Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw

October 14, 1980 · 45 years old

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. Beginning his career in the 2000s, he played the title role in a 2004 production of the play Hamlet. Televisio…

Known For

41 titles
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The Lobster

The Lobster

2015 · 1h 59m · Movie

In a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

7.4
2
Spectre

Spectre

2015 · 2h 28m · Movie

A cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. With a new threat dawning, Bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his mos...

6.6
3
Paddington 2

Paddington 2

2017 · 1h 43m · Movie

Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.

8.2
4
Skyfall

Skyfall

2012 · 2h 23m · Movie

James Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

7.8
5
No Time to Die

No Time to Die

2021 · 2h 43m · Movie

James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

7.2
6
The Danish Girl

The Danish Girl

2015 · 1h 59m · Movie

A love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

7.0
7
Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

2012 · 2h 52m · Movie

As souls are born and reborn, they renew their connections to one another throughout the ages.

7.3
8
Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Poppins Returns

2018 · 2h 10m · Movie

A few decades after her original visit, Mary Poppins, the magical nanny, returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.

6.3
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Paddington in Peru

Paddington in Peru

2024 · 1h 46m · Movie

Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey.

6.8
10
In the Heart of the Sea

In the Heart of the Sea

2015 · 2h 2m · Movie

A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.

6.6
11
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

2006 · 2h 27m · Movie

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.

7.5
12
Layer Cake

Layer Cake

2004 · 1h 45m · Movie

A successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement.

7.2
13
Paddington

Paddington

2014 · 1h 35m · Movie

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.

7.3
14
Passages

Passages

2023 · 1h 31m · Movie

A gay couple's marriage is thrown into crisis when one of them impulsively begins a passionate affair with a young woman.

6.9
15
Suffragette

Suffragette

2015 · 1h 46m · Movie

In 1912 London, a young working mother is galvanized into radical political activism supporting the right for women to vote, and is willing to meet violence with violence to achieve this end.

6.8
16
The Personal History of David Copperfield

The Personal History of David Copperfield

2019 · 1h 59m · Movie

A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.

6.7
17
Black Doves

Black Doves

2024 · TV Show

After her lover is murdered by members of London's underworld, a spy - who is publicly the wife of the British Defence Secretary - is protected by an old friend from their agency.

7.2
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A Hologram for the King

A Hologram for the King

2016 · 1h 38m · Movie

A failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his company's product to a wealthy monarch.

6.0
19
I'm Not There

I'm Not There

2007 · 2h 15m · Movie

Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.

6.8
20
The Zero Theorem

The Zero Theorem

2013 · 1h 47m · Movie

A hugely talented but socially isolated computer operator is tasked by Management to prove the Zero Theorem: that the universe ends as nothing, rendering life meaningless. But meaning is what he already craves.

6.0
21
Women Talking

Women Talking

2022 · 1h 44m · Movie

Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.

7.5
22
Little Joe

Little Joe

2019 · 1h 45m · Movie

Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son and names it after him but soon starts fearin...

5.9
23
Bright Star

Bright Star

2009 · 1h 59m · Movie

Nineteenth-century English poet, John Keats and his dressmaking neighbor, Fanny Brawne, have total disregard for each other. An unlikely romance develops and they fall deeply in love near the end of his life.

6.9
24
This Is Going to Hurt

This Is Going to Hurt

2022 · TV Show

Set on Labour Ward with all its hilarity and heart-lifting highs but also its gut-wrenching lows, the show delivers a brutally honest depiction of life as a junior doctor on the wards, and the toll the job can take back home.

8.6
25
A Very English Scandal

A Very English Scandal

2018 · 2m · TV Show

British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and forced to stand trial in 1979.

7.7
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Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

2008 · 2h 13m · Movie

A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to World War II.

6.6
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The Hour

The Hour

2011 · 1h 0m · TV Show

A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.

8.0
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Enduring Love

Enduring Love

2004 · 1h 40m · Movie

Two strangers become connected by a tragedy, yet one dangerously feels that the connection goes much deeper than the other is willing to admit.

6.3
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London Spy

London Spy

2015 · 1h 0m · TV Show

A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess, leads into mystery after one of them is found murde...

7.4
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The Tempest

The Tempest

2010 · 1h 50m · Movie

Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.

5.3
31
Lilting

Lilting

2014 · 1h 31m · Movie

A young man of French, Chinese, and Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his 4-year male lover, who grieve but don't speak a lick of each other's language.

7.2
32
The Trench

The Trench

1999 · 1h 38m · Movie

June 1916. The British Army is planning a big offensive in the Somme region in France. We follow a platoon of British soldiers as they sit in a forward trench, anxiously awaiting the order to go over the top.

5.9
33
Stoned

Stoned

2005 · 1h 42m · Movie

A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.

5.7
34
Surge

Surge

2020 · 1h 45m · Movie

Set over 24 hours in London, a man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation.

6.1
35
The Escort

The Escort

1999 · 1h 40m · Movie

A London gigolo persuades an impoverished French writer to join his profession.

6.2
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Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie

Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie

2024 · 2h 18m · Movie

The outrageous story of Eduard Limonov, the radical Soviet poet who became a bum in New York, a sensation in France, and a political antihero in Russia.

5.9