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Ben Whishaw

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Ben Whishaw

Birth data

Gender
Male
Birth date
October 14, 1980
Birth time
23:16（UTC+01:00）
As recorded: 23:16 (= 11:16 PM)
Birthplace
Hitchin, England, United KingdomAs recorded: Hitchin, England (UK), 51n57, 0w17
Country / region
United Kingdom
Reliability
AABirth record or official document

Source discrepancy: Astro-Databank records the birthplace as Hitchin, England; Astrotheme records it as London. Both sources give the same birth time, 23:16 (rating AA).

Biography

Benjamin John "Ben" Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Active on stage, television and film since the 2000s, he has won three British Academy Television Awards, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

In 2004 he played the title role in a stage production of Hamlet, followed by television roles in Nathan Barley (2005), Criminal Justice (2008) and The Hour, 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 he starred in the BBC adaptation of Richard II, winning the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.

That year he also played Q in the James Bond film Skyfall, reprising the role in Spectre and No Time to Die, which made him the youngest actor to play Q; he has also voiced Paddington Bear since Paddington (2014). In 2018 he won a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy for Best Supporting Actor for playing Norman Scott in the miniseries A Very English Scandal. He has since led the fourth season of Fargo, the BBC series This Is Going to Hurt (2022) and the Netflix spy thriller Black Doves (2024).

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