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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Peter Hujar's Day
Character:Peter Hujar
Release Date:07/11/2025
Paddington in Peru
Character:Paddington Brown (voice)
Release Date:08/11/2024
An A to Z of Paddington
Character:Self
Release Date:31/10/2024
Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
Character:Narrator
Release Date:20/10/2024
In Heat
Character:
Release Date:09/10/2024
Limonov: The Ballad
Character:Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
Release Date:05/09/2024
Bad Behaviour
Character:Elon Bello
Release Date:02/11/2023
Passages
Character:Martin
Release Date:28/06/2023
Good Boy
Character:Danny
Release Date:22/06/2023
Women Talking
Character:August
Release Date:23/12/2022
Ungentle
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:16/09/2022
Paddington Meets The Queen
Character:Paddington (voice)
Release Date:04/06/2022
Designing Bond
Character:Self
Release Date:20/12/2021
No Time to Die
Character:Q
Release Date:29/09/2021
Miss Fortunate
Character:Humourless Man
Release Date:27/03/2021
Surge
Character:Joseph
Release Date:17/06/2020
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Character:Uriah Heep
Release Date:07/11/2019
Little Joe
Character:Chris
Release Date:01/11/2019
O Holy Ghost
Character:Charmaine
Release Date:05/10/2019
Mary Poppins Returns
Character:Michael Banks
Release Date:13/12/2018
Palo Santo
Character:Palo Santo Hologram
Release Date:06/07/2018
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Character:Marcus Brutus
Release Date:22/03/2018
His Picture In Little
Character:
Release Date:15/03/2018
Paddington 2
Character:Paddington Brown (voice)
Release Date:09/11/2017
Family Happiness
Character:The Brother
Release Date:09/10/2017
A Hologram for the King
Character:Dave
Release Date:22/04/2016
In the Heart of the Sea
Character:Herman Melville
Release Date:03/12/2015
The Danish Girl
Character:Henrik
Release Date:27/11/2015
Spectre
Character:Q
Release Date:26/10/2015
Suffragette
Character:Sonny Watts
Release Date:16/10/2015
The Lobster
Character:Limping Man
Release Date:15/10/2015
Unity
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:12/08/2015
Paddington
Character:Paddington (voice)
Release Date:24/11/2014
Days and Nights
Character:Eric
Release Date:26/09/2014
Lilting
Character:Richard
Release Date:08/08/2014
The Muse
Character:Edward
Release Date:01/06/2014
Beat
Character:Man
Release Date:16/10/2013
The Zero Theorem
Character:Doctor 3
Release Date:20/09/2013
Teenage
Character:British Boy (voice)
Release Date:20/04/2013
Cloud Atlas
Character:Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
Release Date:26/10/2012
Skyfall
Character:Q
Release Date:24/10/2012
The Tempest
Character:Ariel
Release Date:11/09/2010
Bright Star
Character:John Keats
Release Date:18/09/2009
Love Hate
Character:Tom
Release Date:26/06/2009
Brideshead Revisited
Character:Sebastian Flyte
Release Date:25/07/2008
I'm Not There
Character:Arthur
Release Date:01/10/2007
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Character:Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Release Date:13/09/2006
Stoned
Character:Keith Richards
Release Date:18/11/2005
Enduring Love
Character:Spud
Release Date:29/10/2004
Layer Cake
Character:Sidney
Release Date:30/09/2004
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Character:Bruno
Release Date:01/09/2004
77 Beds
Character:Ishmael
Release Date:22/10/2003
The Booze Cruise
Character:Daniel
Release Date:07/09/2003
Spiritual Rampage
Character:Eric
Release Date:31/01/2003
My Brother Tom
Character:Tom
Release Date:16/11/2001
Baby
Character:Little Joe
Release Date:02/06/2000
The Escort
Character:Jay
Release Date:17/11/1999
The Trench
Character:Pte. James Deamis
Release Date:17/09/1999
Television Appearances
Black Doves
Character:Sam Young
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Character:Self
This Is Going to Hurt
Character:Adam Kay
The Adventures of Paddington
Character:Paddington (voice)
A Very English Scandal
Character:Norman Scott
Queers.
Character:Perce
Queers.
Character:
London Spy
Character:Danny
Fargo
Character:Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
The Hollow Crown
Character:King Richard
Playhouse Presents
Character:Ezra
The Hour
Character:Freddie Lyon
Criminal Justice
Character:Ben Coulter
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
Nathan Barley
Character:Pingu
Other People's Children
Character:Sully
Black Cab
Character:Ryan
Bambi
Character:Self
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