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Ben Whishaw
Benjamin John Whishaw is an English actor. He has received various accolades, including three British Academy Television Awards, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe.
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Born 14 October 1980 · Q342617
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2025· 4 entries
Entertainment Weekly: Why Ben Whishaw had 55 pages of dialogue to memorize in new movie while co-lead Rebecca Hall had only 3
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collider: "You're Not Interested in That, but It's the Truth": 'Black Doves' Ben Whishaw Provides a Disappointing Update on Season 2 [Exclusive]
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Whishaw was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Bluets
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2024· 6 entries
WSLS 10: From 'Love Actually' to 'Black Doves' with Ben Whishaw, Keira Knightley has your Christmas covered
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collider: Ben Whishaw’s Best Role Is Based on a True Story
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Yahoo: James Bond 26: Ben Whishaw Thinks Entire Cast Will Be Replaced in Reboot
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Yahoo: Ben Whishaw Says Being Gay in Early 2000s Was Viewed as 'Disability' Actors 'Shouldn’t Make a Big Thing About'
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Variety: ‘Limonov: The Ballad’ Review: Ben Whishaw Stars in a Portrait of a Radical That Is All Swagger and No Game
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Deadline.com: Breaking Baz: Ben Whishaw Reunites With Director Ira Sachs To Portray 1980s Photo Artist Peter Hujar; Star Talks Oscar-Chasing Short ‘Good Boy’ & Netflix Thriller ‘Black ...
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2023· 1 entry
Appeared in Passages, for which he received a nomination for Best Supporting Performance at the 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards
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2022· 1 entry
The Hollywood Reporter: Ben Whishaw in AMC+’s ‘This Is Going to Hurt’: TV Review
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2021· 1 entry
But was halted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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2020· 2 entries
Whishaw had a lead role in the fourth season of the critically acclaimed FX black comedy crime drama Fargo, portraying Patrick "Rabbi" Milligan, alongside Chris Rock, Jason Schwartzman, Jessie Buckley and Jack Huston
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Had a leading role in the fourth season of the black comedy drama Fargo
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for A Very English Scandal (2019).
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2018· 1 entry
Portrayed Norman Scott in the BBC One miniseries A Very English Scandal, opposite Hugh Grant as parliamentarian Jeremy Thorpe, and also starred as Michael Banks in Mary Poppins Returns
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2017· 1 entry
Whishaw reprised his role as Paddington Bear in Paddington 2
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award for The Crucible (2016).
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2015· 1 entry
Whishaw co-starred in The Lobster, a romantic science fiction drama from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos; appeared in Suffragette, a story of the early feminist movement written by Abi Morgan and also starring Carey Mull
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2014· 2 entries
Whishaw starred in the independent film Lilting, as well as voicing Paddington Bear in the film Paddington
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Publicly discussed his coming out, saying that it was a tense experience for him but "everyone was surprisingly lovely"
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for The Hollow Crown (2013).
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2012· 4 entries
Awarded Broadcasting Press Guild Award for The Hour (2012).
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Whishaw appeared as Richard II in the television film Richard II, a part of the BBC Two series The Hollow Crown
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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
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Appeared as part of the ensemble cast of the science-fiction drama film Cloud Atlas, adapted from the novel of the same name by David Mitchell
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2011· 1 entry
Told Out magazine: "As an actor you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded International Emmy Award for Best Actor for Criminal Justice (2009).
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Awarded Royal Television Society Awards for Criminal Justice (2009).
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Also starred as the poet John Keats in the film Bright Star
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Film Independent Spirit Awards for I'm Not There (2008).
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2007· 1 entry
In the BBC's series Criminal Justice in 2008, in a new film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, and in a stage adaptation of The Idiot at the National Theatre called
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Bambi Award for Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006).
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded Ian Charleson Awards (2005).
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Was nominated as best actor in four award programs for his portrayal of Hamlet
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2003· 1 entry
Studied at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bachelor of Arts (2003).
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded British Independent Film Awards 2002 for My Brother Tom (2002).
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Kinotavr for My Brother Tom (2001).
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1995· 1 entry
“While I was clearing I came upon, in a big old box of rubbish, a VHS cassette my grandad made for me in 1995 of a South Bank Show about Judi Dench.”
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1980· 1 entry
Born 1980-10-14.
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1922· 1 entry
To a Russian mother and German father, who was stationed there
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