Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 14, 1980
Place of Birth:
Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
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Ben Whishaw
Biography
Benjamin John "Ben" Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Whishaw is best known for his breakthrough role as Hamlet, his roles in the television series Nathan Barley, Criminal Justice, The Hour and London Spy; and film roles including Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Bright Star (2009), Brideshead Revisited (2008), Cloud Atlas (2012), The Lobster (2015) and Suffragette (2015). He has also played the role of Q in the James Bond films starting with Skyfall (2012), and was the voice of Paddington Bear in the 2014 film, Paddington.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Peter Hujar's Day | Peter Hujar |
| 2024 | Limonov: The Ballad | Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov |
| 2024 | Paddington in Peru | Paddington Brown (voice) |
| 2024 | In Heat | |
| 2024 | Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing | Narrator |
| 2024 | An A to Z of Paddington | Self |
| 2023 | Passages | Martin |
| 2023 | Good Boy | Danny |
| 2023 | Bad Behaviour | Elon Bello |
| 2022 | Ungentle | Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Women Talking | August |
| 2022 | Paddington Meets The Queen | Paddington (voice) |
| 2021 | Being James Bond | Q (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Miss Fortunate | Humourless Man |
| 2021 | Designing Bond | Self |
| 2021 | No Time to Die | Q |
| 2020 | Surge | Joseph |
| 2019 | The Personal History of David Copperfield | Uriah Heep |
| 2019 | Little Joe | Chris |
| 2019 | O Holy Ghost | Charmaine |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Michael Banks |
| 2018 | National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar | Marcus Brutus |
| 2018 | His Picture In Little | |
| 2018 | Palo Santo | Palo Santo Hologram |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 | Paddington Brown (voice) |
| 2017 | Family Happiness | The Brother |
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King | Dave |
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | Herman Melville |
| 2015 | Spectre | Q |
| 2015 | Suffragette | Sonny Watts |
| 2015 | The Lobster | Limping Man |
| 2015 | Unity | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | The Danish Girl | Henrik |
| 2014 | Days and Nights | Eric |
| 2014 | Lilting | Richard |
| 2014 | Paddington | Paddington (voice) |
| 2014 | The Muse | Edward |
| 2013 | The Zero Theorem | Doctor 3 |
| 2013 | Teenage | British Boy (voice) |
| 2013 | Beat | Man |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Q |
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas | Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman |
| 2010 | The Tempest | Ariel |
| 2009 | Bright Star | John Keats |
| 2009 | Love Hate | Tom |
| 2008 | Brideshead Revisited | Sebastian Flyte |
| 2007 | I'm Not There | Arthur |
| 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Jean-Baptiste Grenouille |
| 2005 | Stoned | Keith Richards |
| 2004 | Layer Cake | Sidney |
| 2004 | Enduring Love | Spud |
| 2004 | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Bruno |
| 2003 | Spiritual Rampage | |
| 2003 | The Booze Cruise | Daniel |
| 2002 | Baby | Little Joe |
| 2001 | My Brother Tom | Tom |
| 1999 | The Trench | Pte. James Deamis |
| 1999 | The Escort | Jay |
| All Signs of Death | Web | |
| Paddington 4 | Paddington Brown (voice) | |
| Diamond Shitter | Nigel | |
| The Man I Love |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Black Doves | Sam Young |
| 2022 | This Is Going to Hurt | Adam Kay |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self |
| 2019 | The Adventures of Paddington | Paddington (voice) |
| 2018 | A Very English Scandal | Norman Scott |
| 2017 | Queers. | Perce |
| 2017 | Queers. | |
| 2015 | London Spy | Danny |
| 2014 | Fargo | Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Ezra |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | King Richard |
| 2011 | The Hour | Freddie Lyon |
| 2008 | Criminal Justice | Ben Coulter |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2005 | Nathan Barley | Pingu |
| 2000 | Other People's Children | Sully |
| 1948 | Bambi-Verleihung | Self |