Eddie Redmayne
Actor
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.
Filmography
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
as Newt Scamander 2018
The Theory of Everything
as Stephen Hawking 2014
Jupiter Ascending
as Balem Abrasax 2015
The Danish Girl
as Lili 2015
Les Misérables
as Marius Pontmercy 2012
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
as Newt Scamander 2022
The Trial of the Chicago 7
as Tom Hayden 2020
The Other Boleyn Girl
as William Stafford 2008
The Good Nurse
as Charles Cullen 2022
My Week with Marilyn
as Colin Clark 2011
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Anthony Babington 2007
The Good Shepherd
as Edward Wilson Jr. 2006
The Aeronauts
as James Glaisher 2019
Black Death
as Osmund 2010
Early Man
as Dug (voice) 2018
Hick
as Eddie Kreezer 2012