Ben Whishaw
Acting
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).
Known for
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moviePeter Hujar's Day
2025
Peter Hujar
tvBlack Doves
2024
Sam Young
moviePaddington in Peru
2024
Paddington Brown (voice)
movieLimonov: The Ballad
2024
Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
movieBad Behaviour
2023
Elon Bello
moviePassages
2023
Martin
movieGood Boy
2023
Danny
movieWomen Talking
2022
August
movieUngentle
2022
Narrator (voice)
moviePaddington Meets The Queen
2022
Paddington (voice)
tvThis Is Going to Hurt
2022
Adam Kay
movieMiss Fortunate
2021
Humourless Man
movieSurge
2020
Joseph
tvThe Adventures of Paddington
2019
Paddington (voice)
movieLittle Joe
2019
Chris
movieO Holy Ghost
2019
Charmaine
movieMary Poppins Returns
2018
Michael Banks
moviePalo Santo
2018
Palo Santo Hologram
tvA Very English Scandal
2018
Norman Scott
movieNational Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
2018
Marcus Brutus
moviePaddington 2
2017
Paddington Brown (voice)
movieFamily Happiness
2017
The Brother
tvQueers.
2017
Perce
movieIn the Heart of the Sea
2015
Herman Melville
movieThe Danish Girl
2015
Henrik
tvLondon Spy
2015
Danny
movieSuffragette
2015
Sonny Watts
movieThe Lobster
2015
Limping Man
movieUnity
2015
Narrator (voice)
moviePaddington
2014
Paddington (voice)
movieLilting
2014
Richard
movieThe Muse
2014
Edward
tvFargo
2014
Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
movieThe Zero Theorem
2013
Doctor 3
movieTeenage
2013
British Boy (voice)
movieCloud Atlas
2012
Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
tvThe Hollow Crown
2012
King Richard
tvThe Hour
2011
Freddie Lyon
movieThe Tempest
2010
Ariel
movieBright Star
2009
John Keats
movieBrideshead Revisited
2008
Sebastian Flyte
tvCriminal Justice
2008
Ben Coulter
movieI'm Not There
2007
Arthur
moviePerfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
movieStoned
2005
Keith Richards
tvNathan Barley
2005
Pingu
movieLayer Cake
2004
Sidney
movie77 Beds
2003
Ishmael
movieBaby
2000
Little Joe
tvBlack Cab
2000
Ryan
movieThe Trench
1999
Pte. James Deamis
tvBambi
1948
Self
Production3
moviePeter Hujar's Day
2025
Executive Producer
movieBad Behaviour
2023
Executive Producer
tvThis Is Going to Hurt
2022
Executive Producer