Ben Whishaw

Born: 1980-10-14 in Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2023

Passages as Martin
Bad Behaviour as Elon Bello
Good Boy as Danny

2022

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
This Is Going to Hurt as Adam Kay
Women Talking as August
Paddington Meets The Queen as Paddington (voice)
Ungentle as Narrator (voice)

2021

No Time to Die as Q
Designing Bond as Self
Miss Fortunate as Humourless Man

2020

Surge as Joseph

2019

The Adventures of Paddington as Paddington (voice)
The Personal History of David Copperfield as Uriah Heep
Little Joe as Chris
O Holy Ghost as Charmaine

2018

Mary Poppins Returns as Michael Banks
A Very English Scandal as Norman Scott
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar as Marcus Brutus
Palo Santo as Palo Santo Hologram
His Picture In Little

2017

Paddington 2 as Paddington Brown (voice)
Queers. as Perce
Family Happiness as The Brother

2016

A Hologram for the King as Dave

2015

Spectre as Q
The Lobster as Limping Man
The Danish Girl as Henrik
In the Heart of the Sea as Herman Melville
London Spy as Danny
Suffragette as Sonny Watts
Unity as Narrator (voice)

2014

Fargo as Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
Paddington as Paddington (voice)
Lilting as Richard
Days and Nights as Eric
The Muse as Edward

2013

The Zero Theorem as Doctor 3
Teenage as British Boy (voice)
Beat as Man

2012

Skyfall as Q
The Hollow Crown as King Richard
Playhouse Presents as Ezra
Cloud Atlas as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman

2011

The Hour as Freddie Lyon

2010

The Tempest as Ariel

2009

Bright Star as John Keats
Love Hate as Tom

2008

Criminal Justice as Ben Coulter
Brideshead Revisited as Sebastian Flyte

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self
I'm Not There as Arthur

2006

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille

2005

Nathan Barley as Pingu
Stoned as Keith Richards

2004

Layer Cake as Sidney
Enduring Love as Spud
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill as Bruno

2003

The Booze Cruise as Daniel
77 Beds as Ishmael
Spiritual Rampage as Eric

2001

My Brother Tom as Tom

2000

Black Cab as Ryan
Other People's Children as Sully
Baby as Little Joe

1999

The Trench as Pte. James Deamis
The Escort as Jay

1948

Bambi as Self