Eddie Redmayne is an actor.
Edward John David Redmayne , ( [ ` rɛdˌmeɪn ] born 6 January 1982 ) is an English actor of stage and screen . His first film roles came in 2006 with Like Minds and The Good Shepherd , and he went on to play supporting roles in several films , including Savage Grace ( 2007 ) , Elizabeth : The Golden Age ( 2007 ) , and The Other Boleyn Girl ( 2008 ) . His 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 ) . In 2016 , he starred as Newt Scamander in the fantasy film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them . My Week with Marilyn . It stars Michelle Williams , Kenneth Branagh , Eddie Redmayne , Dominic Cooper , Julia Ormond , Emma Watson and Judi Dench .