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Eddie Redmayne

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Eddie Redmayne

Born January 6, 1982 in London, England, UK28 films

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.

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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.

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The Theory of Everything posterFirst watchThe Theory of Everything20147.8as Stephen HawkingOnce a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them poster7.3Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2016The Danish Girl poster7.5The Danish Girl2015Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald poster6.8Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald2018Les Misérables poster7.3Les Misérables2012The Trial of the Chicago 7 poster7.7The Trial of the Chicago 72020Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore poster6.6Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore2022The Other Boleyn Girl poster6.7The Other Boleyn Girl2008The Good Nurse poster6.9The Good Nurse2022

Filmography

28 films as actor
  1. TBAUntitled Cambridge Antalytica ProjectChristopher Wylie
  2. TBAUntitled Hirokazu Kore-eda Film
  3. TBAStar One
  4. 2027Panic Carefully
  5. 2022The Good NurseCharles Cullen
  6. 2022Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of DumbledoreNewt Scamander
  7. 2020The Trial of the Chicago 7Tom Hayden
  8. 2019The AeronautsJames Glaisher
  9. 2018Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldNewt Scamander
  10. 2018Early ManDug (voice)
  11. 2016Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemNewt
  12. 2015The Danish GirlLili
  13. 2015Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The MovieRyan (voice)
  14. 2015Jupiter AscendingBalem Abrasax
  15. 2014The Theory of EverythingStephen Hawking
  16. 2012Les MisérablesMarius Pontmercy
  17. 2012HickEddie Kreezer
  18. 2011My Week with MarilynColin Clark
  19. 2010RedKen
  20. 2010Black DeathOsmund
  21. 2009Glorious 39Ralph Keyes
  22. 2009The Yellow HandkerchiefGordy
  23. 2009Powder BlueQwerty Doolittle
  24. 2008The Other Boleyn GirlWilliam Stafford
  25. 2007Elizabeth: The Golden AgeAnthony Babington
  26. 2007Savage GraceTony Baekeland
  27. 2006The Good ShepherdEdward Wilson Jr.
  28. 2006Like MindsAlex Forbes