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Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw

Acting

Born October 14, 1980 Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Benjamin John Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor. He has received various accolades, including three British Academy Television Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe. Beginning his career in the 2000s, he played the title role in a 2004 production of the play Hamlet. Television roles followed this in Nathan Barley (2005), Criminal Justice (2008) and The Hour (2011–12); and film roles in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Brideshead Revisited (2008), and Bright Star (2009). In 2012, Whishaw played the title role in a BBC Two adaptation of Richard II, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. The same year, he appeared as Q in the James Bond film Skyfall (2012), going on to reprise the role in Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021). He has voiced Paddington Bear in several projects since Paddington (2014). His other film roles in the 2010s include Cloud Atlas (2012), The Lobster (2015), Suffragette (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). Whishaw had a leading role in London Spy (2015). For his portrayal of Norman Scott in the miniseries A Very English Scandal (2018), he won a BAFTA, a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor. In 2020, he had a leading role in the fourth season of the black comedy drama Fargo. He has since starred in the BBC medical drama series This Is Going to Hurt (2022), the short film Good Boy (2023), and the Netflix spy thriller series Black Doves (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Whishaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

TV Shows(17)

Movies(62)

Elden Ring

Elden Ring

2028

Peter Hujar's Day

Peter Hujar's Day

Peter Hujar

2025

The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!

The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!

2025

Paddington in Peru

Paddington in Peru

Paddington Brown (voice)

2024

An A to Z of Paddington

An A to Z of Paddington

Self

2024

Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing

Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing

Narrator

2024

In Heat

In Heat

2024

Limonov: The Ballad

Limonov: The Ballad

Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov

2024

Bad Behaviour

Bad Behaviour

Elon Bello

2023

Passages

Passages

Martin

2023

Good Boy

Good Boy

Danny

2023

Women Talking

Women Talking

August

2022

Ungentle

Ungentle

Narrator (voice)

2022

Paddington Meets The Queen

Paddington Meets The Queen

Paddington (voice)

2022

Designing Bond

Designing Bond

Self

2021

No Time to Die

No Time to Die

Q

2021

Miss Fortunate

Miss Fortunate

Humourless Man

2021

Surge

Surge

Joseph

2020

The Personal History of David Copperfield

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Uriah Heep

2019

Little Joe

Little Joe

Chris

2019

O Holy Ghost

O Holy Ghost

Charmaine

2019

Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Poppins Returns

Michael Banks

2018

Palo Santo

Palo Santo

Palo Santo Hologram

2018

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

Marcus Brutus

2018

His Picture In Little

His Picture In Little

2018

Paddington 2

Paddington 2

Paddington Brown (voice)

2017

Family Happiness

Family Happiness

The Brother

2017

A Hologram for the King

A Hologram for the King

Dave

2016

In the Heart of the Sea

In the Heart of the Sea

Herman Melville

2015

The Danish Girl

The Danish Girl

Henrik

2015

Spectre

Spectre

Q

2015

Suffragette

Suffragette

Sonny Watts

2015

The Lobster

The Lobster

Limping Man

2015

Unity

Unity

Narrator (voice)

2015

Paddington

Paddington

Paddington (voice)

2014

Days and Nights

Days and Nights

Eric

2014

Lilting

Lilting

Richard

2014

The Muse

The Muse

Edward

2014

Beat

Beat

Man

2013

The Zero Theorem

The Zero Theorem

Doctor 3

2013

Teenage

Teenage

British Boy (voice)

2013

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman

2012

Skyfall

Skyfall

Q

2012

The Tempest

The Tempest

Ariel

2010

Bright Star

Bright Star

John Keats

2009

Love Hate

Love Hate

Tom

2009

Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

Sebastian Flyte

2008

I'm Not There

I'm Not There

Arthur

2007

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille

2006

Stoned

Stoned

Keith Richards

2005

Enduring Love

Enduring Love

Spud

2004

Layer Cake

Layer Cake

Sidney

2004

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

Bruno

2004

77 Beds

77 Beds

Ishmael

2003

The Booze Cruise

The Booze Cruise

Daniel

2003

Spiritual Rampage

Spiritual Rampage

Eric

2003

My Brother Tom

My Brother Tom

Tom

2001

Baby

Baby

Little Joe

2000

The Escort

The Escort

Jay

1999

The Trench

The Trench

Pte. James Deamis

1999

All Signs of Death

All Signs of Death

Web

High End

High End

Nigel