
Eddie Redmayne
Acting • Born 1982-01-06
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
63 credits
Savage Grace
Movie • 2007
Tony Baekeland

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Movie • 2007
Anthony Babington

The Yellow Handkerchief
Movie • 2009
Gordy

The Other Boleyn Girl
Movie • 2008
William Stafford

Black Death
Movie • 2010
Osmund

Glorious 39
Movie • 2009
Ralph Keyes

Like Minds
Movie • 2006
Alex Forbes

Powder Blue
Movie • 2009
Qwerty Doolittle

Les Misérables
Movie • 2012
Marius Pontmercy

My Week with Marilyn
Movie • 2011
Colin Clark

Jupiter Ascending
Movie • 2015
Balem Abrasax

Hick
Movie • 2012
Eddie Kreezer

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
Movie • 2015
Self

Disclosure
Movie • 2020
Lili / Self (archive footage)

The Theory of Everything
Movie • 2014
Stephen Hawking

The Danish Girl
Movie • 2015
Lili

The Good Shepherd
Movie • 2006
Edward Wilson Jr.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Movie • 2016
Newt Scamander

Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
Movie • 2015
Ryan (voice)

War Art with Eddie Redmayne
Movie • 2015
Himself

Early Man
Movie • 2018
Dug (voice)

Untitled Cambridge Antalytica Project
Movie
Christopher Wylie

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Movie • 2018
Newt Scamander

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Movie • 2022
Newt Scamander

The Aeronauts
Movie • 2019
James Glaisher

The Good Nurse
Movie • 2022
Charles Cullen

The Trial of the Chicago 7
Movie • 2020
Tom Hayden

Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
Movie • 2013
Self

Panic Carefully
Movie • 2027

Later the War
Movie

Untitled Kore-eda Film
Movie

Tess of the D'Urbervilles
TV • 2008
Angel Clare

The Day of the Jackal
TV • 2024
The Jackal

Birdsong
TV • 2012
Stephen Wraysford

The Pillars of the Earth
TV • 2010
Jack Jackson

In Search of Shakespeare
TV • 2003
Self

The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest

MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self / Presenter

Elizabeth I
TV • 2005
Southampton

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self

The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest

The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015

The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
TV • 2018
Self

Perspectives
TV • 2011

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV • 2019
Self

El hormiguero
TV • 2006
Self - Guest

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2023
Self

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee

Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest

People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self