Ben Whishaw
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 14, 1980 (age 46)
- Birthplace
- Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
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).
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Filmography
All Signs of Death
Movie · as Web
Violence Violence
Movie · as Nigel
Elden Ring
Movie
Bruvvas
Movie · as He
Images: Making "Peter Hujar's Day"
Movie · as Self
Peter Hujar's Day
Movie · as Peter Hujar
The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!
Movie
Limonov: The Ballad
Movie · as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
Paddington in Peru
Movie · as Paddington Brown (voice)
In Heat
Movie · as Jon
Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
Movie · as Narrator
An A to Z of Paddington
Movie · as Self
Black Doves
TV · as Sam Young · 12 eps
Passages
Movie · as Martin
Good Boy
Movie · as Danny
Bad Behaviour
Movie · as Elon Bello
Ungentle
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Women Talking
Movie · as August
Paddington Meets The Queen
Movie · as Paddington (voice)
This Is Going to Hurt
TV · as Adam Kay · 7 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Miss Fortunate
Movie · as Humourless Man
Designing Bond
Movie · as Self
No Time to Die
Movie · as Q
Surge
Movie · as Joseph
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Movie · as Uriah Heep
Little Joe
Movie · as Chris
O Holy Ghost
Movie · as Charmaine
The Adventures of Paddington
TV · as Paddington (voice) · 154 eps
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie · as Michael Banks
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Movie · as Marcus Brutus
His Picture In Little
Movie
Palo Santo
Movie · as Palo Santo Hologram
A Very English Scandal
TV · as Norman Scott · 3 eps
Paddington 2
Movie · as Paddington Brown (voice)
Family Happiness
Movie · as Romily Wells
Queers.
TV · as Perce · 1 ep
A Hologram for the King
Movie · as Dave
In the Heart of the Sea
Movie · as Herman Melville
Spectre
Movie · as Q
Suffragette
Movie · as Sonny Watts
The Lobster
Movie · as Limping Man
Unity
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Danish Girl
Movie · as Henrik
London Spy
TV · as Danny · 5 eps
Days and Nights
Movie · as Eric
Lilting
Movie · as Richard
Paddington
Movie · as Paddington (voice)
The Muse
Movie · as Edward
Fargo
TV · as Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan · 11 eps
The Zero Theorem
Movie · as Doctor 3
Teenage
Movie · as British Boy (voice)
Beat
Movie · as Man
Skyfall
Movie · as Q
Cloud Atlas
Movie · as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
The Hollow Crown
TV · as King Richard · 1 ep
Playhouse Presents
TV · as Ezra · 1 ep
The Hour
TV · as Freddie Lyon · 12 eps
The Tempest
Movie · as Ariel
Bright Star
Movie · as John Keats
Love Hate
Movie · as Tom
The International
Movie · as Renee
Brideshead Revisited
Movie · as Sebastian Flyte
Criminal Justice
TV · as Ben Coulter · 5 eps
I'm Not There
Movie · as Arthur
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Movie · as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Stoned
Movie · as Keith Richards
Nathan Barley
TV · as Pingu · 5 eps
Layer Cake
Movie · as Sidney
Enduring Love
Movie · as Spud
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Movie · as Bruno
Spiritual Rampage
Movie · as Eric
The Booze Cruise
Movie · as Daniel
77 Beds
Movie · as Ishmael
My Brother Tom
Movie · as Tom
Baby
Movie · as Little Joe
Other People's Children
TV · as Sully · 4 eps
Black Cab
TV · as Ryan · 1 ep
The Trench
Movie · as Pte. James Deamis
The Escort
Movie · as Jay
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep