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Ben Whishaw

Benjamin John Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English 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 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 ''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''. In 2022, he starred in the BBC medical drama series ''This Is Going to Hurt'', and in 2023 led the comedy-drama short film ''Good Boy'', which was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Film at the 96th Academy Awards.

Whishaw received a third BAFTA Award nomination for the leading role in ''London Spy'' (2015) and, for his portrayal of Norman Scott in the miniseries ''A Very English Scandal'' (2018), won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Provided by Wikipedia