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
The Day of the Jackal
The Jackal · (10 episodes)
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2023
The Good Nurse
Charles Cullen
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2022
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Newt Scamander
2022
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tom Hayden
2020
Disclosure
Lili / Self (archive footage)
2020
The Aeronauts
James Glaisher
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(2 episodes)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Newt Scamander
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Early Man
Dug (voice)
2018
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Newt Scamander
2016
The Danish Girl
Lili
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(1 episode)
2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
Ryan (voice)
2015
Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
Self
2015
War Art with Eddie Redmayne
Himself
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · (1 episode)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2015
Jupiter Ascending
Balem Abrasax
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (3 episodes)
2014
The Theory of Everything
Stephen Hawking
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(2 episodes)
2014
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
Self
2013
Les Misérables
Marius Pontmercy
2012
Hick
Eddie Kreezer
2012
Birdsong
Stephen Wraysford · (2 episodes)
2012
My Week with Marilyn
Colin Clark
2011
Perspectives
(1 episode)
2011
The Pillars of the Earth
Jack Jackson · (8 episodes)
2010
Black Death
Osmund
2010
Glorious 39
Ralph Keyes
2009
The Yellow Handkerchief
Gordy
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2009
Powder Blue
Qwerty Doolittle
2009
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Angel Clare · (4 episodes)
2008
The Other Boleyn Girl
William Stafford
2008
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Anthony Babington
2007
Savage Grace
Tony Baekeland
2007
The Good Shepherd
Edward Wilson Jr.
2006
Like Minds
Alex Forbes
2006
Untitled Cambridge Antalytica Project
Christopher Wylie
Panic Carefully
Later the War
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (5 episodes)
2007
El hormiguero
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2006
Elizabeth I
Southampton · (2 episodes)
2005
In Search of Shakespeare
Self · (4 episodes)
2003
The View
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter · (1 episode)
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1988