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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1982-01-06 (43 years old)

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.

Known For

Acting

2024

The Day of the Jackal as The Jackal

2022

2020

Disclosure as Lili / Self (archive footage)

2019

2018

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

Les Misérables as Marius Pontmercy
Hick as Eddie Kreezer
Birdsong as Stephen Wraysford

2011

2010

Black Death as Osmund
The Pillars of the Earth as Jack Jackson

2009

Glorious 39 as Ralph Keyes
Powder Blue as Qwerty Doolittle

2008

The Other Boleyn Girl as William Stafford

2007

Savage Grace as Tony Baekeland
Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Anthony Babington

2006

Like Minds as Alex Forbes
The Good Shepherd as Edward Wilson Jr.
El hormiguero as Self - Guest

2005

Elizabeth I as Southampton

2003

1997

The View as Self - Guest

1996

1992

MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

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Crew

2024

Heretic as Thanks

Production

2024

The Day of the Jackal as Executive Producer