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 | Limonov: The Ballad | Eduard Limonov | 2025 |
Movie | All Signs of Death | Web | 2025 |
Movie | Paddington in Peru | Paddington Brown (voice) | 2024-11-07 |
Movie | Passages | Martin | 2023-06-28 |
Movie | Bad Behaviour | Elon Bello | 2023-11-02 |
Movie | Women Talking | August | 2022-12-23 |
Series | This Is Going to Hurt | Dr Adam Kay | 2022-02-08 |
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 | National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar | Marcus Brutus | 2018-03-22 |
Movie | His Picture In Little | 2018-03-15 | |
Movie | Mary Poppins Returns | Michael Banks | 2018-12-13 |
Movie | Palo Santo | Palo Santo Hologram | 2018-07-06 |
Series | A Very English Scandal | Norman Scott | 2018-05-20 |
Movie | Family Happiness | 2017-10-09 | |
Movie | Paddington 2 | Paddington Brown (voice) | 2017-11-09 |
Series | Queers. | Perce | 2017-07-31 |
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 | Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
Movie | The Lobster | Limping Man | 2015-10-15 |
Movie | The Danish Girl | Henrik Sandahl | 2015-11-27 |
Movie | In the Heart of the Sea | Herman Melville | 2015-12-03 |
Movie | Suffragette | Sonny Watts | 2015-10-16 |
Series | London Spy | Danny | 2015-11-09 |
Movie | Spectre | Q | 2015-10-26 |
Series | Fargo | Patrick "Rabbi" Milligan | 2014-04-15 |
Movie | Lilting | Richard | 2014-08-07 |
Movie | Days and Nights | Eric | 2014-09-26 |
Movie | The Muse | Edward | 2014-06-01 |
Movie | Paddington | Paddington (voice) | 2014-11-24 |
Movie | The Zero Theorem | Doctor 3 | 2013-09-20 |
Movie | Beat | Man | 2013-10-16 |
Movie | Teenage | British Boy (voice) | 2013-04-20 |
Series | Playhouse Presents | Ezra | 2012-04-12 |
Movie | Skyfall | Q | 2012-10-24 |
Series | The Hollow Crown | Richard II | 2012-06-30 |
Movie | Cloud Atlas | Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman | 2012-10-26 |
Series | The Hour | Freddie Lyon | 2011-07-19 |
Movie | The Tempest | Ariel | 2010-09-11 |
Movie | Love Hate | Tom | 2009-06-26 |
Movie | Bright Star | John Keats | 2009-09-18 |
Movie | Brideshead Revisited | Sebastian Flyte | 2008-07-25 |
Series | Criminal Justice | Ben Coulter | 2008-06-30 |
Movie | I'm Not There | Arthur | 2007-10-01 |
Movie | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Jean-Baptiste Grenouille | 2006-09-13 |
Series | Nathan Barley | Pingu | 2005-02-11 |
Movie | Stoned | Keith Richards | 2005-11-18 |
Movie | Layer Cake | Sidney | 2004-09-30 |
Movie | Enduring Love | Spud | 2004-10-29 |
Movie | The Booze Cruise | Daniel | 2003-09-07 |
Movie | Spiritual Rampage | 2003-01-31 | |
Movie | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Bruno | 2003-01-01 |
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 Trench | Pte. James Deamis | 1999-09-17 |
Movie | The Escort | Jay | 1999-11-17 |