1980-10-14 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.
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Peter Hujar's Day | Peter Hujar | 2025-11-07 |
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Limonov: The Ballad | Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov | 2024-09-05 |
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In Heat | 2024-10-09 | |
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Paddington in Peru | Paddington Brown (voice) | 2024-11-08 |
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Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing | Narrator | 2024-10-20 |
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An A to Z of Paddington | Self | 2024-10-31 |
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Good Boy | Danny | 2023-06-22 |
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Bad Behaviour | Elon Bello | 2023-11-02 |
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Passages | Martin | 2023-06-28 |
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Women Talking | August | 2022-12-23 |
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Paddington Meets The Queen | Paddington (voice) | 2022-06-04 |
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Ungentle | Narrator (voice) | 2022-09-16 |
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Being James Bond | Q (archive footage) | 2021-08-29 |
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No Time to Die | Q | 2021-09-29 |
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Miss Fortunate | Humourless Man | 2021-03-27 |
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Designing Bond | Self | 2021-12-20 |
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Surge | Joseph | 2020-06-17 |
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O Holy Ghost | Charmaine | 2019-10-05 |
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Little Joe | Chris | 2019-11-01 |
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The Personal History of David Copperfield | Uriah Heep | 2019-11-07 |
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Mary Poppins Returns | Michael Banks | 2018-12-13 |
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Palo Santo | Palo Santo Hologram | 2018-07-06 |
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National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar | Marcus Brutus | 2018-03-22 |
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His Picture In Little | 2018-03-15 | |
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Family Happiness | The Brother | 2017-10-09 |
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Paddington 2 | Paddington Brown (voice) | 2017-11-09 |
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A Hologram for the King | Dave | 2016-04-22 |
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The Danish Girl | Henrik | 2015-11-27 |
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Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
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The Lobster | Limping Man | 2015-10-15 |
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Spectre | Q | 2015-10-26 |
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Suffragette | Sonny Watts | 2015-10-16 |
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In the Heart of the Sea | Herman Melville | 2015-12-03 |
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Days and Nights | Eric | 2014-09-26 |
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The Muse | Edward | 2014-06-01 |
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Paddington | Paddington (voice) | 2014-11-24 |
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Lilting | Richard | 2014-08-08 |
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Teenage | British Boy (voice) | 2013-04-20 |
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The Zero Theorem | Doctor 3 | 2013-09-20 |
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Beat | Man | 2013-10-16 |
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Cloud Atlas | Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman | 2012-10-26 |
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Skyfall | Q | 2012-10-24 |
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The Tempest | Ariel | 2010-09-11 |
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Bright Star | John Keats | 2009-09-18 |
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Love Hate | Tom | 2009-06-26 |
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Brideshead Revisited | Sebastian Flyte | 2008-07-25 |
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I'm Not There | Arthur | 2007-10-01 |
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Jean-Baptiste Grenouille | 2006-09-13 |
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Stoned | Keith Richards | 2005-11-18 |
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Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Bruno | 2004-09-01 |
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Enduring Love | Spud | 2004-10-29 |
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Layer Cake | Sidney | 2004-09-30 |
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The Booze Cruise | Daniel | 2003-09-07 |
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77 Beds | Ishmael | 2003-10-22 |
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Spiritual Rampage | Eric | 2003-01-31 |
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My Brother Tom | Tom | 2001-11-16 |
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Baby | Little Joe | 2000-06-02 |
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Mauvaise passe | Jay | 1999-11-17 |
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The Trench | Pte. James Deamis | 1999-09-17 |
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The Man I Love | ||
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Untitled Paddington 4 | Paddington Brown (voice) | |
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All Signs of Death | Web | |
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Diamond Shitter | Nigel |