Ben Whishaw 1980 45
Ben Whishaw 1980 45
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.
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2025 Diamond Shitter as Nigel
2025 All Signs of Death as Web
2025 Paddington 4 as Paddington Brown (voice)
2025 The Man I Love
2025 Peter Hujar’s Day as Peter Hujar
2024 Paddington in Peru as Paddington Brown (voice)
2024 An A to Z of Paddington as Self
2024 Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing as Narrator
2024 In Heat
2024 Limonov: The Ballad as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
2023 Bad Behaviour as Elon Bello Executive Producer
2023 Passages as Martin
2023 Good Boy as Danny
2022 Women Talking as August
2022 Ungentle as Narrator (voice)
2022 Paddington Meets The Queen as Paddington (voice)
2021 Designing Bond as Self
2021 No Time to Die as Q
2021 Being James Bond as Q (archive footage)
2021 Miss Fortunate as Humourless Man
2020 Surge as Joseph
2019 The Personal History of David Copperfield as Uriah Heep
2019 Little Joe as Chris
2019 O Holy Ghost as Charmaine
2018 Mary Poppins Returns as Michael Banks
2018 Palo Santo as Palo Santo Hologram
2018 National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar as Marcus Brutus
2017 Paddington 2 as Paddington Brown (voice)
2017 Family Happiness as The Brother
2016 A Hologram for the King as Dave
2015 In the Heart of the Sea as Herman Melville
2015 The Danish Girl as Henrik
2015 Spectre as Q
2015 Suffragette as Sonny Watts
2015 The Lobster as Limping Man
2015 Unity as Narrator (voice)
2014 Paddington as Paddington (voice)
2014 Days and Nights as Eric
2014 Lilting as Richard
2014 The Muse as Edward
2013 Beat as Man
2013 The Zero Theorem as Doctor 3
2013 Teenage as British Boy (voice)
2012 Cloud Atlas as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
2012 Skyfall as Q
2010 The Tempest as Ariel
2009 Bright Star as John Keats
2009 Love Hate as Tom
2008 Brideshead Revisited as Sebastian Flyte
2007 I'm Not There as Arthur
2006 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
2005 Stoned as Keith Richards
2004 Enduring Love as Spud
2004 Layer Cake as Sidney
2004 Ready When You Are, Mr McGill as Bruno
2003 The Booze Cruise as Daniel
2003 Spiritual Rampage
2002 Baby as Little Joe
2001 My Brother Tom as Tom
1999 The Escort as Jay
1999 The Trench as Pte. James Deamis