Hollywood star and Wiltshire homeowner Eddie Redmayne has been handed a £1,530 court bill after he was caught breaking the 20mph speed limit on the A4 in London’s Earl’s Court.
Redmayne, whose Wiltshire move was revealed in 2025 when he filed to make a series of major changes to a £4 million property he had bought in the south of the county, faced a criminal prosecution from the Metropolitan Police over the offence.
Court papers show Redmayne’s Audi was clocked by a speed camera at 28mph as he drove towards West Kensington at just before 11am on October 14 last year.
The Day of the Jackal star admitted being the speeding driver, but submitted the form to the police too late to avoid a criminal prosecution.
He pleaded guilty to the offence, and was sentenced last Wednesday at a private court hearing to a £1,000 fine.
Redmayne received three penalty points on his licence, and must also pay £130 in costs and a £400 victim surcharge.
The actor, who won an Academy Award in 2015 for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, was not required to attend court, as his case was dealt with at Westminster Magistrates’ Court through the Single Justice Procedure.
CCTV image dated 14/10/2025 issued by Metropolitan Police of actor Eddie Redmayne driving on the A4 through Earl’s Court (Image: PA Wire)
Kensington and Chelsea Council announced in 2020 that it planned to introduce a 20mph limit to all its residential roads.
The A4 Cromwell Road, where Redmayne was caught out, became a 20mph limit in autumn 2023 as part of a Transport for London initiative to lower speeds on 65 kilometres of London’s roads.
The Met submitted evidence including an image of Redmayne’s speeding Audi, and said the star had been sent a notice of intended prosecution on October 20 last year, six days after the offence.
Hollywood star Eddie Redmayne (Image: Ian West/PA Wire)
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The court records show Redmayne responded on March 1 this year, signing a form agreeing that he had been the driver that day.
But a police official told the court that his form had not arrived in time to avoid a court case.
“Due to the Late response to notice of intended prosecution, this case does not qualify for an out of court disposal and has therefore been referred to the prosecutions team for a single justice procedure notice to be issued,” she wrote.
Redmayne was among 450 motorists to be prosecuted by the Met last week for breaking one of London’s 20mph zones, resulting in court fines ranging from £40 to the maximum £1,000 penalty.