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Ben Whishaw

Acting
Known For

45 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

All Credits

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