Ben Whishaw
Actor, Producer
14 October 1980 (45 years)
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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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
Filmography
| 2028 | |
| 2025 | Peter Hujar's Day · as Peter Hujar |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Black Doves · as Sam Young |
| 2024 | Paddington in Peru · as Paddington Brown (voice) |
| 2024 | Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing · as Narrator |
| 2024 | Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie · as Eduard 'eddie' Limonov |
| 2023 | Bad Behaviour · as Elon Bello |
| 2023 | Passages · as Martin |
| 2023 | Good Boy · as Danny |
| 2023 | Ungentle · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Women Talking · as August |
| 2022 | This Is Going To Hurt · as Adam Kay |
| 2021 | No Time to Die · as Q |
| 2020 | Disclosure · as Henrik |
| 2020 | Surge · as JosephOn Plex |
| 2019 | The Adventures of Paddington · as Paddington (voice) |
| 2019 | The Personal History of David Copperfield · as Uriah Heep |
| 2019 | Little Joe · as Chris |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns · as Michael Banks |
| 2018 | A Very English Scandal · as Norman Scott |
| 2018 | National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar · as Marcus Brutus |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 · as Paddington Brown (voice) |
| 2017 | Family Happiness · as The Brother |
| 2017 | Queers · as Perce |
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King · as DaveOn Plex |
| 2015 | The Danish Girl · as Henrik |
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea · as Herman Melville |
| 2015 | London Spy · as Danny |
| 2015 | Spectre · as Q |
| 2015 | The Lobster · as Limping Man |
| 2015 | Suffragette · as Sonny Watts |
| 2015 | Unity · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Paddington · as Paddington (voice) |
| 2014 | Days and Nights · as Eric |
| 2014 | Lilting · as Richard |
| 2014 | The Muse · as Edward |
| 2014 | Fargo · as Patrick 'rabbi' Milligan |
| 2013 | Beat · as Man |
| 2013 | The Zero Theorem · as Doctor 3 |
| 2013 | Teenage · as British Boy (voice)On Plex |
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas · as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman |
| 2012 | Skyfall · as Q |
| 2012 | Everything or Nothing · as Q |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown · as King Richard |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents · as Ezra |
| 2011 | The Hour · as Freddie Lyon |
| 2010 | The Tempest · as Ariel |
| 2010 | All Signs of Death · as Web |
| 2009 | Bright Star · as John Keats |
| 2009 | The International · as Rene Antall |
| 2008 | Brideshead Revisited · as Sebastian Flyte |
| 2008 | Criminal Justice · as Ben Coulter |
| 2007 | I'm Not There · as ArthurOn Plex |
| 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer · as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille |
| 2005 | Stoned · as Keith Richards |
| 2005 | Nathan Barley · as Pingu |
| 2004 | Enduring Love · as Spud |
| 2004 | Layer Cake · as Sidney |
| 2003 | Cheers and Tears · as Daniel |
| 2003 | Ready When You Are Mr. McGill · as Bruno |
| 2001 | My Brother Tom · as Tom |
| 2000 | Baby · as Little Joe |
| 2000 | Other People's Children · as Sully |
| 2000 | Black Cab · as Ryan |
| 1999 | The Escort · as Jay |
| 1999 | The Trench · as Pte. James Deamis |
| 2025 | Peter Hujar's Day · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Bad Behaviour · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | This Is Going To Hurt · as Executive Producer |