Eddie Redmayne

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1982-01-06 (42 years old)

Place of Birth London, England, UK

Also Known As אדי רדמיין, 에디 레드메인, ედი რედმეინი, 埃迪·雷德梅尼, エディ・レッドメイン

Eddie Redmayne

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

Actor

Fantastic Beasts 4

as Newt Scamander

Fantastic Beasts 5

as Newt Scamander

2024
The Day of the Jackal

as The Jackal

2022
The Good Nurse

as Charles Cullen

2020
2020
Disclosure

as Lili / Self (archive footage)

2019
The Aeronauts

as James Glaisher

2018
Early Man

as Dug (voice)

2015
2015
Jupiter Ascending

as Balem Abrasax

2014
The Theory of Everything

as Stephen Hawking

2012
Les Misérables

as Marius Pontmercy

2012
Birdsong

as Stephen Wraysford

2011
My Week with Marilyn

as Colin Clark

2011
Hick

as Eddie Kreezer

2010
Black Death

as Osmund

2010
The Pillars of the Earth

as Jack Jackson

2009
Glorious 39

as Ralph Keyes

2009
Powder Blue

as Qwerty Doolittle

2008
The Other Boleyn Girl

as William Stafford

2008
2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

as Anthony Babington

2007
Savage Grace

as Tony Baekeland

2006
The Good Shepherd

as Edward Wilson Jr.

2006
Like Minds

as Alex Forbes

2005
Elizabeth I

as Southampton

1997
The View

as Self - Guest

1996
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self / Presenter

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Producer

2024
The Day of the Jackal

as Executive Producer