Ben Whishaw

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

79

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-10-14 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Ben Whishaw

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Whishaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

    Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

  • No Time to Die

    No Time to Die

  • Paddington in Peru

    Paddington in Peru

  • Skyfall

    Skyfall

  • Spectre

    Spectre

  • Black Doves

    Black Doves

  • The Adventures of Paddington

    The Adventures of Paddington

  • Paddington

    Paddington

  • The Hollow Crown

    The Hollow Crown

  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

  • Cloud Atlas

    Cloud Atlas

  • In the Heart of the Sea

    In the Heart of the Sea

  • The Trench

    The Trench

  • Little Joe

    Little Joe

  • Mary Poppins Returns

    Mary Poppins Returns

  • The Lobster

    The Lobster

  • Bright Star

    Bright Star

  • Paddington 2

    Paddington 2

  • Limonov: The Ballad

    Limonov: The Ballad

  • Love Hate

    Love Hate

  • Playhouse Presents

    Playhouse Presents

  • This Is Going to Hurt

    This Is Going to Hurt

  • London Spy

    London Spy

  • The Danish Girl

    The Danish Girl

  • Unity

    Unity

  • Brideshead Revisited

    Brideshead Revisited

  • Days and Nights

    Days and Nights

  • The Tempest

    The Tempest

  • The Hour

    The Hour

  • Good Boy

    Good Boy

  • I'm Not There

    I'm Not There

  • A Very English Scandal

    A Very English Scandal

  • Layer Cake

    Layer Cake

  • The Zero Theorem

    The Zero Theorem

  • Queers.

    Queers.

  • Queers.

    Queers.

  • Designing Bond

    Designing Bond

  • O Holy Ghost

    O Holy Ghost

  • Criminal Justice

    Criminal Justice

  • The Muse

    The Muse

  • Nathan Barley

    Nathan Barley

  • Lilting

    Lilting

  • Women Talking

    Women Talking

  • Teenage

    Teenage

  • Peter Hujar's Day

    Peter Hujar's Day

  • The Personal History of David Copperfield

    The Personal History of David Copperfield

  • National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

    National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

  • Palo Santo

    Palo Santo

  • Surge

    Surge

  • A Hologram for the King

    A Hologram for the King

  • Ungentle

    Ungentle

  • In Heat

    In Heat

  • Suffragette

    Suffragette

  • Enduring Love

    Enduring Love

  • Bad Behaviour

    Bad Behaviour

  • His Picture In Little

    His Picture In Little

  • Baby

    Baby

  • Family Happiness

    Family Happiness

  • Passages

    Passages

  • Other People's Children

    Other People's Children

  • My Brother Tom

    My Brother Tom

  • All Signs of Death

    All Signs of Death

  • The Escort

    The Escort

  • Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

    Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

  • Beat

    Beat

  • An A to Z of Paddington

    An A to Z of Paddington

  • Stoned

    Stoned

  • Paddington 4

    Paddington 4

  • Miss Fortunate

    Miss Fortunate

  • Paddington Meets The Queen

    Paddington Meets The Queen

  • Elden Ring

    Elden Ring

  • Diamond Shitter

    Diamond Shitter

  • 77 Beds

    77 Beds

  • The Booze Cruise

    The Booze Cruise

  • Spiritual Rampage

    Spiritual Rampage

  • Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing

    Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing