Ben Whishaw

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-10-14 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Ben Whishaw

Biography

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 Telev...

Acting

2006

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille

2007

I'm Not There

as Arthur

2004

Layer Cake

as Sidney

2008

Brideshead Revisited

as Sebastian Flyte

1999

The Trench

as Pte. James Deamis

2004

2023

Passages

as Martin

2021

Being James Bond

as Q (archive footage)

2009

Bright Star

as John Keats

2012

2010

The Tempest

as Ariel

2005

Stoned

as Keith Richards

1999

2023

Good Boy

as Danny

2012

Cloud Atlas

as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman

2021

Miss Fortunate

as Humourless Man

2001

2009

Love Hate

as Tom

2013

The Zero Theorem

as Doctor 3

2025

Peter Hujar's Day

as Peter Hujar

2024

Limonov: The Ballad

as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov

2000

Baby

as Little Joe

2015

In the Heart of the Sea

as Herman Melville

2015

2013

Teenage

as British Boy (voice)

2014

2014

Lilting

as Richard

2015

Suffragette

as Sonny Watts

2023

Bad Behaviour

as Elon Bello

2022

Ungentle

as Narrator (voice)

2014

Paddington

as Paddington (voice)

2015

The Lobster

as Limping Man

2021

2014

The Muse

as Edward

2015

Unity

as Narrator (voice)

2015

2017

Paddington 2

as Paddington Brown (voice)

2013

Beat

as Man

2003

2018

Mary Poppins Returns

as Michael Banks

2018

Palo Santo

as Palo Santo Hologram

2017

Family Happiness

as The Brother

2019

Little Joe

as Chris

2024

Paddington in Peru

as Paddington Brown (voice)

2020

Surge

as Joseph

2019

O Holy Ghost

as Charmaine

2022

Women Talking

as August

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Paddington 4

as Paddington Brown (voice)

2022

Paddington Meets The Queen

as Paddington (voice)

2003

77 Beds

as Ishmael

Production

2023

Bad Behaviour

as Executive Producer

2025

Peter Hujar's Day

as Executive Producer

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