Ben Whishaw
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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Movies (65)
Elden Ring
2028
Bruvvas
2026 · He
Images: Making "Peter Hujar's Day"
2026 · Self
Un día con Peter Hujar
2025 · Peter Hujar, Executive Producer
The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!
2025
Paddington in Peru
2024 · Paddington Brown (voice)
An A to Z of Paddington
2024 · Self
Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
2024 · Narrator
In Heat
2024 · Jon
Limonov: The Ballad
2024 · Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
Mala conducta
2023 · Elon Bello, Executive Producer
Pasajes
2023 · Martin
Good Boy
2023 · Danny
Ellas hablan
2022 · August
Ungentle
2022 · Narrator (voice)
Paddington Meets The Queen
2022 · Paddington (voice)
Designing Bond
2021 · Self
Sin tiempo para morir
2021 · Q
Miss Fortunate
2021 · Humourless Man
Surge
2020 · Joseph
La historia de David Copperfield
2019 · Uriah Heep
Little Joe
2019 · Chris
O Holy Ghost
2019 · Charmaine
El Regreso De Mary Poppins
2018 · Michael Banks
Palo Santo
2018 · Palo Santo Hologram
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
2018 · Marcus Brutus
His Picture In Little
2018
Paddington 2
2017 · Paddington Brown (voice)
Family Happiness
2017 · Romily Wells
Un holograma para el rey
2016 · Dave
En el corazón del mar
2015 · Herman Melville
La Chica Danesa
2015 · Henrik
007: Spectre
2015 · Q
Las sufragistas
2015 · Sonny Watts
La Langosta
2015 · Limping Man
Unity
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Paddington
2014 · Paddington (voice)
Days and Nights
2014 · Eric
Lilting
2014 · Richard
The Muse
2014 · Edward
Beat
2013 · Man
The Zero Theorem
2013 · Doctor 3
Teenage
2013 · British Boy (voice)
Cloud Atlas: La Red Invisible
2012 · Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
007: Operación Skyfall
2012 · Q
The Tempest
2010 · Ariel
Bright Star
2009 · John Keats
Love Hate
2009 · Tom
Agente internacional
2009 · Renee
Brideshead Revisited
2008 · Sebastian Flyte
I'm Not There
2007 · Arthur
El Perfume: Historia de un asesino
2006 · Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Stoned
2005 · Keith Richards
Enduring Love
2004 · Spud
No todo es lo que parece
2004 · Sidney
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004 · Bruno
77 Beds
2003 · Ishmael
The Booze Cruise
2003 · Daniel
Spiritual Rampage
2003 · Eric
My Brother Tom
2001 · Tom
Baby
2000 · Little Joe
The Escort
1999 · Jay
The Trench
1999 · Pte. James Deamis
All Signs of Death
· Web
Violence Violence
· Nigel
TV shows (17)
Black Doves
2024 · Sam Young
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · Self
Esto te va a Doler
2022 · Adam Kay, Executive Producer
The Adventures of Paddington
2019 · Paddington (voice)
Un escándalo muy inglés
2018 · Norman Scott
Queers.
2017 · Perce
London Spy
2015 · Danny
Fargo
2014 · Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
La Corona Vacía
2012 · King Richard
Playhouse Presents
2012 · Ezra
The Hour
2011 · Freddie Lyon
Criminal Justice
2008 · Ben Coulter
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
Nathan Barley
2005 · Pingu
Other People's Children
2000 · Sully
Black Cab
2000 · Ryan
Bambi
1948 · Self