Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw

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).

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Ben Whishaw Movies

Discover the best Ben Whishaw movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Ben Whishaw ranked by year and score.

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Elden Ring

Elden Ring (2028)

Action Adventure Fantasy
FromSoftware's notoriously challenging dark fantasy finally materializes as live-action cinema. The adaptation translates the game's sprawling, hostile world into a narrative of fragmented grace and fallen demigods. Expect the studio's...
Score -.-
2
Paddington in Peru

Paddington in Peru (2024)

Adventure Comedy Family
Paddington heads south of the equator to reunite with Aunt Lucy at a sanctuary for aging bears, bringing the Brown family along for what promises to be a sentimental visit....
Score 6.8
3
Passages

Passages (2023)

Drama Romance
A long-term partnership fractures in Paris when desire pulls both directions at once. Tomas strays first, pursuing a schoolteacher with reckless intensity, but Martin's retaliatory affair forces a reckoning neither...
Score 6.3
4
Women Talking

Women Talking (2022)

Drama
Confined within the strict boundaries of a remote religious community, a group of women confront an unbearable truth about their own safety. As they gather in secret, they face an...
Score 6.8
5
No Time to Die

No Time to Die (2021)

Action Adventure Thriller
Retirement suits James Bond just fine, until it doesn't. Settled into a quiet life in Jamaica, he gets pulled back into the field when CIA contact Felix Leiter arrives with...
Score 7.3
6
Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

Comedy Family Fantasy
Decades after her first visit to Cherry Tree Lane, the practically perfect nanny reappears just as the grown-up Banks children face losing the family home. With a new generation of...
Score 6.5
7
Paddington 2

Paddington 2 (2017)

Adventure Comedy Family
Paddington Bear has found his footing in Windsor Gardens, charming neighbors and staying out of trouble, more or less. When he spots a rare pop-up book in Mr. Gruber's antique...
Score 7.5
8
Spectre

Spectre (2015)

Action Adventure Thriller
Bond receives an encrypted directive from his past that pulls him into the orbit of a shadowy criminal empire. As the intelligence service fractures under governmental pressure, he unearths evidence...
Score 6.6
9
The Lobster

The Lobster (2015)

Comedy Drama Romance
Society has a blunt solution for the unpartnered: check into a hotel, find a match within forty-five days, or be turned into an animal of your choosing. Yorgos Lanthimos builds...
Score 7.0
10
Paddington

Paddington (2014)

Adventure Comedy Family
Raised in the Peruvian jungle by his aunt and uncle, a small, well-mannered bear sets off for London with nothing but a battered suitcase and an unshakeable belief in human...
Score 7.1
11
The Zero Theorem

The Zero Theorem (2013)

Drama Fantasy Science Fiction
Qohen Leth, a reclusive programmer, believes he's on the verge of solving existence itself through pure computation. But his corporate employers have other plans, dispatching a charismatic young woman to...
Score 6.1
12
Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Drama Science Fiction
Six narratives converge across centuries, from a 19th-century ship to a dystopian far future, each one shaped by violence, kindness, and moral choice. The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer's ambitious adaptation...
Score 6.9
13
Skyfall

Skyfall (2012)

Action Adventure Thriller
A catastrophic intelligence breach forces MI6 into the open, leaving Bond's world unraveling and M vulnerable to bureaucratic wolves circling for her head. With nothing but a rookie operative and...
Score 7.3
14
Bright Star

Bright Star (2009)

Drama Romance
London, 1818. Fanny Brawne is quick-witted and restless, searching for substance beyond drawing room propriety. When she discovers the poetry of her neighbor John Keats, she recognizes something in his...
Score 6.6
15
Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited (2008)

Drama Romance
When Oxford student Charles Ryder is drawn into the orbit of the charming, self-destructive Sebastian Flyte, he gains access to a world of inherited grandeur he never imagined. Brideshead, the...
Score 6.3
16
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

Crime Drama Fantasy
Emerging from the filth of 18th-century Paris, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille possesses an extraordinary gift: he can identify and isolate scents with preternatural precision. His quest to capture the essence of beauty...
Score 7.4
17
Layer Cake

Layer Cake (2004)

Crime Drama Thriller
A nameless cocaine merchant with a strict personal code has spent years treating the drug trade like any other profession: measured, efficient, clean. Then a routine job collapses into chaos,...
Score 6.9

Ben Whishaw TV Shows

Browse the ultimate list of Ben Whishaw TV shows. Find top-rated television series, critically acclaimed dramas, and hit shows starring Ben Whishaw.

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Black Doves

Black Doves (2024)

Action & Adventure Crime Mystery
Helen has spent years living a double life, embedded beside a powerful politician as a spy while passing as the devoted wife. When her secret lover turns up dead, the...
Score 7.1
2
This Is Going to Hurt

This Is Going to Hurt (2022)

Comedy Drama
Based on Adam Kay's memoir, this series strips away romantic notions of medical heroism to show the grinding reality of an obstetrics resident. Navigating impossible hours, bureaucratic indifference, and the...
Score 7.6

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According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Ben Whishaw are Elden Ring, Paddington in Peru, and Passages.
How many movies and TV shows has Ben Whishaw starred in? +
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 19 titles starring Ben Whishaw, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
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Yes! The overall filmography starring Ben Whishaw maintains a strong average user rating of 6.9 out of 10 across all tracked titles.