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Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne

Birthday: 1982-01-06 | Place of Birth: London, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Les Misérables

as    Marius Pontmercy

2022
2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7

as    Tom Hayden

2019
The Aeronauts

as    James Glaisher

2018
Early Man

as    Dug (voice)

2018
2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

as    Newt Scamander

2015
Jupiter Ascending

as    Balem Abrasax

2015
The Danish Girl

as    Einar Wegener / Lili Elbe

2015
War Art with Eddie Redmayne

as    Himself

2014
The Theory of Everything

as    Stephen Hawking

2012
Hick

as    Eddie Kreezer

2012
Birdsong

as    Stephen Wraysford

2012
Birdsong

as    Stephen Wraysford

2011
My Week with Marilyn

as    Colin Clark

2011
Black Death

as    Osmund

2010
The Yellow Handkerchief

as    Gordy

2010
The Pillars of the Earth

as    Jack Jackson

2009
Powder Blue

as    Qwerty Doolittle

2009
Glorious 39

as    Ralph Keyes

2008
Tess of the D'Urbervilles

as    Angel Clare

2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

as    Anthony Babington

2007
Savage Grace

as    Tony Baekeland

2006
Like Minds

as    Alex Forbes

2005
Elizabeth I

as    Southampton