He studied alongside the Prince of Wales at Eton, has modelled for Prada and won an Academy Award for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.
Now, in his latest role, quintessential English actor Eddie Redmayne takes on a cinema classic as he goes undercover to play a deadly assassin in the hotly awaited TV remake of The Day of the Jackal.
Eddie, 42, had to don a plethora of disguises for the spy thriller, based on the original big-screen smash, which starred Edward Fox and was adapted from the bestselling book by Frederick Forsyth.
It was worlds away from the Fantastic Beasts star’s London-based family life with his wife Hannah Bagshawe and their daughter Iris, eight, and son Luke, six.
The couple met at a charity fashion show put on by Hannah and her classmates while Eddie was a student at Eton College and she was at a nearby all-girls boarding school. The pair remained friends until they started dating in 2012, marrying in December 2014 at Babington House in Somerset.
Here, Eddie talks about playing the Jackal and the real-life spy skills he learned along the way.
Tell us why you wanted to play this character, Eddie…
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AS 'THE DIPLOMAT RETURNS KERI RUSSELL
ON HAVING FUN WITH RUFUS SEWELL, MEETING THE U.S. AMBASSADOR AND BEING STRAPPED TO TOM CRUISE
FROM HIS CHALLENGING CHILDHOOD TO HOLLYWOOD'S HOT LIST BARRY KEOGHAN
ON BEING DRAWN TO STRONG WOMEN AND ENJOYING LIFE WITH HIS LITTLE BOY
AS 'THE SUBSTANCE' IS RELEASED MARGARET QUALLEY
ON MAKING THE LEAP FROM BALLET TO HOLLYWOOD
BUSY MUM-TO-BE AND DUTIFUL DAUGHTER PRINCESS BEATRICE
TEAMS UP WITH SISTER PRINCESS EUGENIE TO SUPPORT THEIR FATHER IN HIS EXILE FROM ROYAL LIFE
CHAMPIONING WOMEN'S HEALTH THE DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH
HONOURS 60 YEARS OF GROUNDBREAKING CHARITY
AS ONE DIRECTION REUNITE TO BID FAREWELL TO FORMER BANDMATE LIAM PAYNE
HUGS AND TEARS AS MOURNING FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY GOODBYE
CELEBRATING HER GAME-CHANGING NEW CONCEALER VICTORIA'S SECRETS
THE DESIGNER SHARES HER TOP SKINCARE TIPS AND REVEALS WHICH PRODUCTS HARPER LOVES TO STEAL
CHANNELLING MARY POPPINS TO CHAMPION LITERACY THE QUEEN
JOINS CELEBRITIES AND BEST-SELLING AUTHORS TO APPLAUD YOUNG WRITERS' 'ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT WORK'
CONTINUING A FESTIVE TRADITION - WITH A TINY NEW TREAT TO DELIGHT VISITORS WINDSOR CASTLE AT CHRISTMAS
STAFF DECK THE HALLS - AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ROYAL DOLLS' HOUSE
SNAPPING UP RECORD-BREAKING £60M MANSION IN MIAMI THE BECKHAMS
WE GO INSIDE THEIR BILLION-DOLLAR LIFESTYLE AS THE FAMILY PREPARE TO EXPAND THEIR BRAND
