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.
Movie | All Signs of Death | Web | 2025 |
Movie | Limonov: The Ballad | Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov | 2024-09-05 |
Movie | Paddington in Peru | Paddington Brown (voice) | 2024-11-07 |
Series | Black Doves | Sam Young | 2024-12-05 |
Movie | Passages | Martin | 2023-06-28 |
Movie | Bad Behaviour | Elon Bello | 2023-11-02 |
Series | This Is Going to Hurt | Adam Kay | 2022-02-08 |
Movie | Women Talking | August | 2022-12-23 |
Movie | Miss Fortunate | Humourless Man | 2021-03-27 |
Movie | Being James Bond | Q (archive footage) | 2021-08-29 |
Movie | No Time to Die | Q | 2021-09-29 |
Movie | Surge | Joseph | 2020-06-17 |
Movie | O Holy Ghost | Charmaine | 2019-10-05 |
Movie | The Personal History of David Copperfield | Uriah Heep | 2019-11-07 |
Movie | Little Joe | Chris | 2019-11-01 |
Movie | His Picture In Little | 2018-03-15 | |
Movie | National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar | Marcus Brutus | 2018-03-22 |
Series | A Very English Scandal | Norman Scott | 2018-05-20 |
Movie | Mary Poppins Returns | Michael Banks | 2018-12-13 |
Movie | Palo Santo | Palo Santo Hologram | 2018-07-06 |
Series | Queers. | 2017-07-31 | |
Movie | Family Happiness | The Brother | 2017-10-09 |
Movie | Paddington 2 | Paddington Brown (voice) | 2017-11-09 |
Movie | The Freddie Mercury Story: Who Wants to Live Forever? | Freddie Mercury | 2016-11-26 |
Movie | A Hologram for the King | Dave | 2016-04-22 |
Movie | The Lobster | Limping Man | 2015-10-15 |
Movie | Suffragette | Sonny Watts | 2015-10-16 |
Movie | Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
Movie | The Danish Girl | Henrik | 2015-11-27 |
Movie | In the Heart of the Sea | Herman Melville | 2015-12-03 |
Movie | Spectre | Q | 2015-10-26 |
Series | London Spy | Danny | 2015-11-09 |
Series | Fargo | Patrick "Rabbi" Milligan | 2014-04-15 |
Movie | The Muse | Edward | 2014-06-01 |
Movie | Paddington | Paddington (voice) | 2014-11-24 |
Movie | Lilting | Richard | 2014-08-07 |
Movie | Days and Nights | Eric | 2014-09-26 |
Movie | Teenage | British Boy (voice) | 2013-04-20 |
Movie | The Zero Theorem | Doctor 3 | 2013-09-20 |
Movie | Beat | Man | 2013-10-16 |
Series | The Hollow Crown | Richard II | 2012-06-30 |
Series | Playhouse Presents | Ezra | 2012-04-12 |
Movie | Cloud Atlas | Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman | 2012-10-26 |
Movie | Skyfall | Q | 2012-10-24 |
Series | The Hour | Freddie Lyon | 2011-07-19 |
Movie | The Tempest | Ariel | 2010-09-11 |
Movie | Bright Star | John Keats | 2009-09-18 |
Movie | Love Hate | Tom | 2009-06-26 |
Series | Criminal Justice | Ben Coulter | 2008-06-30 |
Movie | Brideshead Revisited | Sebastian Flyte | 2008-07-25 |
Movie | I'm Not There | Arthur | 2007-10-01 |
Movie | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Jean-Baptiste Grenouille | 2006-09-13 |
Movie | Stoned | Keith Richards | 2005-11-18 |
Series | Nathan Barley | Pingu | 2005-02-11 |
Movie | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Bruno | 2004-09-01 |
Movie | Enduring Love | Spud | 2004-10-29 |
Movie | Layer Cake | Sidney | 2004-09-30 |
Movie | Spiritual Rampage | 2003-01-31 | |
Movie | The Booze Cruise | Daniel | 2003-09-07 |
Movie | Baby | Little Joe | 2002-06-02 |
Movie | My Brother Tom | Tom | 2001-11-16 |
Series | Other People's Children | Sully | 2000-09-10 |
Movie | The Escort | Jay | 1999-11-17 |
Movie | The Trench | Pte. James Deamis | 1999-09-17 |