Place of Birth: Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Ben Whishaw
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 | Cast | Year |
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Jean-Baptiste Grenouille | 2006 |
I'm Not There | Arthur | 2007 |
Layer Cake | Sidney | 2004 |
Brideshead Revisited | Sebastian Flyte | 2008 |
The Trench | Pte. James Deamis | 1999 |
Enduring Love | Spud | 2004 |
Passages | Martin | 2023 |
Being James Bond | Q (archive footage) | 2021 |
Bright Star | John Keats | 2009 |
Skyfall | Q | 2012 |
The Tempest | Ariel | 2010 |
Stoned | Keith Richards | 2005 |
The Escort | Jay | 1999 |
Good Boy | Danny | 2023 |
Cloud Atlas | Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman | 2012 |
Miss Fortunate | Humourless Man | 2021 |
My Brother Tom | Tom | 2001 |
Love Hate | Tom | 2009 |
The Zero Theorem | Doctor 3 | 2013 |
Peter Hujar’s Day | Peter Hujar | 2025 |
Limonov: The Ballad | Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov | 2024 |
Baby | Little Joe | 2002 |
In the Heart of the Sea | Herman Melville | 2015 |
Spectre | Q | 2015 |
Teenage | British Boy (voice) | 2013 |
Days and Nights | Eric | 2014 |
Lilting | Richard | 2014 |
Suffragette | Sonny Watts | 2015 |
Bad Behaviour | Elon Bello | 2023 |
Ungentle | Narrator (voice) | 2022 |
Paddington | Paddington (voice) | 2014 |
The Lobster | Limping Man | 2015 |
Designing Bond | Self | 2021 |
The Muse | Edward | 2014 |
Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015 |
The Danish Girl | Henrik | 2015 |
Paddington 2 | Paddington Brown (voice) | 2017 |
Beat | Man | 2013 |
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Bruno | 2004 |
Spiritual Rampage | 2003 | |
The Booze Cruise | Daniel | 2003 |
A Hologram for the King | Dave | 2016 |
Mary Poppins Returns | Michael Banks | 2018 |
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar | Marcus Brutus | 2018 |
No Time to Die | Q | 2021 |
All Signs of Death | Web | 1970 |
The Personal History of David Copperfield | Uriah Heep | 2019 |
His Picture In Little | 2018 | |
Palo Santo | Palo Santo Hologram | 2018 |
Family Happiness | The Brother | 2017 |
Little Joe | Chris | 2019 |
Paddington in Peru | Paddington Brown (voice) | 2024 |
Surge | Joseph | 2020 |
O Holy Ghost | Charmaine | 2019 |
Women Talking | August | 2022 |
Paddington 4 | Paddington Brown (voice) | 1970 |
In Heat | 2024 | |
Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing | Narrator | 2024 |
An A to Z of Paddington | Self | 2024 | Series | Cast | Year |
Nathan Barley | Pingu | 2005 |
Criminal Justice | Ben Coulter | 2008 |
Other People's Children | Sully | 2000 |
The Hour | Freddie Lyon | 2011 |
Playhouse Presents | Ezra | 2012 |
London Spy | Danny | 2015 |
This Is Going to Hurt | Adam Kay | 2022 |
Queers. | Perce | 2017 |
Black Doves | Sam Young | 2024 |
A Very English Scandal | Norman Scott | 2018 |
Bambi Awards | Self | 1948 |
The Hollow Crown | King Richard | 2012 |
Fargo | Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan | 2014 |
The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007 |
The Adventures of Paddington | Paddington (voice) | 2019 |
Queers. | 2017 | |
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self | 2022 |