- 2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Anthony Babington
- 2009 The Yellow Handkerchief as Gordy
- 2008 The Other Boleyn Girl as William Stafford
- 2010 Black Death as Osmund
- 2009 Glorious 39 as Ralph Keyes
- 2006 Like Minds as Alex Forbes
- 2009 Powder Blue as Qwerty Doolittle
- 2012 Les Misérables as Marius Pontmercy
- 2011 My Week with Marilyn as Colin Clark
- 2015 Jupiter Ascending as Balem Abrasax
- 2012 Hick as Eddie Kreezer
- 2015 Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking as Self
- 2020 Disclosure as Lili / Self (archive footage)
- 2014 The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking
- 2015 The Danish Girl as Lili
- 2006 The Good Shepherd as Edward Wilson Jr.
- 2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Newt
- 2015 Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie as Ryan (voice)
- 2015 War Art with Eddie Redmayne as Himself
- 2018 Early Man as Dug (voice)
- Soon Untitled Cambridge Antalytica Project as Christopher Wylie
- 2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald as Newt Scamander
- 2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore as Newt Scamander
- 2019 The Aeronauts as James Glaisher
- 2022 The Good Nurse as Charles Cullen
- 2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Tom Hayden
- 2013 Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story as Self
- 2027 Panic Carefully
- Soon Untitled Hirokazu Kore-eda Film
- Soon Star One
- 2010 Red as Ken
- 2008 Tess of the D'Urbervilles ( 4 episodes ) as Angel Clare
- 2024 The Day of the Jackal ( 10 episodes ) as The Jackal
- 2012 Birdsong ( 2 episodes ) as Stephen Wraysford
- 2010 The Pillars of the Earth ( 8 episodes ) as Jack Jackson
- 2003 In Search of Shakespeare ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self / Presenter
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode )
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2018 GQ Presents: Iconic Characters ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 Perspectives ( 1 episode )
- 2019 Today with Jenna & Sheinelle ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 El hormiguero ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Nominee
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1975 People's Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 Elizabeth I ( 2 episodes ) as Southampton
