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Ben Whishaw

Acting
Known For

44 Years Old

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.

Born

Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK on 14th October 1980

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Bambi-Verleihung
Self
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The Graham Norton Show
Self
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Fargo
Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
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Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
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This Is Going to Hurt
Adam Kay
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The Adventures of Paddington
Paddington (voice)
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Black Doves
Sam Young
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London Spy
Danny
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The Hollow Crown
King Richard
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Playhouse Presents
Ezra
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The Hour
Freddie Lyon
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Queers.
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Queers.
Perce
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Criminal Justice
Ben Coulter
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Paddington in Peru
Paddington Brown (voice)
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Nathan Barley
Pingu
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No Time to Die
Q
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Skyfall
Q
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Spectre
Q
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Paddington
Paddington (voice)
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
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Cloud Atlas
Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
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The Lobster
Limping Man
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Paddington 2
Paddington Brown (voice)
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In the Heart of the Sea
Herman Melville
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Layer Cake
Sidney
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The Danish Girl
Henrik
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Mary Poppins Returns
Michael Banks
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Bad Behaviour
Elon Bello
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Limonov: The Ballad
Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
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Suffragette
Sonny Watts
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A Very English Scandal
Norman Scott
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Other People's Children
Sully
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I'm Not There
Arthur
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Women Talking
August
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Being James Bond
Q (archive footage)
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Passages
Martin
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The Zero Theorem
Doctor 3
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A Hologram for the King
Dave
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The Personal History of David Copperfield
Uriah Heep
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Bright Star
John Keats
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The Tempest
Ariel
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The Trench
Pte. James Deamis
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Little Joe
Chris
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Brideshead Revisited
Sebastian Flyte
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Unity
Narrator (voice)
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The Escort
Jay
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Enduring Love
Spud
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Surge
Joseph
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Good Boy
Danny
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Lilting
Richard
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Stoned
Keith Richards
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Teenage
British Boy (voice)
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National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus
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Designing Bond
Self
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Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Bruno
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Days and Nights
Eric
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Peter Hujar's Day
Peter Hujar
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The Booze Cruise
Daniel
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Paddington 4
Paddington Brown (voice)
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All Signs of Death
Web
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My Brother Tom
Tom
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An A to Z of Paddington
Self
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O Holy Ghost
Charmaine
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Palo Santo
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Diamond Shitter
Nigel
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Ungentle
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Love Hate
Tom
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The Muse
Edward
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Beat
Man
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Baby
Little Joe
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In Heat
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Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
Narrator
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Family Happiness
The Brother
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Miss Fortunate
Humourless Man
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Eric
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The Man I Love
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Paddington Meets The Queen
Paddington (voice)
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His Picture In Little
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77 Beds
Ishmael