Who is Ben Whishaw?

Benjamin John Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English film, television, and stage actor. After winning a British Independent Film Award for his performance in "My Brother Tom" (2001), he was nominated for an Olivier Award for his portrayal of the title role in a 2004 production of "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). 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 "No Time to Die" (2021). He has voiced Paddington Bear in "Paddington" (2014), its sequel "Paddington 2" (2017) and the follow-up television series. 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). In 2020, he had a leading role as Patrick "Rabbi" Milligan in the fourth season of the black comedy crime drama "Fargo".