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Ben Whishaw
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Person

Ben Whishaw

b. 1980

British actor and producer (born 1980)

Born
14 Oct 1980 · Clifton

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 53 years
  1. 14 Oct 1980BornBorn in Clifton
  2. 2001AwardKinotavr
  3. 2002AwardBritish Independent Film Awards 2002
  4. 2005AwardIan Charleson Awards
  5. 2006AwardBambi Award
  6. 2008AwardFilm Independent Spirit Awards
  7. 2009AwardInternational Emmy Award for Best Actor
  8. 2009AwardRoyal Television Society Awards
  9. 2012AwardBroadcasting Press Guild Award
  10. 2013AwardBritish Academy Television Award for Best Actor
  11. 2016AwardTheatre World Award
  12. 2019AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1980 – today).

  1. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  2. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  3. 1985Schengen Agreement
  4. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  5. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  6. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  8. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  10. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  11. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  12. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  13. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  14. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  15. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  16. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  17. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  18. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  19. 20112011 Norway attacks
  20. 2011Libyan civil war
  21. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  22. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  23. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  24. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  25. 2015Paris Agreement
  26. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  27. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  28. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  29. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  30. 2023Gaza war
  31. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  32. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

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 Award, in addition to nominations for a British Academy Film Award and two Laurence Olivier Awards.

Beginning his career in the 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 Best 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).

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