“When I started acting professionally, it was always theater. I’m so ignorant about films, but I’m getting slightly better – after having been chastised by many co-actors.” – Eddie Redmayne
Edward John David Redmayne, popularly known as Eddie Redmayne, was born in London on 6th of January, 1982. He is a British actor who is best known for his role in the movie “Les Miserables” as Marius Pontmercy. He has already shown his potentialities to become one of the talented actors in this field.
He is the graduate student of the Triton College. He made his debut in acting from the Theatre in 2002 at the age of 20. Since then, he has always worked hard to fulfill his passion and dream.
At first, he played in the “Twelfth Night.” He was awarded from the Outstanding Newcomer in Standard Theatre Awards in 2004. When asked, he also really doesn’t know how he became interested in this field.
But his versatile talent has made him famous at this short period. He always favored theatre acting rather than movies and TV shows.
He started to appear on the TV from 1998 when he got a chance to work in “Animal Ark” as John Hardy. He has done work in many such TV series from which he got a lot of successes as well.
Some of his popular TV series are “The Pillars of the Earth,” “Tess of the d’Urbervilles,” “Elizabeth I” and “Birdsong.”
Though he has appeared on the TV, he has been more famous in movies and the theatres. He made his debut in the movies from “Like Minds” in 2006 where he played the role of Alex Forbes.
Some of his notable works in the movies are Anthony Babington in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age,” William Stafford in “The Other Boleyn Girl,” Colin Clark in “My Week with Marilyn” and Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything Movie.” He also got an opportunity to be the part of one of the finest movies of 2012 “Les Miserables”.
He played the role of Marius Pontmercy in that movie. He has also won National Board of Review and Satellite Award for the Best Cast from this film. His cast was popular among the viewers as well as to the critics.
He also got Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Ensemble. He was also nominated for many prestigious awards for this cast.
This movie gave him the boost up to increase his both name and fame simultaneously. As for his post-production, his new movie “Jupiter Ascending” is due for 2015 where he has acted the role of Balem Abrasax.
He is a tall guy with the height of 5 feet 11 inch. He has just reached the age of 32. He is not a gay. Lately, in 2012, he had an affair with Hannah Bagshawe.
He had been seen dating in the public places as well. Both the girlfriend and Eddie have disclosed their relationship in public as well. They have decided to be engaged and soon to be married.
Eddie wants her to be his wife for a long time. He has a hot body, and his shirtless pictures are available on the web.
One can also follow him on Twitter as well as on Instagram. He also has the hobby of singing. He has the net worth of $12 million, his movies and interviews can be found on YouTube as well.
To know more about his biography, you can visit Wikipedia.