Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayOct 14, 1980
BiographyBenjamin 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. This was followed by television roles 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), and 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 Best 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

Black Doves
Running

Black Doves

as Sam Young
A Very English Scandal
Ended

A Very English Scandal

as Norman Scott
Criminal Justice
Ended

Criminal Justice

as Ben Coulter
Fargo
Ended

Fargo

as Patrick "Rabbi" Milligan
London Spy
Ended

London Spy

as Danny
Queers
Ended

Queers

as Perce
The Adventures of Paddington
Ended

The Adventures of Paddington

as Paddington
The Hollow Crown
Ended

The Hollow Crown

as Richard II
The Hour
Ended

The Hour

as Freddie Lyon
This is Going to Hurt
Ended

This is Going to Hurt

as Adam Kay

Part of Crew

The Adventures of Paddington
Ended

The Adventures of Paddington

as Developer
This is Going to Hurt
Ended

This is Going to Hurt

as Executive Producer

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