Tony Award-winner Eddie Redmayne in Runnings for 2015 Oscar Award for THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

With the conclusion of the Toronto International Film Festival, Academy Awards buzz has already begun, this time surrounding Eddie Redmayne.

According to ShowBiz411, the British actor's portrayal of Stephen Hawking in THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, carried the film and was the festival's main stand-out actor. Now the question is: will the Tony Award-winning actor win a second major acting award? He seems to be one of the front-runners for the Academy Award for Best Actor, which will be announced in February.

Eddie Redmayne won the 2010 Tony Award as best featured actor in a play for his performance in RED. He originated his role in RED in 2009 at the Donmar Warehouse and won the Olivier Award for the performance that season. Redmayne 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. Additional stage credits include Now or Later by Christopher Shinn at the Royal Court Theatre.

His television credits include the BBC miniseries Tess Of The D'Urbervilles and the miniseries The Pillars of the Earth. Film credits include The Good Shepherd, Powder Blue, Savage Grace, The Other Boleyn Girl and Glorious 39. He also starred as Osmund in Christopher Smith's supernatural gothic chiller film Black Death, the Oscar-nominated Les Miserables, and My Week with Marilyn.