Ben Whishaw, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ben Whishaw

English actor

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1980

Place of Birth: Clifton, England, United Kingdom

Profession: stage actor, voice actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ben Whishaw

  • Benjamin John Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor.
  • After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Whishaw has garnered acclaim for his film, television, and theatre work.
  • After winning a British Independent Film Award for his performance in My Brother Tom (2001), Whishaw garnered acclaim portraying the title role in a 2004 production of Hamlet, receiving an Olivier Award nomination.
  • This was followed by television roles 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).
  • For Criminal Justice, Whishaw received an International Emmy Award and received his first BAFTA Award nomination.
  • In 2012, Whishaw played the title role in a BBC Two adaptation of Richard II, broadcast as part of The Hollow Crown series of William Shakespeare adaptations, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.
  • The same year, he starred as Q in the James Bond film Skyfall (2012), going on to reprise the role in Spectre (2015) and the upcoming No Time to Die (2020).
  • He has voiced Paddington Bear in Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017).
  • His other film roles in the 2010s have included Cloud Atlas (2012), The Lobster (2015), Suffragette (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018).
  • Whishaw received a third BAFTA Award nomination for the leading role in London Spy (2015) and, for his portrayal of Norman Scott in the miniseries A Very English Scandal (2018), won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.

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