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 MisΓ©rables (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 (60)
Panic Carefully
2027
The Day of the Jackal
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022
The Good Nurse
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Disclosure
2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
The Aeronauts
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
Early Man
2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
Jupiter Ascending
2015
Dara Γ Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
2015
The Danish Girl
2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
2015
War Art with Eddie Redmayne
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Theory of Everything
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Les MisΓ©rables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
2013
Les MisΓ©rables
2012
Hick
2012
Birdsong
2012
My Week with Marilyn
2011
Perspectives
2011
Black Death
2010
The Pillars of the Earth
2010
The Yellow Handkerchief
2009
Glorious 39
2009
Powder Blue
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008
Savage Grace
2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Like Minds
2006
The Good Shepherd
2006
El hormiguero
2006
Elizabeth I
2005
In Search of Shakespeare
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The View
1997
The Daily Show
1996
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
People's Choice Awards
1975
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Untitled Cambridge Antalytica Project
Untitled Hirokazu Kore-eda Film
Birdsong - Gesang vom groΓen Feuer
Star One