Ben Whishaw

Born: 1980-10-14

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.


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Paddington in Peru

as Paddington Brown (voice)
Released: 2024-11-07

Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for...

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as Q
Released: 2021-09-29

Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is...

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Paddington

as Paddington (voice)
Released: 2014-11-24

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a new home. Finding himself lost and alone...

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as Q
Released: 2012-10-24

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6...

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as Paddington Brown (voice)
Released: 2017-11-09

Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the...

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The Lobster

as Limping Man
Released: 2015-10-15

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The...

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as Q
Released: 2015-10-26

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization....

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Released: 2006-09-13

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior...

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as Herman Melville
Released: 2015-12-03

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could...

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as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
Released: 2012-10-26

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant...

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The Personal History of David Copperfield

as Uriah Heep
Released: 2019-11-07

A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal...

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as Michael Banks
Released: 2018-12-13

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on...

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The Trench

as Pte. James Deamis
Released: 1999-09-17

The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the...

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Being James Bond

as Q (archive footage)
Released: 2021-08-29

Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including...

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The Danish Girl

as Henrik
Released: 2015-11-27

When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the...

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as Sidney
Released: 2004-09-30

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and...

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The Zero Theorem

as Doctor 3
Released: 2013-09-20

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work...

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Bad Behaviour

as Elon Bello
Released: 2023-11-02

Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while...

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Suffragette

as Sonny Watts
Released: 2015-10-16

Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were...

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Passages

as Martin
Released: 2023-06-28

Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when...

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Women Talking

as August
Released: 2022-12-23

A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series...

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A Hologram for the King

as Dave
Released: 2016-04-22

Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology...

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Enduring Love

as Spud
Released: 2004-10-29

Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful...

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Bright Star

as John Keats
Released: 2009-09-18

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome...

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I'm Not There

as Arthur
Released: 2007-10-01

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of...

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Lilting

as Richard
Released: 2014-08-07

A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover...

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Limonov: The Ballad

as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
Released: 2024-09-05

A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan....

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Stoned

as Keith Richards
Released: 2005-11-18

A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones,...

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Brideshead Revisited

as Sebastian Flyte
Released: 2008-07-25

Artist Charles Ryder runs into aristocrat Julia Flyte and recalls his friendship with her...

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The Tempest

as Ariel
Released: 2010-09-11

An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's...

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Unity

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2015-08-12

Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none...

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Little Joe

as Chris
Released: 2019-11-01

Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her...

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Days and Nights

as Eric
Released: 2014-09-26

Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and...

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Teenage

as British Boy (voice)
Released: 2013-04-20

Teenagers did not exist before the 20th century. Not until the early 1950s did the term gain...

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Surge

as Joseph
Released: 2020-06-17

A man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation through London. After he robs a...

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My Brother Tom

as Tom
Released: 2001-11-16

A teenage girl, Jessica, befriends a teenage boy called Tom, who is bullied by a local gang. She...

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The Escort

as Jay
Released: 1999-11-17

Fleeing from his wife in France to London, 45-year-old Pierre is barely able to support himself....

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Baby

as Little Joe
Released: 2002-06-02

A teenage boy finds all around him has sexual overtones as he lives a teenage life of drugs and...

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An A to Z of Paddington

as Self
Released: 2024-10-31

Dive deep into the lore and influence of Paddington in this feel-good documentary composed of...

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Palo Santo

as Palo Santo Hologram
Released: 2018-07-06

Palo Santo, a city on a distant planet, on which human beings are a rare commodity, worshipped...

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Good Boy

as Danny
Released: 2023-06-22

A son and mother's attempt to rob a bank is scuppered by bizarre manifestations from their past.

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National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

as Marcus Brutus
Released: 2018-03-22

Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed...

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Ungentle

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2022-09-16

A film exploring the complicated relationship between British espionage and male homosexuality.

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The Muse

as Edward
Released: 2014-06-01

Legend has it that if a human man falls in love with a mermaid she will grow legs; legs that...

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Love Hate

as Tom
Released: 2009-06-26

A sweet-natured charity worker finds his life turned upside down, when he falls in love with a...

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O Holy Ghost

as Charmaine
Released: 2019-10-05

A mixture of rapture and disenchantment, O HOLY GHOST follows the inner experiences of two...

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Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

as Bruno
Released: 2004-09-01

Remake of the 1976 TV drama by Jack Rosenthal. An extra in a TV drama is finally given a line to...

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His Picture In Little

as uncredited
Released: 2018-03-15

A portrait of three actors of different generations who have all portrayed Hamlet: David Warner,...

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The Booze Cruise

as Daniel
Released: 2003-09-07

A group of men from Kent; Clive (Martin Clunes), Rob (Neil Pearson), Dave (Mark Benton), Maurice...

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In Heat

as uncredited
Released: 2024-10-09

Ignoring calls from work and home, a sex addict battles against one last temptation, pulling him...

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Miss Fortunate

as Humourless Man
Released: 2021-03-27

If luck is a lady, grief is a bitch. A young woman loses her mother and finds herself.

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Family Happiness

as The Brother
Released: 2017-10-09

A story about small cruelties, adult bullying, and the power of a brothers unconditional love...

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Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing

as Narrator
Released: 2024-10-20

Follows the life of Alan Turing and roughly 49,000 other men who were convicted and imprisoned...

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Beat

as Man
Released: 2013-10-16

A film about a man walking a paper-thin line between hopelessness and euphoria, testing and...

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Fargo

as Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
First aired: 2014-04-15

A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based...

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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The Adventures of Paddington

as Paddington (voice)
First aired: 2019-12-20

Journey to London for heart-warming adventures with beloved British bear Paddington in this...

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Bambi Awards

as Self
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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Black Doves

as Sam Young
First aired: 2024-12-05

When a spy's secret lover is killed, an assassin is assigned to protect her life as she...

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The Hollow Crown

as King Richard
First aired: 2012-06-30

A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.

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Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

as Self
First aired: 2022-09-04

The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside...

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The Hour

as Freddie Lyon
First aired: 2011-07-19

A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a...

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London Spy

as Danny
First aired: 2015-11-09

A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the...

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This Is Going to Hurt

as Adam Kay
First aired: 2022-02-08

The unvarnished truth of life as a doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology.

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Playhouse Presents

as Ezra
First aired: 2012-04-12

Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts....

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A Very English Scandal

as Norman Scott
First aired: 2018-05-20

It's the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been legalised and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of...

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Criminal Justice

as Ben Coulter
First aired: 2008-06-30

Thriller by Peter Moffat about the challenges and politics of the criminal justice system seen...

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Nathan Barley

as Pingu
First aired: 2005-02-11

Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, starring...

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Queers.

as Perce
First aired: 2017-07-31

A series of eight monologues set in the same pub over many years of gay history in response to...

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Queers.

as uncredited
First aired: 2017-07-31

A series of eight monologues set in the same pub over many years of gay history in response to...

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