August 2026
Benjamin John "Ben" Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor. He is known for his breakthrough stage role as Hamlet, as well as his roles in the television series Criminal Justice and The Hour and film roles including Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, I'm Not There, Brideshead Revisited, and Cloud Atlas. He played the role of Q in the James Bond film Skyfall.
Filmography Ben Whishaw
November 2015
Suffragette
DramaDirected by: Sarah GavronWith: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff,...SUFFRAGETTE is a thrilling drama that tracks the story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. These women were not primarily from the genteel educated classes, they were... Read more...
October 2015
The Lobster
Science Fiction, Drama, ComedyDirected by: Yorgos LanthimosWith: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Ben WhishawIn a dystopian near future, single people are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days or are transformed into animals and released into the woods.
October 2014
March 2013
Cloud Atlas
Science Fiction, ThrillerDirected by: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana WachowskiWith: Halle Berry, Tom Hanks, Jim Broadbent,...An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
January 2010
Bright Star
Drama, RomanticDirected by: Jane CampionWith: Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Thomas Sangster,...The drama based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, which was cut short by Keats' untimely death at age 25.
November 2008
Brideshead Revisited
DramaDirected by: Julian JarroldWith: Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Matthew Goode,...The memoirs of Captain Charles Ryder who is stationed at Brideshead Castle during WWII and remembers his involvement with the owners of the Brideshead estate: the aristocratic yet Catholic Flyte family and in particular brother and sister Sebastian and Julia.
October 2006
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Thriller, DramaDirected by: Tom TykwerWith: Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Ben Whishaw
Stoned
Drama Directed by: Stephen WoolleyWith: Leo Gregory, Paddy Considine, David Morrissey,...A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.
May 2005
Layer Cake
Drama, Thriller, CrimeDirected by: Matthew VaughnWith: Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Tom Hardy,...When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...