Ben Whishaw
October 14, 1980 (44 years old) in Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2025 · Peter Hujar's Day as Peter Hujar
- 2024 · Black Doves as Sam Young
- 2024 · Paddington in Peru as Paddington Brown (voice)
- 2024 · An A to Z of Paddington as Self
- 2024 · Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing as Narrator
- 2024 · In Heat as
- 2024 · Limonov: The Ballad as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
- 2023 · Bad Behaviour as Elon Bello
- 2023 · Passages as Martin
- 2023 · Good Boy as Danny
- 2022 · Women Talking as August
- 2022 · Ungentle as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
- 2022 · Paddington Meets The Queen as Paddington (voice)
- 2022 · This Is Going to Hurt as Adam Kay
- 2021 · Designing Bond as Self
- 2021 · No Time to Die as Q
- 2021 · Being James Bond as Q (archive footage)
- 2021 · Miss Fortunate as Humourless Man
- 2020 · Surge as Joseph
- 2019 · The Adventures of Paddington as Paddington (voice)
- 2019 · The Personal History of David Copperfield as Uriah Heep
- 2019 · Little Joe as Chris
- 2019 · O Holy Ghost as Charmaine
- 2018 · Mary Poppins Returns as Michael Banks
- 2018 · Palo Santo as Palo Santo Hologram
- 2018 · A Very English Scandal as Norman Scott
- 2018 · National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar as Marcus Brutus
- 2018 · His Picture In Little as
- 2017 · Paddington 2 as Paddington Brown (voice)
- 2017 · Family Happiness as The Brother
- 2017 · Queers. as Perce
- 2017 · Queers. as
- 2016 · A Hologram for the King as Dave
- 2015 · In the Heart of the Sea as Herman Melville
- 2015 · The Danish Girl as Henrik
- 2015 · London Spy as Danny
- 2015 · Spectre as Q
- 2015 · Suffragette as Sonny Watts
- 2015 · The Lobster as Limping Man
- 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Paddington as Paddington (voice)
- 2014 · Days and Nights as Eric
- 2014 · Lilting as Richard
- 2014 · The Muse as Edward
- 2014 · Fargo as Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
- 2013 · Beat as Man
- 2013 · The Zero Theorem as Doctor 3
- 2013 · Teenage as British Boy (voice)
- 2012 · Cloud Atlas as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
- 2012 · Skyfall as Q
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as King Richard
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Ezra
- 2011 · The Hour as Freddie Lyon
- 2010 · The Tempest as Ariel
- 2009 · Bright Star as John Keats
- 2009 · Love Hate as Tom
- 2008 · Brideshead Revisited as Sebastian Flyte
- 2008 · Criminal Justice as Ben Coulter
- 2007 · I'm Not There as Arthur
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Perfume: The Story of a Murderer as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
- 2005 · Stoned as Keith Richards
- 2005 · Nathan Barley as Pingu
- 2004 · Enduring Love as Spud
- 2004 · Layer Cake as Sidney
- 2004 · Ready When You Are, Mr McGill as Bruno
- 2003 · 77 Beds as Ishmael
- 2003 · The Booze Cruise as Daniel
- 2003 · Spiritual Rampage as Eric
- 2002 · Baby as Little Joe
- 2001 · My Brother Tom as Tom
- 2000 · Other People's Children as Sully
- 1999 · The Escort as Jay
- 1999 · The Trench as Pte. James Deamis
- 1948 · Bambi-Verleihung as Self
- Future · All Signs of Death as Web
- Future · Paddington 4 as Paddington Brown (voice)
- Future · The Man I Love as
- Future · Diamond Shitter as Nigel