Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne (born 6 January 1982) is an English actor.

Redmayne attended Eton College, and went on to study History of Art at Trinity College, Cambridge, from where he graduated with a 2:1 in 2003. He performed with the National Youth Music Theatre, and made his professional stage debut for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in Twelfth Night at the Middle Temple Hall in 2002.

He won the award for Outstanding Newcomer at the 50th Evening Standard Theatre Awards (2004) for his performance in Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, and the award for Best Newcomer at the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards in 2005. So far, he has starred in three films based on the Tudor period.

In 2008, he became a model for Burberry.  He has also appeared in the BBC miniseries Tess Of The D'Ubervilles as Angel Clare.

He will next work on White Male Heart (2009), based on the best selling book by Ruaridh Nicoll.    Most recently, Eddie starred in the play 'Now or Later' by Christopher Shinn at the Royal Court Theatre, London. The show ran from the 3rd September - 18th October 2008.