Cast & creator
Ben Whishaw
Best known for The Graham Norton Show, Fargo, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
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).
Also known as: Benjamin John Whishaw, Benjamin Whishaw
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film credits
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television credits
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1948–2028 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (86)
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The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Fargo
Patrick 'Rabbi' Milligan
2014
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
2022
Bambi
Self
1948
No Time to Die
Q
2021
The Adventures of Paddington
Paddington (voice)
2019
Black Doves
Sam Young
2024
Playhouse Presents
Ezra
2012
In the Heart of the Sea
Herman Melville
2015
Skyfall
Q
2012
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
2006
Spectre
Q
2015
Paddington 2
Paddington Brown (voice)
2017
Paddington in Peru
Paddington Brown (voice)
2024
The Hollow Crown
King Richard
2012
The Lobster
Limping Man
2015
Cloud Atlas
Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
2012
Paddington
Paddington (voice)
2014
Mary Poppins Returns
Michael Banks
2018
The International
Renee
2009
The Danish Girl
Henrik
2015
This Is Going to Hurt
Adam Kay
2022This Is Going to Hurt
Executive Producer
2022
Women Talking
August
2022
A Very English Scandal
Norman Scott
2018
Criminal Justice
Ben Coulter
2008
The Hour
Freddie Lyon
2011
London Spy
Danny
2015
Nathan Barley
Pingu
2005
I'm Not There
Arthur
2007
The Zero Theorem
Doctor 3
2013
Layer Cake
Sidney
2004
Queers.
Perce
2017Queers.
2017
Limonov: The Ballad
Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
2024
Suffragette
Sonny Watts
2015
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Uriah Heep
2019
A Hologram for the King
Dave
2016
Black Cab
Ryan
2000
Brideshead Revisited
Sebastian Flyte
2008
Peter Hujar's Day
Peter Hujar
2025Peter Hujar's Day
Executive Producer
2025
Little Joe
Chris
2019
Bright Star
John Keats
2009
Enduring Love
Spud
2004
The Tempest
Ariel
2010
Passages
Martin
2023
The Trench
Pte. James Deamis
1999Other People's Children
Sully
2000
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Elden Ring
2028
Bad Behaviour
Elon Bello
2023Bad Behaviour
Executive Producer
2023
Lilting
Richard
2014
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus
2018
In Heat
Jon
2024
The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!
2025All Signs of Death
Web
Surge
Joseph
2020
The Escort
Jay
1999
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Bruno
2004
Days and Nights
Eric
2014Spiritual Rampage
Eric
2003High End
Nigel
Paddington Meets The Queen
Paddington (voice)
2022
Miss Fortunate
Humourless Man
2021
An A to Z of Paddington
Self
2024Images: Making "Peter Hujar's Day"
Self
2026
Stoned
Keith Richards
2005
77 Beds
Ishmael
2003
Beat
Man
2013
Good Boy
Danny
2023
Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
Narrator
2024
My Brother Tom
Tom
2001
Ungentle
Narrator (voice)
2022
Family Happiness
Romily Wells
2017
The Booze Cruise
Daniel
2003
His Picture In Little
2018
Love Hate
Tom
2009
Teenage
British Boy (voice)
2013
Bruvvas
He
2026
O Holy Ghost
Charmaine
2019
Palo Santo
Palo Santo Hologram
2018
The Muse
Edward
2014
Baby
Little Joe
2000Designing Bond
Self
2021