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Eddie Redmayne
OBE
Redmayne at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Edward John David Redmayne

(1982-01-06) 6 January 1982 (age 42)
City of Westminster, London, England, UK[1]
EducationEton College
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Hannah Bagshawe
​
(m. 2014)​

Edward John David Redmayne, OBE (/ˈrɛdmeɪn/; born 6 January 1982)[2] known as Eddie Redmayne, is an English actor, model and singer. He started his professional career in both theatre and television roles in the early 2000s and then made his film debut, Like Minds, in 2006. He has since appeared in films such as The Good Shepherd (2006), Savage Grace (2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Les Misérables (2012), The Theory of Everything (2014), Jupiter Ascending (2015), and The Danish Girl (2015).

Redmayne received acclaim for his performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award, the Golden Globe Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2015, he received further critical acclaim for his portrayal of Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery, in The Danish Girl. For his performance, he received nominations for his second Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. He has continued to perform in theatre, most notably in the play Red (2010), on Broadway, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play.

Early life

Redmayne was born on 6 January 1982 in Westminster, London.[3] His mother, Patricia (née Burke), runs a relocation business, and his father, Richard Redmayne, is a businessman. His paternal great-grandfather was Sir Richard Redmayne, a civil and mining engineer.[4] He has an older brother, a younger brother, and an older half-brother[4] and half-sister.[5] Redmayne has English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh ancestry.[6]

He attended Colet Court,[7] then Eton College, where he was in the same year as Prince William.[8][9] He went on to read History of Art at Trinity College, Cambridge, from where he graduated with 2:1 Honours in 2003.[10] Despite being colourblind, Redmayne wrote his dissertation on Yves Klein's signature colour, International Klein Blue.[11]

Career

Modelling

Prior to becoming a full-time actor, Redmayne modelled for Burberry in 2008 with Alex Pettyfer, and in 2012 with Cara Delevingne.[12][13] In the September 2012 issue of Vanity Fair, he was featured on its annual International Best Dressed List.[14] In 2015, he was named number one in GQ's 50 best dressed British men.[15]

Stage

Redmayne made his professional stage debut as Viola in Twelfth Night, for Shakespeare's Globe at the Middle Temple Hall in 2002.[16] He won the award for Outstanding Newcomer at the 50th Evening Standard Theatre Awards in 2004, for his performance in Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?,[17] and the award for Best Newcomer at the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards in 2005.[18] Later stage credits include Now or Later by Christopher Shinn at the Royal Court Theatre. The show ran from 3 September to 1 November 2008.[19]

In 2009, Redmayne appeared in John Logan's new play Red at the Donmar Warehouse in London,[20] for which he won the 2010 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He reprised his role in Red at the John Golden Theatre on Broadway, in a 15-week run from 11 March to 27 June 2010,[21] and won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. He portrayed King Richard II in Richard II directed by Michael Grandage, at Donmar Warehouse from 6 December 2011 to 4 February 2012.[22]

Film and television

Redmayne at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

Redmayne was cast in his first feature film Like Minds (2006) after being spotted by casting director Lucy Bevan performing in a play called Goats.[23] Redmayne has appeared in films such as The Good Shepherd (2006), Savage Grace (2007), Powder Blue (2008) The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), Glorious 39 (2009), and Hick (2011). He starred as Osmund in Christopher Smith's supernatural gothic chiller film Black Death (2010).[24] His 2008 Sundance drama film The Yellow Handkerchief was released on 26 February 2010 by Samuel Goldwyn Films.[25][26]

He starred as filmmaker Colin Clark in the drama film My Week with Marilyn (2011). He took on the role of Marius Pontmercy for the 2012 musical film Les Misérables.[27][28]

In 2014, he starred as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, a role for which he won the Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor, depicting the debilitating challenges of ALS.[29][30]

In early 2015 Redmayne appeared in the Wachowski siblings' film, Jupiter Ascending as Balem Abrasax. The film was widely panned, including his performance. For his performance he won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor[31] in the same year that he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Danish Girl.

Redmayne made his screen debut in 1998 in an episode of Animal Ark.[32] His television credits include the BBC mini-series Tess of the d'Urbervilles, the miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, and the two-part mini-series Birdsong.[33]

In June 2015 it was announced that Redmayne will star as Newt Scamander in the film adaptation of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a spin-off of the Harry Potter film series, with a screenplay by J. K. Rowling.[34][35]

Redmayne starred in the biographical drama The Danish Girl, directed by Academy Award winning director Tom Hooper. In the film, released in the UK on 1 January 2016, Redmayne portrayed transgender pioneer Lili Elbe, a casting that has been subject of some controversy from the transgender community.[36] However, Redmayne's performance has been met with critical acclaim, and in January 2016 he earned his second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor in consecutive years.[37]

Personal life

Redmayne married Hannah Bagshawe, a public relations executive in the finance industry, on 15 December 2014.[38][39] In January 2016, the couple confirmed that they are expecting their first child, due in June.[40]

Redmayne was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to drama.[41][42] In August 2014 he was appointed ambassador of film education charity Into Film.[43]

In February 2016, Redmayne spoke out for homeless LGBT youth in Los Angeles.[44]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Like Minds Alex Forbes
2006 The Good Shepherd Edward Wilson Jr.
2007 Savage Grace Antony Baekeland
2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age Anthony Babington
2008 The Yellow Handkerchief Gordy
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl Sir William Stafford
2008 Powder Blue Qwerty Doolittle
2009 Glorious 39 Ralph Keyes
2010 Black Death Osmund
2011 Hick Eddie Kreezer
2011 My Week with Marilyn Colin Clark
2012 Les Misérables Marius Pontmercy
2014 The Theory of Everything Stephen Hawking
2015 Jupiter Ascending Balem Abrasax
2015 Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure Ryan Voice
2015 The Danish Girl Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe
2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Newt Scamander Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Animal Ark John Hardy Episode: "Bunnies in the Bathroom"
2003 Doctors Rob Huntley Episode: "Crescendo"
2005 Elizabeth I The Earl of Southampton Episode: "Southampton"
2008 Tess of the d'Urbervilles Angel Clare 4 episodes
2010 The Pillars of the Earth Jack Jackson 8 episodes
2010[45] The Miraculous Year Connor Pilot
2012 Birdsong Stephen Wraysford 2 episodes
2015[46] War Art with Eddie Redmayne Himself Documentary
2015–present Thomas & Friends Ryan Voice

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Oliver! Workhouse Boy #46 / Book Boy London Palladium
2002 Twelfth Night Viola Shakespeare's Globe
2003 "Master Harold"...and the Boys Master Harold Everyman Theatre
2004 The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Billy Almeida Theatre
2004 Hecuba Polydorus Donmar Warehouse
2007 Now or Later John Jr. Royal Court Theatre
2009–10 Red Ken Donmar Warehouse
John Golden Theatre
2011–12 Richard II King Richard II Donmar Warehouse

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Eddie Redmayne

See also

References

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  17. ^ Curtis, Nick (17 December 2004). "I'm living the dream; old Etonian Eddie Redmayne could have been a professional chorister, a pop star or a model, but his decision to become an actor paid off this week when he was named the Evening Standard's outstanding newcomer". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 October 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
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