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 201112 and film roles in Perfume The Story of a Murderer 2006 Im 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