Eddie Redmayne

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

60

Gender

Male

Birthday

1982-01-06 (44 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

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The View

    The View

  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • The Day of the Jackal

    The Day of the Jackal

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • El hormiguero

    El hormiguero

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Pillars of the Earth

    The Pillars of the Earth

  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

  • People's Choice Awards

    People's Choice Awards

  • Today with Hoda & Jenna

    Today with Hoda & Jenna

  • Powder Blue

    Powder Blue

  • Hick

    Hick

  • Savage Grace

    Savage Grace

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

    Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • The Danish Girl

    The Danish Girl

  • Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

    Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age

    Elizabeth: The Golden Age

  • Jupiter Ascending

    Jupiter Ascending

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

    Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

  • The Theory of Everything

    The Theory of Everything

  • The Other Boleyn Girl

    The Other Boleyn Girl

  • The Good Shepherd

    The Good Shepherd

  • GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

    GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

  • Tess of the D'Urbervilles

    Tess of the D'Urbervilles

  • Birdsong

    Birdsong

  • Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I

  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

    The Trial of the Chicago 7

  • The Good Nurse

    The Good Nurse

  • The Aeronauts

    The Aeronauts

  • My Week with Marilyn

    My Week with Marilyn

  • Perspectives

    Perspectives

  • Disclosure

    Disclosure

  • Early Man

    Early Man

  • Untitled Cambridge Antalytica Project

    Untitled Cambridge Antalytica Project

  • Black Death

    Black Death

  • Like Minds

    Like Minds

  • Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie

    Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie

  • Glorious 39

    Glorious 39

  • Panic Carefully

    Panic Carefully

  • The Yellow Handkerchief

    The Yellow Handkerchief

  • In Search of Shakespeare

    In Search of Shakespeare

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

    Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story

  • Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking

    Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking

  • Later the War

    Later the War

  • War Art with Eddie Redmayne

    War Art with Eddie Redmayne