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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 early 2000s, he played the title role in a 2004 production of the play ''Hamlet''. 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).

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), and 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). Provided by Wikipedia