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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

81

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-10-14 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Also Known As

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Benjamin John Whishaw

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Ben Whishaw

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

2006

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

as

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille

I'm Not There

2007

I'm Not There

as

Arthur

Layer Cake

2004

Layer Cake

as

Sidney

Brideshead Revisited

2008

Brideshead Revisited

as

Sebastian Flyte

The Trench

1999

The Trench

as

Pte. James Deamis

Enduring Love

2004

Enduring Love

as

Spud

Passages

2023

Passages

as

Martin

Bright Star

2009

Bright Star

as

John Keats

Skyfall

2012

Skyfall

as

Q

The Tempest

2010

The Tempest

as

Ariel

Stoned

2005

Stoned

as

Keith Richards

The Escort

1999

The Escort

as

Jay

Good Boy

2023

Good Boy

as

Danny

Cloud Atlas

2012

Cloud Atlas

as

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

Miss Fortunate

2021

Miss Fortunate

as

Humourless Man

Love Hate

2009

Love Hate

as

Tom

The Zero Theorem

2013

The Zero Theorem

as

Doctor 3

Peter Hujar's Day

2025

Peter Hujar's Day

as

Peter Hujar

Limonov: The Ballad

2024

Limonov: The Ballad

as

Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov

Baby

2000

Baby

as

Little Joe

In the Heart of the Sea

2015

In the Heart of the Sea

as

Herman Melville

Spectre

2015

Spectre

as

Q

Teenage

2013

Teenage

as

British Boy (voice)

Days and Nights

2014

Days and Nights

as

Eric

Lilting

2014

Lilting

as

Richard

Suffragette

2015

Suffragette

as

Sonny Watts

Bad Behaviour

2023

Bad Behaviour

as

Elon Bello

Ungentle

2022

Ungentle

as

Narrator (voice)

Paddington

2014

Paddington

as

Paddington (voice)

The Lobster

2015

The Lobster

as

Limping Man

Designing Bond

2021

Designing Bond

as

Self

The Muse

2014

The Muse

as

Edward

Unity

2015

Unity

as

Narrator (voice)

The Danish Girl

2015

The Danish Girl

as

Henrik

Paddington 2

2017

Paddington 2

as

Paddington Brown (voice)

Beat

2013

Beat

as

Man

The Booze Cruise

2003

The Booze Cruise

as

Daniel

Mary Poppins Returns

2018

Mary Poppins Returns

as

Michael Banks

Palo Santo

2018

Palo Santo

as

Palo Santo Hologram

Family Happiness

2017

Family Happiness

as

The Brother

Little Joe

2019

Little Joe

as

Chris

Paddington in Peru

2024

Paddington in Peru

as

Paddington Brown (voice)

Surge

2020

Surge

as

Joseph

O Holy Ghost

2019

O Holy Ghost

as

Charmaine

Women Talking

2022

Women Talking

as

August

In Heat

2024

In Heat

as

Paddington Meets The Queen

2022

Paddington Meets The Queen

as

Paddington (voice)

77 Beds

2003

77 Beds

as

Ishmael

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

as

Ben Coulter

The Hour

The Hour

as

Freddie Lyon

London Spy

London Spy

as

Danny

Queers.

Queers.

as

Perce

Black Doves

Black Doves

as

Sam Young

Bambi

Bambi

as

Self

The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown

as

King Richard

Fargo

Fargo

as

Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan

The Adventures of Paddington

The Adventures of Paddington

as

Paddington (voice)

Production

Crew

Directing