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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.
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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.
1948
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 Television Award for Best Actor. The same year, he appeared as Q in the James Bond film Skyfall (2012), going on to reprise the role in Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021). He has voiced Paddington Bear in several projects since Paddington (2014). His other film roles in the 2010s include Cloud Atlas (2012), The Lobster (2015), Suffragette (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018).
Whishaw had a leading role in London Spy (2015). For his portrayal of Norman Scott in the miniseries A Very English Scandal (2018), he won a BAFTA, a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor. In 2020, he had a leading role in the fourth season of the black comedy drama Fargo. He has since starred in the BBC medical drama series This Is Going to Hurt (2022), the short film Good Boy (2023), and the Netflix spy thriller series Black Doves (2024).
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Gender
Male
Birthday
October 14, 1980
Birthplace
Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Also Known As
No Time to Die
2021
Skyfall
2012
Spectre
2015
Bright Star
2009
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
Brideshead Revisited
2008
Enduring Love
2004
Love Hate
2009
Paddington in Peru
2024
Good Boy
2023
The Danish Girl
2015
Paddington
2014
The Zero Theorem
2013
I'm Not There
2007
Paddington 2
2017
The Lobster
2015
Cloud Atlas
2012
Family Happiness
2017
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
2018
Little Joe
2019
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Fargo
2014
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Bambi
1948
The Hollow Crown
2012
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Black Doves
2024
The Adventures of Paddington
2019
The Hour
2011
Criminal Justice
2008
This Is Going to Hurt
2022
London Spy
2015
Playhouse Presents
2012
Queers.
2017
Queers.
2017
Nathan Barley
2005
A Very English Scandal
2018
Other People's Children
2000
Black Cab
2000