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 | All Signs of Death | Web | 2025 |
Movie | Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie | Eduard Limonov | 2025 |
Movie | Bad Behaviour | Elon Bello | 2023-11-02 |
Movie | Passages | Martin | 2023-06-28 |
Movie | Women Talking | August | 2022-12-23 |
Movie | No Time to Die | Q | 2021-09-29 |
Movie | Being James Bond | Q (archive footage) | 2021-08-29 |
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 | Mary Poppins Returns | Michael Banks | 2018-12-13 |
Movie | His Picture In Little | 2018-03-15 | |
Movie | National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar | Marcus Brutus | 2018-03-22 |
Series | A Very English Scandal | Norman Scott | 2018-05-20 |
Movie | Palo Santo | Palo Santo Hologram | 2018-07-06 |
Movie | Paddington 2 | Paddington Brown (voice) | 2017-11-09 |
Series | Queers. | Perce | 2017-07-31 |
Movie | Family Happiness | 2017-10-09 | |
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 | The Lobster | Limping Man | 2015-10-15 |
Movie | Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
Movie | Spectre | Q | 2015-10-26 |
Movie | In the Heart of the Sea | Herman Melville | 2015-12-03 |
Movie | Suffragette | Sonny Watts | 2015-10-16 |
Movie | The Danish Girl | Henrik Sandahl | 2015-11-27 |
Series | London Spy | Danny | 2015-11-09 |
Movie | The Muse | Edward | 2014-06-01 |
Series | Fargo | Patrick "Rabbi" Milligan | 2014-04-15 |
Movie | Days and Nights | Eric | 2014-09-26 |
Movie | Lilting | Richard | 2014-08-07 |
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 |