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Eddie Redmayne
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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.
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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.
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Graham Norton Show
Golden Globe Awards
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
El hormiguero
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Today with Hoda & Jenna
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Good Shepherd
Elizabeth I
The Other Boleyn Girl
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Les Misérables
The Pillars of the Earth
Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
Jupiter Ascending
My Week with Marilyn
The Good Nurse
Powder Blue
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
The Danish Girl
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Birdsong
The Day of the Jackal
Like Minds
The Theory of Everything
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
The Aeronauts
Production Credits
The Day of the Jackal
Heretic
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