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Ben Whishaw

Actor, ProducerBorn October 14, 1980 (44 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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Zero Theorem
  • Surge
  • Teenage

Known For

  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
  • Paddington
  • Paddington 2
  • Skyfall
  • Spectre
  • No Time to Die
  • Cloud Atlas
  • The Danish Girl
  • Black Doves
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • This Is Going To Hurt
  • In the Heart of the Sea
  • Paddington in Peru
  • A Very English Scandal
  • Bright Star
  • I'm Not There
  • Women Talking
  • London Spy
  • The Hour
  • A Hologram for the King
  • Passages
  • The Personal History of David Copperfield
  • Suffragette
  • Brideshead Revisited

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Peter Hujar's Day · as Peter Hujar
    2024
    Black Doves (TV Series) · as Sam Young
    2024
    Paddington in Peru · as Paddington Brown (voice)
    2024
    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 (TV Series) · as Adam Kay
    2021
    2020
    Disclosure · as Henrik
    2020
    Surge · as Joseph
    2019
    The Adventures of Paddington (TV Series) · as Paddington (voice)
    2019
    2019
    Little Joe · as Chris
    2018
    Mary Poppins Returns · as Michael Banks
    2018
    A Very English Scandal (TV Series) · as Norman Scott
    2018
    2017
    Paddington 2 · as Paddington Brown (voice)
    2017
    Family Happiness · as The Brother
    2017
    Queers (TV Series) · as Perce
    2016
    2015
    The Danish Girl · as Henrik
    2015
    In the Heart of the Sea · as Herman Melville
    2015
    London Spy (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) · as Patrick 'rabbi' Milligan
    2013
    2013
    Teenage · as British Boy (voice)
    2012
    Cloud Atlas · as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
    2012
    Skyfall · as Q
    2012
    2012
    The Hollow Crown (TV Series) · as King Richard
    2012
    Playhouse Presents (TV Series) · as Ezra
    2011
    The Hour (TV Series) · as Freddie Lyon
    2010
    The Tempest · as Ariel
    2010
    2009
    Bright Star · as John Keats
    2009
    The International · as Rene Antall
    2008
    Brideshead Revisited · as Sebastian Flyte
    2008
    Criminal Justice (TV Series) · as Ben Coulter
    2007
    I'm Not There · as Arthur
    2006
    Perfume: The Story of a Murderer · as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
    2005
    Stoned · as Keith Richards
    2005
    Nathan Barley (TV Series) · as Pingu
    2004
    Enduring Love · as Spud
    2004
    Layer Cake · as Sidney
    2003
    Cheers and Tears · as Daniel
    2003
    2001
    My Brother Tom · as Tom
    2000
    Baby · as Little Joe
    2000
    Other People's Children (TV Series) · as Sully
    1999
    The Escort · as Jay
    1999
    The Trench · as Pte. James Deamis

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