Eddie Redmayne has been handed a £1,530 court bill after he was caught breaking one of London‘s 20mph speed limits.
The Oscar-winning actor, 44, was clocked by a speed camera driving his Audi at 28mph along the A4 through Earl’s Court at around 11am on October 14.
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 slapped with a £1,000 fine at a private court hearing last Wednesday.
Mr Redmayne received three penalty points on his licence and must also pay £130 in costs as well as 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 Westminster Magistrates’ Court as his case was dealt with through the Single Justice Procedure.
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 Mr Redmayne was caught out – became a 20mph limit in Autumn 2023.
Mr Redmayne was among 450 motorists 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.
Eddie Redmayne, pictured in July 2025, has been handed a £1,530 court bill after he was caught breaking one of London’s 20mph speed limits
The Oscar-winning actor pictured by a camera driving his Audi at 28mph along the A4 through Earl’s Court
The Met submitted evidence including an image of Mr Redmayne’s speeding Audi and said the star had been sent a notice of intended prosecution on October 20, six days after the offence.
The court records show the actor responded on March 1 this year, signing a form agreeing he had been the driver that day.
But a police official told the court his form had not arrived in time to avoid a court case.
She wrote: ‘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.’
