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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Known for
Fargo
Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
Bambi
Self
No Time to Die
Q
The Adventures of Paddington
Paddington (voice)
Spectre
Q
Skyfall
Q
Black Doves
Sam Young
The Hollow Crown
King Richard
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Paddington
Paddington (voice)
Paddington in Peru
Paddington Brown (voice)
The Lobster
Limping Man
London Spy
Danny
The Hour
Freddie Lyon
Paddington 2
Paddington Brown (voice)
Cloud Atlas
Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
Criminal Justice
Ben Coulter
This Is Going to Hurt
Adam Kay
Lilting
Richard
Playhouse Presents
Ezra
Mary Poppins Returns
Michael Banks
Brideshead Revisited
Sebastian Flyte
In the Heart of the Sea
Herman Melville
The Danish Girl
Henrik
Layer Cake
Sidney
Suffragette
Sonny Watts
Queers.
Perce
Queers.
Nathan Barley
Pingu
A Very English Scandal
Norman Scott
Women Talking
August
Ungentle
Narrator (voice)
I'm Not There
Arthur
Bright Star
John Keats
Passages
Martin
In Heat
The Tempest
Ariel
Beat
Man
Enduring Love
Spud
Little Joe
Chris
The Trench
Pte. James Deamis
The Zero Theorem
Doctor 3
Peter Hujar's Day
Peter Hujar
Miss Fortunate
Humourless Man
A Hologram for the King
Dave
Unity
Narrator (voice)
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Uriah Heep
Limonov: The Ballad
Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
Bad Behaviour
Elon Bello
Stoned
Keith Richards
Other People's Children
Sully
Black Cab
Ryan
The Escort
Jay
Good Boy
Danny
Surge
Joseph
Designing Bond
Self
Days and Nights
Eric
All Signs of Death
Web
My Brother Tom
Tom
Diamond Shitter
Nigel
Paddington Meets The Queen
Paddington (voice)
The Booze Cruise
Daniel
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus
77 Beds
Ishmael
O Holy Ghost
Charmaine
Baby
Little Joe
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Bruno
Spiritual Rampage
Eric
Teenage
British Boy (voice)
The Muse
Edward
Family Happiness
The Brother
His Picture In Little
Palo Santo
Palo Santo Hologram
Love Hate
Tom
The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!
An A to Z of Paddington
Self
Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self