Eddie Redmayne is one of the most exciting young British acting talents around at the moment and he is set to see his star rise even further over the next twelve months.
Over the last couple of years he has worked on a wide range of projects moving from TV to movies and back again as well as working in the theatre.
This week he is back on the big screen as he takes on the role of Marius in Les Misérables - which is his biggest film role of his career to date.
After attending Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge - where he studied history of art - his acting debut came on the stage in Twelfth Night back in 2002.
But it was his performance in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? That really grabbed everyone’s attention as he won Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
During this time he had worked in TV with roles in the likes of Doctors and Elizabeth I - appearing in one episode for each project.
In 2006 he made his big screen debut with Like Minds before going on to appear in The Good Shepherd, which was directed by Robert De Niro, Savage Grace and Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
He returned to TV in 2008 for his biggest role to date as he took on the role of Angel Clare in a new adaptation of Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
The four part adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel also starred Gemma Arterton and was adapted by David Nicholls.
In the last couple of years he has enjoyed even more success with TV projects as he starred in Pillars of the Earth and Birdsong - both adaptations of popular novels.
The series saw Redmayne team up with Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Hayley Atwell and Matthew Macfadyen and went on to be a huge success as it was nominated for a Golden Globe.
More recently he returned to the BBC for a big screen adaptation of Sebastian Faulks war novel Birdsong.
He took on the role of Stephen Wraysford in the series that followed his doomed love affair with the married Isabelle Azaire - played by Clemence Posey.
While he found success on the small screen he continued to thrill audiences in the theatre and in 2010 he won an Olivier Award for his performance in John Logan’s play Red.
Throughout the late noughties he continued to appear in movies with the likes of Powder Blue, Glorious 39 and Black Death under his belt but it was My Week with Marilyn that was to be his biggest success.
The movie was based on two books by Colin Clark that depicted the making of movie The Prince and the Showgirl - which starred Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe.
Redmayne took on the role of Clark in the film which followed his time with Monroe during the shooting of that movie.
Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench and Emma Watson were all on the cast list while Simon Curtis was in the director’s chair.
The movie was met well by the critics when it was released at the end of 2011 and went on to pick up a whole host of awards - Redmayne was nominated for the rising Star Bafta.
This week sees him take on the biggest role of his film career as he teams up with Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried for Les Misérables.
The movie marks the return of Tom Hooper to the director’s chair for the first time since his Oscar success with The King’s Speech.
Les Misérables shows off his singing skills as well as his acting talents and the movie is already wowing critics.
Les Misérables has picked up a string of Golden Globe awards and is expected to be a major Oscar contender when the nominations are announced later this week.
As for Redmayne his film career looks to be very bright indeed as he is set to star in new sci-fi film Jupiter Ascending.
Les Misérables is released 11th January
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