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

• 2027Panic Carefully
• 2024Heretic — Thanks
• The Day of the Jackal — The Jackal, Executive Producer
• 2022Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore — Newt Scamander
• 2022The Good Nurse — Charles Cullen
• 2020Disclosure — Lili / Self (archive footage)
• 2020The Trial of the Chicago 7 — Tom Hayden
• 2019The Aeronauts — James Glaisher
• 2018Early Man — Dug (voice)
• 2018Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald — Newt Scamander
• 2016Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them — Newt
• 2015Jupiter Ascending — Balem Abrasax
• 2015The Danish Girl — Lili
• 2015Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie — Ryan (voice)
• 2014The Theory of Everything — Stephen Hawking
• Birdsong — Stephen Wraysford
• 2012Hick — Eddie Kreezer
• 2012Les Misérables — Marius Pontmercy
• 2011My Week with Marilyn — Colin Clark
• Perspectives
• 2010Black Death — Osmund
• 2010Red — Ken
• The Pillars of the Earth — Jack Jackson
• 2009Glorious 39 — Ralph Keyes
• 2009Powder Blue — Qwerty Doolittle
• 2009The Yellow Handkerchief — Gordy
• Tess of the D'Urbervilles — Angel Clare
• 2008The Other Boleyn Girl — William Stafford
• 2007Elizabeth: The Golden Age — Anthony Babington
• 2007Savage Grace — Tony Baekeland
• 2006Like Minds — Alex Forbes
• 2006The Good Shepherd — Edward Wilson Jr.
• Elizabeth I — Southampton
• Star One
• Untitled Cambridge Antalytica Project — Christopher Wylie
• Untitled Hirokazu Kore-eda Film — Producer

Appearances as themselves (25)

• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Today with Jenna & Sheinelle — Self
• GQ Presents: Iconic Characters — Self
• 2015Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self, Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• 2015War Art with Eddie Redmayne — Himself
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• El hormiguero — Self - Guest
• In Search of Shakespeare — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self / Presenter
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee