Eddie Redmayne
Birthday: 1982-01-06 | Place of Birth: London, England, UKEdward 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
Acting
Role
as Marius Pontmercy
as Newt Scamander
as Tom Hayden
as James Glaisher
as Dug (voice)
as Newt Scamander
as Newt Scamander
as Balem Abrasax
as Himself
as Lili
as Ryan (voice)
as Stephen Hawking
as Eddie Kreezer
as Stephen Wraysford
as Stephen Wraysford
as Colin Clark
as Osmund
as Gordy
as Jack Jackson
as Qwerty Doolittle
as Ralph Keyes
as Angel Clare
as Anthony Babington
as Tony Baekeland
as Alex Forbes
as Southampton
