Ben Whishaw
Biography
Benjamin John Whishaw is an English actor who was born on October 14, 1980, in Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. 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. His subsequent television roles included Nathan Barley in 2005, Criminal Justice in 2008, and The Hour from 2011 to 2012. His film roles during this period included Perfume: The Story of a Murderer in 2006, I'm Not There in 2007, Brideshead Revisited in 2008, and Bright Star in 2009. In 2012, Whishaw played the title role in a BBC Two adaptation of Richard II, winning the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.
Career overview
Benjamin John Whishaw is an English actor born on October 14, 1980, in Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Throughout his career, he has received various accolades, including three British Academy Television Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe.
He began his career in the 2000s, playing the title role in a 2004 production of the play Hamlet. Television roles followed in Nathan Barley in 2005, Criminal Justice in 2008, and The Hour from 2011 to 2012. His early film roles included Perfume: The Story of a Murderer in 2006, I'm Not There in 2007, Brideshead Revisited in 2008, and Bright Star in 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.
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- Elden Ring (2028)
- Images: Making "Peter Hujar's Day" (2026) as Self
- Peter Hujar's Day (2025) as Peter Hujar
- Peter Hujar's Day (2025) Executive Producer
- The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz! (2025)
- Black Doves (2024) as Sam Young
- Paddington in Peru (2024) as Paddington Brown (voice)
- In Heat (2024) as Jon
- Limonov: The Ballad (2024) as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
- An A to Z of Paddington (2024) as Self
- Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing (2024) as Narrator
- Passages (2023) as Martin
- Good Boy (2023) as Danny
- Bad Behaviour (2023) as Elon Bello
- Bad Behaviour (2023) Executive Producer
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022) as Self
- Women Talking (2022) as August
- This Is Going to Hurt (2022) as Adam Kay
- This Is Going to Hurt (2022) Executive Producer
- Ungentle (2022) as Narrator (voice)
- Paddington Meets The Queen (2022) as Paddington (voice)
- No Time to Die (2021) as Q
- Miss Fortunate (2021) as Humourless Man
- Designing Bond (2021) as Self
- Surge (2020) as Joseph
- The Adventures of Paddington (2019) as Paddington (voice)
- Little Joe (2019) as Chris
- The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) as Uriah Heep
- O Holy Ghost (2019) as Charmaine
- Mary Poppins Returns (2018) as Michael Banks
- A Very English Scandal (2018) as Norman Scott
- His Picture In Little (2018)
- National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (2018) as Marcus Brutus
- Palo Santo (2018) as Palo Santo Hologram
- Paddington 2 (2017) as Paddington Brown (voice)
- Queers. (2017) as Perce
- Queers. (2017)
- Family Happiness (2017) as The Brother
- A Hologram for the King (2016) as Dave
- Spectre (2015) as Q
- In the Heart of the Sea (2015) as Herman Melville
- The Danish Girl (2015) as Henrik
- The Lobster (2015) as Limping Man
- London Spy (2015) as Danny
- Suffragette (2015) as Sonny Watts
- Unity (2015) as Narrator (voice)
- Fargo (2014) as Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
- Paddington (2014) as Paddington (voice)
- Lilting (2014) as Richard
- Days and Nights (2014) as Eric
- The Muse (2014) as Edward
- The Zero Theorem (2013) as Doctor 3
- Beat (2013) as Man
- Teenage (2013) as British Boy (voice)
- Playhouse Presents (2012) as Ezra
- Skyfall (2012) as Q
- The Hollow Crown (2012) as King Richard
- Cloud Atlas (2012) as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
- The Hour (2011) as Freddie Lyon
- The Tempest (2010) as Ariel
- Bright Star (2009) as John Keats
- The International (2009) as Renee
- Love Hate (2009) as Tom
- Brideshead Revisited (2008) as Sebastian Flyte
- Criminal Justice (2008) as Ben Coulter
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- I'm Not There (2007) as Arthur
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
- Nathan Barley (2005) as Pingu
- Stoned (2005) as Keith Richards
- Layer Cake (2004) as Sidney
- Enduring Love (2004) as Spud
- Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (2004) as Bruno
- Spiritual Rampage (2003) as Eric
- 77 Beds (2003) as Ishmael
- The Booze Cruise (2003) as Daniel
- My Brother Tom (2001) as Tom
- Black Cab (2000) as Ryan
- Other People's Children (2000) as Sully
- Baby (2000) as Little Joe
- The Escort (1999) as Jay
- The Trench (1999) as Pte. James Deamis
- Bambi (1948) as Self
- High End as Nigel
- Bruvvas
- All Signs of Death as Web