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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.
A world unlike any other. The year is 1888. And the world is rapidly changing. At the forefront of his change is the British Empire. But even then, there are forces around the globe that challenge the dominance of Queen Victoria. Within the Atlantic, there lies a Kingdom of Mer-Folk who challenge Brittania's rule of the waves. The Island Themyscira holds strength enough to be recognized at her majesty's court. and a miraculous flying men fight for the people of the Kaw Nation in the Americas and Ireland, respectively. But shadows grow long in an Empire. Witness a world familiar and at the same time separate from ours by centuries. Withness Justice 1888
