Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne

Known for
Acting
Born
January 6, 1982 (age 44)
Birthplace
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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Filmography

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Untitled Cambridge Antalytica Project

Untitled Cambridge Antalytica Project

Movie · as Christopher Wylie

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Untitled Hirokazu Kore-eda Film

Untitled Hirokazu Kore-eda Film

Movie

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Star One

Star One

Movie

2027
Panic Carefully poster

Panic Carefully

Movie

2024
The Day of the Jackal poster

The Day of the Jackal

TV · as The Jackal · 10 eps

2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore poster

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Movie · as Newt Scamander

2022
The Good Nurse poster

The Good Nurse

Movie · as Charles Cullen

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Disclosure poster

Disclosure

Movie · as Lili / Self (archive footage)

2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7 poster

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Movie · as Tom Hayden

2019
The Aeronauts poster

The Aeronauts

Movie · as James Glaisher

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle poster

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Early Man poster

Early Man

Movie · as Dug (voice)

2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald poster

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Movie · as Newt Scamander

2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters poster

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them poster

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Movie · as Newt

2015
Jupiter Ascending poster

Jupiter Ascending

Movie · as Balem Abrasax

2015
Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking poster

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking

Movie · as Self

2015
The Danish Girl poster

The Danish Girl

Movie · as Lili

2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie poster

Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie

Movie · as Ryan (voice)

2015
War Art with Eddie Redmayne poster

War Art with Eddie Redmayne

Movie · as Himself

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Theory of Everything poster

The Theory of Everything

Movie · as Stephen Hawking

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2013
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story poster

Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story

Movie · as Self

2012
Les Misérables poster

Les Misérables

Movie · as Marius Pontmercy

2012
Hick poster

Hick

Movie · as Eddie Kreezer

2012
Birdsong poster

Birdsong

TV · as Stephen Wraysford · 2 eps

2011
My Week with Marilyn poster

My Week with Marilyn

Movie · as Colin Clark

2011
Perspectives poster

Perspectives

TV · 1 ep

2010
Black Death poster

Black Death

Movie · as Osmund

2010
Red poster

Red

Movie · as Ken

2010
The Pillars of the Earth poster

The Pillars of the Earth

TV · as Jack Jackson · 8 eps

2009
The Yellow Handkerchief poster

The Yellow Handkerchief

Movie · as Gordy

2009
Glorious 39 poster

Glorious 39

Movie · as Ralph Keyes

2009
Powder Blue poster

Powder Blue

Movie · as Qwerty Doolittle

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2008
The Other Boleyn Girl poster

The Other Boleyn Girl

Movie · as William Stafford

2008
Tess of the D'Urbervilles poster

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

TV · as Angel Clare · 4 eps

2007
Savage Grace poster

Savage Grace

Movie · as Tony Baekeland

2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age poster

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Movie · as Anthony Babington

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2006
Like Minds poster

Like Minds

Movie · as Alex Forbes

2006
The Good Shepherd poster

The Good Shepherd

Movie · as Edward Wilson Jr.

2006
El hormiguero poster

El hormiguero

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2005
Elizabeth I poster

Elizabeth I

TV · as Southampton · 2 eps

2003
In Search of Shakespeare poster

In Search of Shakespeare

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self / Presenter · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps