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Ben Whishaw
Ben Whishaw’s screen credits include Q in No Time to Die, Limping Man in The Lobster, and Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman in Cloud Atlas.
Born October 14, 1980 Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK5 movies on MoviHero
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About Ben Whishaw
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). …
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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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- 2024An A to Z of PaddingtonSelf
- 2024Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan TuringNarrator
- 2024In HeatJon
- 2024Limonov: The BalladEduard 'Eddie' Limonov
- 2023Bad BehaviourProducer · Elon Bello
- 2023PassagesMartin
- 2023Good BoyDanny
- 2022Women TalkingAugust
- 2022UngentleNarrator (voice)
- 2022Paddington Meets The QueenPaddington (voice)
- 2021Designing BondSelf
- 2021Miss FortunateHumourless Man
- 2020SurgeJoseph
- 2019The Personal History of David CopperfieldUriah Heep
- 2019Little JoeChris
- 2019O Holy GhostCharmaine
- 2018Mary Poppins ReturnsMichael Banks
- 2018Palo SantoPalo Santo Hologram
- 2018National Theatre Live: Julius CaesarMarcus Brutus
- 2018His Picture In LittleActor
- 2017Paddington 2Paddington Brown (voice)
- 2017Family HappinessRomily Wells
- 2016A Hologram for the KingDave
- 2015In the Heart of the SeaHerman Melville
- 2015The Danish GirlHenrik
- 2015SuffragetteSonny Watts
- 2015UnityNarrator (voice)
- 2014PaddingtonPaddington (voice)
- 2014Days and NightsEric
- 2014LiltingRichard
- 2014The MuseEdward
- 2013BeatMan
- 2013The Zero TheoremDoctor 3
- 2013TeenageBritish Boy (voice)
- 2012SkyfallQ
- 2010The TempestAriel
- 2009Bright StarJohn Keats
- 2009Love HateTom
- 2009The InternationalRenee
- 2008Brideshead RevisitedSebastian Flyte
- 2007I'm Not ThereArthur
- 2006Perfume: The Story of a MurdererJean-Baptiste Grenouille
- 2005StonedKeith Richards
- 2004Enduring LoveSpud
- 2004Layer CakeSidney
- 2004Ready When You Are, Mr McGillBruno
- 200377 BedsIshmael
- 2003The Booze CruiseDaniel
- 2003Spiritual RampageEric
- 2001My Brother TomTom
- 2000BabyLittle Joe
- 1999The EscortJay
- 1999The TrenchPte. James Deamis
- All Signs of DeathWeb
- High EndNigel
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