Ben Whishaw
Acting
Born: Oct 14, 1980
From: Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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), …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Hujar's Day | Peter Hujar | 2025 | 5.444 |
| Limonov: The Ballad | Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov | 2024 | 6.392 |
| Passages | Martin | 2023 | 6.352 |
| Good Boy | Danny | 2023 | 6.667 |
| Bad Behaviour | Elon Bello | 2023 | 4.8 |
| Ungentle | Narrator (voice) | 2022 | 5.857 |
| Miss Fortunate | Humourless Man | 2021 | — |
| In the Heart of the Sea | Herman Melville | 2015 | 6.76 |
| Spectre | Q | 2015 | 6.569 |
| Suffragette | Sonny Watts | 2015 | 7.2 |
| Days and Nights | Eric | 2014 | 4.5 |
| Lilting | Richard | 2014 | 6.9 |
| Paddington | Paddington (voice) | 2014 | 7.119 |
| The Zero Theorem | Doctor 3 | 2013 | 6.081 |
| Teenage | British Boy (voice) | 2013 | 6.183 |
| Skyfall | Q | 2012 | 7.26 |
| Cloud Atlas | Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher … | 2012 | 6.894 |
| The Tempest | Ariel | 2010 | 5.316 |
| Bright Star | John Keats | 2009 | 6.6 |
| Love Hate | Tom | 2009 | 8.0 |
| Brideshead Revisited | Sebastian Flyte | 2008 | 6.27 |
| I'm Not There | Arthur | 2007 | 6.512 |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Jean-Baptiste Grenouille | 2006 | 7.366 |
| Stoned | Keith Richards | 2005 | 5.125 |
| Layer Cake | Sidney | 2004 | 6.917 |
| Enduring Love | Spud | 2004 | 5.746 |
| My Brother Tom | Tom | 2001 | 5.768 |
| Baby | Little Joe | 2000 | 6.333 |
| The Trench | Pte. James Deamis | 1999 | 5.379 |
| The Escort | Jay | 1999 | 5.423 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1980 |
| From | Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, … |