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Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw

Biography

Benjamin John "Ben" Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Whishaw is best known for his breakthrough role as Hamlet, his roles in the television series Nathan Barley, Criminal Justice, The Hour and London Spy; and film roles including Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Bright Star (2009), Brideshead Revisited (2008), Cloud Atlas (2012), The Lobster (2015) and Suffragette (2015). He has also played the role of Q in the James Bond films starting with Skyfall (2012), and was the voice of Paddington Bear in the 2014 film, Paddington.

CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Ben Whishaw

Love’s Absurd Cage: The Lobster’s Brilliant, Bizarre Sting

on The Lobster | Aug 24, 2025

What if love were a bureaucracy, a dystopian game where coupling up is mandatory or you’re turned into an animal? Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster (2015) lobs this question like a Molotov cocktail, blend... Read more

Women Talking: A Chorus of Fury and Grace in the Silence They Were Never Allowed

on Women Talking | Jun 09, 2025

Sarah Polley’s Women Talking is not a film that unfolds it detonates, quietly but irrevocably, like a truth too long suppressed. Set almost entirely in a hayloft where Mennonite women debate their fut... Read more

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