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Aliases: 벤 위쇼 , Benjamin John Whishaw , Μπεν Γουίσοου , بن ویشاو

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 38

TV Involvements: 11


Most Famous Work

Biography

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Whishaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Adventures of Paddington
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The Adventures of Paddington

(2019) Paddington (voice)
Fargo
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8

Fargo

(2014) Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
Bambi Awards
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9

Bambi Awards

(1948) Self
Criminal Justice
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8

Criminal Justice

(2008) Ben Coulter
No Time to Die
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7

No Time to Die

(2021) Q
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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7

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

(2006) Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Skyfall
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7

Skyfall

(2012) Q
The Hollow Crown
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7

The Hollow Crown

(2012) King Richard

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Paddington Brown (voice)
Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
2023 Elon Bello
Martin
Danny
2022 August
Narrator (voice)
Self
Dr Adam Kay
2021 Self
Q
Q (archive footage)
Humourless Man
2020 Joseph
2019 Paddington (voice)
Uriah Heep
Chris
Charmaine
2018 Michael Banks
Palo Santo Hologram
Norman Scott
Marcus Brutus
N/A
2017 Paddington Brown (voice)
The Brother
Perce
N/A
2016 Dave
2015 Herman Melville
Henrik
Danny
Q
Sonny Watts
Limping Man
Narrator (voice)
2014 Paddington (voice)
Eric
Richard
Edward
Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
2013 Man
Doctor 3
British Boy (voice)
2012 Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
Q
King Richard
Ezra
2011 Freddie Lyon
2010 Ariel
2009 John Keats
Tom
2008 Sebastian Flyte
Ben Coulter
2007 Arthur
Self
2006 Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
2005 Keith Richards
Pingu
2004 Spud
Sidney
Bruno
2003 Daniel
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2002 Little Joe
2001 Tom
2000 Sully
1999 Jay
Pte. James Deamis
1948 Self
Web
Sam Young
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Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Executive Producer
2022 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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