Ben Whishaw
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1980-10-14 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Ben Whishaw
Biography
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.
Acting
All Signs of Death
as Web
Paddington 4
as Paddington Brown (voice)
Diamond Shitter
as Nigel
(2025)
Peter Hujar’s Day
as Peter Hujar
(2024)
Paddington in Peru
as Paddington Brown (voice)
(2024)
Limonov: The Ballad
as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
(2024)
An A to Z of Paddington
as Self
(2024)
(2024)
(2023)
Bad Behaviour
as Elon Bello
(2023)
Passages
as Martin
(2023)
Good Boy
as Danny
(2022)
Women Talking
as August
(2022)
Paddington Meets The Queen
as Paddington (voice)
(2022)
Ungentle
as Narrator (voice)
(2021)
No Time to Die
as Q
(2021)
Being James Bond
as Q (archive footage)
(2021)
Designing Bond
as Self
(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)
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
as Marcus Brutus
(2018)
Palo Santo
as Palo Santo Hologram
(2018)
(2017)
Paddington 2
as Paddington Brown (voice)
(2017)
Family Happiness
as The Brother
(2016)
A Hologram for the King
as Dave
(2015)
The Lobster
as Limping Man
(2015)
Spectre
as Q
(2015)
In the Heart of the Sea
as Herman Melville
(2015)
The Danish Girl
as Henrik
(2015)
Suffragette
as Sonny Watts
(2015)
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
(2014)
Paddington
as Paddington (voice)
(2014)
Lilting
as Richard
(2014)
Days and Nights
as Eric
(2014)
The Muse
as Edward
(2013)
The Zero Theorem
as Doctor 3
(2013)
Teenage
as British Boy (voice)
(2013)
Beat
as Man
(2012)
Skyfall
as Q
(2012)
Cloud Atlas
as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
(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)
Layer Cake
as Sidney
(2004)
Enduring Love
as Spud
(2004)
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Bruno
(2003)
The Booze Cruise
as Daniel
(2003)
(2002)
Baby
as Little Joe
(2001)
My Brother Tom
as Tom
(1999)
The Trench
as Pte. James Deamis
(1999)
The Escort
as Jay
Crew
(2023)
Bad Behaviour
Executive Producer