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.

From Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

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Rating

83.8M

Budget

274M

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Acting

Primarily

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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

2018 His Picture In Little

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

Genres

7.30 TV Movie 1

7.14 Crime 2

7.06 Adventure 7

6.99 Action 4

6.98 Family 4

6.74 Documentary 4

6.57 Thriller 7

6.50 Comedy 14

6.48 Drama 33

6.43 History 4

6.38 Romance 5

6.28 Fantasy 5

6.27 Music 2

6.24 Science Fiction 3

5.68 Mystery 1

5.32 War 1