Cast
Ben Whishaw
Acting
Cast
Ben Whishaw
Known for
Acting
Born
1980-10-14
From
Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Also known as Benjamin John Whishaw, Benjamin 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).
★7.3
MOVIE2021
No Time to Die
as Q
★7.4
MOVIE2006
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
★6.9
MOVIE2012
Cloud Atlas
as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
★7.3
MOVIE2012
Skyfall
as Q
★6.6
MOVIE2015
Spectre
as Q
MOVIE2028
Elden Ring
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Paddington
as Paddington (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE2017
Paddington 2
as Paddington Brown (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2015
The Lobster
as Limping Man
★6.8
MOVIE2024
Paddington in Peru
as Paddington Brown (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2015
In the Heart of the Sea
as Herman Melville
★6.9
MOVIE2004
Layer Cake
as Sidney
★6.5
MOVIE2018
Mary Poppins Returns
as Michael Banks
★7.5
MOVIE2015
The Danish Girl
as Henrik
MOVIE2024
In Heat
as Jon
★6.1
MOVIE2013
The Zero Theorem
as Doctor 3
★6.3
MOVIE2009
The International
as Renee
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Brideshead Revisited
as Sebastian Flyte
★6.3
MOVIE2023
Passages
as Martin
★7.2
MOVIE2015
Suffragette
as Sonny Watts
★6.5
MOVIE2007
I'm Not There
as Arthur
MOVIETBA
High End
as Nigel
★7.0
MOVIE2013
Beat
as Man
★6.9
MOVIE2014
Lilting
as Richard
★6.4
MOVIE2024
Limonov: The Ballad
as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
MOVIE2003
Spiritual Rampage
as Eric
★6.8
MOVIE2022
Women Talking
as August
★5.2
MOVIE2025
Peter Hujar's Day
as Peter Hujar
★5.8
MOVIE2016
A Hologram for the King
as Dave
★5.8
MOVIE2019
Little Joe
as Chris
MOVIETBA
Bruvvas
★7.6
MOVIE2015
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2021
Miss Fortunate
as Humourless Man
★6.6
MOVIE2009
Bright Star
as John Keats
★5.9
MOVIE2022
Ungentle
as Narrator (voice)
★5.4
MOVIE1999
The Escort
as Jay
★4.7
MOVIE2023
Bad Behaviour
as Elon Bello
MOVIE2025
The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!
★5.5
MOVIE2021
Designing Bond
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2003
77 Beds
as Ishmael
★5.3
MOVIE2010
The Tempest
as Ariel
★5.4
MOVIE1999
The Trench
as Pte. James Deamis
★7.3
MOVIE2004
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Bruno
★6.4
MOVIE2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield
as Uriah Heep
★4.5
MOVIE2014
Days and Nights
as Eric
★5.8
MOVIE2001
My Brother Tom
as Tom
★5.5
MOVIE2020
Surge
as Joseph
★5.8
MOVIE2004
Enduring Love
as Spud
MOVIETBA
All Signs of Death
as Web
★8.0
MOVIE2003
The Booze Cruise
as Daniel
★7.5
MOVIE2022
Paddington Meets The Queen
as Paddington (voice)
MOVIE2024
An A to Z of Paddington
as Self
MOVIE2024
Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
as Narrator
★7.5
MOVIE2018
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
as Marcus Brutus
★5.2
MOVIE2005
Stoned
as Keith Richards
★6.0
MOVIE2026
Images: Making "Peter Hujar's Day"
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2013
Teenage
as British Boy (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE2023
Good Boy
as Danny
MOVIE2019
O Holy Ghost
as Charmaine
★8.2
MOVIE2014
The Muse
as Edward
★8.0
MOVIE2009
Love Hate
as Tom
MOVIE2018
His Picture In Little
★7.3
MOVIE2018
Palo Santo
as Palo Santo Hologram
★6.3
MOVIE2000
Baby
as Little Joe
MOVIE2017
Family Happiness
as The Brother