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Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw

Acting1980Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Biography

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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Acting History

2024
Paddington in Peru
as Paddington Brown (voice)
Limonov: The Ballad
as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
Black Doves
TVas Sam Young6 eps
2023
Bad Behaviour
as Elon Bello
Passages
as Martin
Good Boy
as Danny
Bad Behaviour
Executive Producer
2022
Women Talking
as August
Ungentle
as Narrator (voice)
Paddington Meets The Queen
as Paddington (voice)
This Is Going to Hurt
TVas Adam Kay7 eps
This Is Going to Hurt
TVExecutive Producer7 eps
2021
Miss Fortunate
as Humourless Man
2020
Surge
as Joseph
Fargo
TVas Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan11 eps
2019
O Holy Ghost
as Charmaine
Little Joe
as Chris
The Adventures of Paddington
TVas Paddington (voice)154 eps
2018
Mary Poppins Returns
as Michael Banks
Palo Santo
as Palo Santo Hologram
A Very English Scandal
TVas Norman Scott3 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self1 eps
2017
Family Happiness
as The Brother
Paddington 2
as Paddington Brown (voice)
2015
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
Suffragette
as Sonny Watts
The Lobster
as Limping Man
In the Heart of the Sea
as Herman Melville
London Spy
TVas Danny5 eps
2014
Paddington
as Paddington (voice)
Lilting
as Richard
The Muse
as Edward
Playhouse Presents
TVas Ezra1 eps
2013
Teenage
as British Boy (voice)
The Zero Theorem
as Doctor 3
Beat
as Man
2012
Cloud Atlas
as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
The Hollow Crown
TVas King Richard1 eps
2011
The Hour
TVas Freddie Lyon12 eps
2010
The Tempest
as Ariel
2009
Love Hate
as Tom
Bright Star
as John Keats
2008
Brideshead Revisited
as Sebastian Flyte
Criminal Justice
TVas Ben Coulter5 eps
2007
I'm Not There
as Arthur
2006
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Bambi
TVas Self1 eps
2005
Stoned
as Keith Richards
Nathan Barley
TVas Pingu5 eps
2003
2001
2000
Baby
as Little Joe
Black Cab
TVas Ryan
1999
The Trench
as Pte. James Deamis

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/14/1980(45 years old)
Place of Birth
Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK