Ben Whishaw
Born
October 14, 1980 (44 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
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.
Peter Hujar's Day
Peter Hujar
2025
Black Doves
Sam Young · (6 episodes)
2024
Paddington in Peru
Paddington Brown (voice)
2024
An A to Z of Paddington
Self
2024
Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
Narrator
2024
In Heat
2024
Limonov: The Ballad
Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
2024
Bad Behaviour
Elon Bello
2023
Passages
Martin
2023
Good Boy
Danny
2023
Women Talking
August
2022
Ungentle
Narrator (voice)
2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self · (1 episode)
2022
Paddington Meets The Queen
Paddington (voice)
2022
This Is Going to Hurt
Adam Kay · (7 episodes)
2022
Designing Bond
Self
2021
No Time to Die
Q
2021
Being James Bond
Q (archive footage)
2021
Miss Fortunate
Humourless Man
2021
Surge
Joseph
2020
The Adventures of Paddington
Paddington (voice) · (154 episodes)
2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Uriah Heep
2019
Little Joe
Chris
2019
O Holy Ghost
Charmaine
2019
Mary Poppins Returns
Michael Banks
2018
Palo Santo
Palo Santo Hologram
2018
A Very English Scandal
Norman Scott · (3 episodes)
2018
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus
2018
His Picture In Little
2018
Paddington 2
Paddington Brown (voice)
2017
Family Happiness
The Brother
2017
Queers.
Perce · (1 episode)
2017
Queers.
(8 episodes)
2017
A Hologram for the King
Dave
2016
In the Heart of the Sea
Herman Melville
2015
The Danish Girl
Henrik
2015
London Spy
Danny · (5 episodes)
2015
Spectre
Q
2015
Suffragette
Sonny Watts
2015
The Lobster
Limping Man
2015
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Paddington
Paddington (voice)
2014
Days and Nights
Eric
2014
Lilting
Richard
2014
The Muse
Edward
2014
Fargo
Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan · (11 episodes)
2014
Beat
Man
2013
The Zero Theorem
Doctor 3
2013
Teenage
British Boy (voice)
2013
Cloud Atlas
Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
2012
Skyfall
Q
2012
The Hollow Crown
King Richard · (1 episode)
2012
Playhouse Presents
Ezra · (1 episode)
2012
The Hour
Freddie Lyon · (12 episodes)
2011
The Tempest
Ariel
2010
Bright Star
John Keats
2009
Love Hate
Tom
2009
Brideshead Revisited
Sebastian Flyte
2008
Criminal Justice
Ben Coulter · (5 episodes)
2008
I'm Not There
Arthur
2007
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
2006
Stoned
Keith Richards
2005
Enduring Love
Spud
2004
Layer Cake
Sidney
2004
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Bruno
2004
77 Beds
Ishmael
2003
The Booze Cruise
Daniel
2003
Spiritual Rampage
Eric
2003
My Brother Tom
Tom
2001
Baby
Little Joe
2000
The Escort
Jay
1999
All Signs of Death
Web
Paddington 4
Paddington Brown (voice)
Diamond Shitter
Nigel
The Man I Love
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Nathan Barley
Pingu · (5 episodes)
2005
Other People's Children
Sully · (4 episodes)
2000
The Trench
Pte. James Deamis
1999
Bambi-Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1948