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Ben Whishaw

Acting 45 years old Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK ★ 2.6
Born: October 14, 1980

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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Known For

Peter Hujar's Day
Peter Hujar's Day Peter Hujar 2025
Skyfall
Skyfall Q 2012
Passages
Passages Martin 2023
Layer Cake
Layer Cake Sidney 2004
The Lobster
The Lobster Limping Man 2015

Jimmy's Seen (1)

Paddington in Peru
Paddington in Peru Paddington Brown (voice) 2024

Filmography

Acting Credits (79)

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
Black Doves
Black Doves Sam Young 2024
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
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Self 2022
Paddington Meets The Queen
Paddington Meets The Queen Paddington (voice) 2022
This Is Going to Hurt
This Is Going to Hurt Adam Kay 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 Adventures of Paddington
The Adventures of Paddington Paddington (voice) 2019
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
A Very English Scandal
A Very English Scandal Norman Scott 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
Queers.
Queers. Perce 2017
Queers.
Queers. 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
London Spy
London Spy Danny 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
Fargo
Fargo Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan 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 Hollow Crown
The Hollow Crown King Richard 2012
Playhouse Presents
Playhouse Presents Ezra 2012
The Hour
The Hour Freddie Lyon 2011
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
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Ben Coulter 2008
I'm Not There
I'm Not There Arthur 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Jean-Baptiste Grenouille 2006
Stoned
Stoned Keith Richards 2005
Nathan Barley
Nathan Barley Pingu 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
Other People's Children
Other People's Children Sully 2000
Baby
Baby Little Joe 2000
Black Cab
Black Cab Ryan 2000
The Escort
The Escort Jay 1999
The Trench
The Trench Pte. James Deamis 1999
Bambi
Bambi Self 1948
All Signs of Death
All Signs of Death Web
Diamond Shitter
Diamond Shitter Nigel

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