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Oscars 2015: The first role for Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Keaton, Bradley Cooper, and Steve Carrell
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Oscars 2015: The first role for Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Keaton, Bradley Cooper, and Steve Carrell

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Ted Bauer
Feb 22, 2015
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I did this last year for Best Actress and Best Actor; basically the idea is, I find a person's career journey to be interesting -- so for the five men who could win Best Actor tonight at the Oscars, where did it all begin? What was their first role?

Eddie Redmayne

It appears to be 1998's Animal Ark, a TV series. (I use IMDB to figure out earlier projects.…

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