Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1982-01-06 (Age: 44)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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.
Filmography (28)
Panic Carefully
2027
The Good Nurse
2022
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
Disclosure
2020
The Aeronauts
2019
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
Early Man
2018
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
The Danish Girl
2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
2015
Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
2015
War Art with Eddie Redmayne
2015
Jupiter Ascending
2015
