Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne OBE
Redmayne at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Edward John David Redmayne 6 January 1982 City of Westminster, London, England, UK[1]
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation	Actor, Fashion Model, Singer
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Hannah Bagshawe (m. 2014)

Edward John David "Eddie" Redmayne, OBE (/ˈrɛdˌmeɪn/; born 6 January 1982)^[2] is an English actor, model and singer. Brought up in Westminster, Redmayne attended Eton College and began his professional acting career as a youth in London theatre before making his screen debut in 1998 with guest appearances on television. He made his feature film debut in 2006 with Like Minds and The Good Shepherd and went on to appear in films such as Savage Grace (2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and Black Death (2010). For his performance in the Broadway play Red (2010), he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play.

Redmayne received recognition in 2011 for portraying filmmaker Colin Clark in My Week with Marilyn, which garnered him a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination. He received further recognition for his role as Marius Pontmercy in Tom Hooper's 2012 adaptation of Victor Hugo's French novel Les Misérables (2012). In 2014, he received critical acclaim for his performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, for which he won the Academy, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG Award for Best Actor. The following year, 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 garnered nominations for his second Academy, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG Award for Best Actor.

He is set to appear in the upcoming film adaptation of J. K. Rowling's fantasy book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), which is set in the fictional universe of Harry Potter. Since 2014, Redmayne has been married to public relations executive Hannah Bagshawe, with whom he is expecting his first child in June 2016.

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 in corporate finance. 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	Good Shepherd, TheThe Good Shepherd	Edward Wilson, Jr.
2007	Savage Grace	Antony Baekeland
2007	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Anthony Babington
2008	Yellow Handkerchief, TheThe Yellow Handkerchief	Gordy
2008	Other Boleyn Girl, TheThe 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	Thomas & Friends: 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	Pillars of the Earth, TheThe 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

See also

• List of British actors and actresses
• List of Old Etonians born in the 20th century
• List of University of Cambridge members

References

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External links

• Eddie Redmayne at Rotten Tomatoes
• Eddie Redmayne at Yahoo! Movies
• Eddie Redmayne at the Internet Broadway Database
• Eddie Redmayne at the Internet Movie Database