Acting · Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Born October 14, 1980
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).
MovieElden Ring
2028
Images: Making "Peter Hujar's Day"
2026
as Self
MoviePeter Hujar's Day
2025
as Peter Hujar
MovieThe Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!
2025
TVBlack Doves
2024
as Sam Young
MoviePaddington in Peru
2024
as Paddington Brown (voice)
MovieAn A to Z of Paddington
2024
as Self
MovieForgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
2024
as Narrator
MovieIn Heat
2024
as Jon
MovieLimonov: The Ballad
2024
as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
MovieBad Behaviour
2023
as Elon Bello
MoviePassages
2023
as Martin
MovieGood Boy
2023
as Danny
MovieWomen Talking
2022
as August
MovieUngentle
2022
as Narrator (voice)
TVSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self
MoviePaddington Meets The Queen
2022
as Paddington (voice)
TVThis Is Going to Hurt
2022
as Adam Kay
Designing Bond
2021
as Self
MovieNo Time to Die
2021
as Q
MovieMiss Fortunate
2021
as Humourless Man
MovieSurge
2020
as Joseph
TVThe Adventures of Paddington
2019
as Paddington (voice)
MovieThe Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
as Uriah Heep
MovieLittle Joe
2019
as Chris
MovieO Holy Ghost
2019
as Charmaine
MovieMary Poppins Returns
2018
as Michael Banks
MoviePalo Santo
2018
as Palo Santo Hologram
TVA Very English Scandal
2018
as Norman Scott
MovieNational Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
2018
as Marcus Brutus
MovieHis Picture In Little
2018
MoviePaddington 2
2017
as Paddington Brown (voice)
MovieFamily Happiness
2017
as The Brother
TVQueers.
2017
as Perce
MovieA Hologram for the King
2016
as Dave
MovieIn the Heart of the Sea
2015
as Herman Melville
MovieThe Danish Girl
2015
as Henrik
TVLondon Spy
2015
as Danny
MovieSpectre
2015
as Q
MovieSuffragette
2015
as Sonny Watts
MovieThe Lobster
2015
as Limping Man
MovieUnity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MoviePaddington
2014
as Paddington (voice)
MovieDays and Nights
2014
as Eric
MovieLilting
2014
as Richard
MovieThe Muse
2014
as Edward
TVFargo
2014
as Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
MovieBeat
2013
as Man
MovieThe Zero Theorem
2013
as Doctor 3
MovieTeenage
2013
as British Boy (voice)
MovieCloud Atlas
2012
as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
MovieSkyfall
2012
as Q
TVThe Hollow Crown
2012
as King Richard
TVPlayhouse Presents
2012
as Ezra
TVThe Hour
2011
as Freddie Lyon
MovieThe Tempest
2010
as Ariel
MovieBright Star
2009
as John Keats
MovieLove Hate
2009
as Tom
MovieThe International
2009
as Renee
MovieBrideshead Revisited
2008
as Sebastian Flyte
TVCriminal Justice
2008
as Ben Coulter
MovieI'm Not There
2007
as Arthur
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MoviePerfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
MovieStoned
2005
as Keith Richards
TVNathan Barley
2005
as Pingu
MovieEnduring Love
2004
as Spud
MovieLayer Cake
2004
as Sidney
MovieReady When You Are, Mr McGill
2004
as Bruno
Movie77 Beds
2003
as Ishmael
MovieThe Booze Cruise
2003
as Daniel
Spiritual Rampage
2003
as Eric
MovieMy Brother Tom
2001
as Tom
Other People's Children
2000
as Sully
MovieBaby
2000
as Little Joe
TVBlack Cab
2000
as Ryan
MovieThe Escort
1999
as Jay
MovieThe Trench
1999
as Pte. James Deamis
TVBambi
1948
as Self
All Signs of Death
as Web
High End
as Nigel
Bruvvas
