Ben Whishaw

ACTOR, SOUNDTRACK, MUSIC_DEPARTMENT

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29th May 2022 | FlixCatalog Staff

Proclaimed by many critics as one of the best young actors of his generation, Benjamin John Whishaw was born in Clifton, Bedfordshire, to Linda (Hope), who works in cosmetics, and Jose Whishaw, who works in information technology. He has a twin brother, James. He is of French, German, Russian (father) and English (mother) descent.Ben attended Samuel Whitbread Community College where his interest in theatre grew and he became a member of the Bancroft Players Youth Theatre at Hitchin's Queen Mother Theatre. During his time there he rose to prominence in many productions, most notably If This Is a Man, based on the book of the same name by Primo Levi, a survivor of Nazi World War II prisoner of war camp. The play was taken to the Edinburgh Festival in 1995 where it garnered five-star reviews and great critical acclaim with Ben Whishaw getting rave reviews for his portrayal of Levi.Ben then enrolled in, RADA from where he graduated in 2004 and soon landed the role of Hamlet in Trevor Nunn's 2004 production making him one of the youngest actors to portray Hamlet on-stage. Hamlet opened to rave reviews with many critics hailing Ben as the next Laurence Olivier and applauding his portrayal of Hamlet with leading critics haling the birth of a star. Whishaw's film and TV credits include Layer Cake (2004) and Christopher Morris 2005 sitcom Nathan Barley (2005), in which he played a character called Pingu. He was named "Most Promising Newcomer" at the 2001 British Independent Film Awards (for Mein Bruder Tom (2001)) and, in 2005, nominated as best actor in four award ceremonies for his Hamlet. He also played Keith Richards in the Stephen Woolley biopic Stoned (2005). Whishaw played in Das Parfum - Die Geschichte eines Mörders (2006) as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a perfume maker whose craft turns deadly getting raves once again for his stunning portrayal. Whishaw appeared in 2007's I'm Not There (2007) as one of the Bob Dylan reincarnations and in 2008 in Criminal Justice (2008) a TV series. He appears in the forthcoming films The Tempest - Der Sturm (2010) and Bright Star (2009). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Ben's fan

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Ben Whishaw’s flixes, followed by Google Play Movies compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Ben Whishaw on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 2001 to 2020. See the full graphs of the number of Ben Whishaw movies released per year from 2008 till 2020.

Top Genres

Ben Whishaw works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Biography Genre flixes. 34% of Ben Whishaw movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Ben Whishaw worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Ben Whishaw has worked on is 7.1.

7.1 / 10

Ben Whishaw's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Adventure,Animation,Comedy
The Adventures of Paddington (2019)

Animated version of the Paddington bear stories.

8.4/10\N min

Available in 7 platform(s).

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.

8/1060 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

Adventure,Comedy,Family
Paddington 2 (2017)

Paddington (Ben Whishaw), 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 (Imelda Staunton's) 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.

7.8/10103 min

Available in 11 platform(s).

Biography,Comedy,Crime
A Very English Scandal (2018)

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

7.7/10180 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Mystery
Criminal Justice (2008)

Series 1 follows Ben Coulter who is accused of committing a crime that he has no recollection of after a drunken and drug-filled night out. Series 2 follows Juliet through the criminal justice system after she stabs her abusive husband.

7.7/10584 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Eight short monologues were written for this series in response to the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which decriminalized homosexual acts in private between two men aged 21 or over.

7.6/10\N min

Available in 7 platform(s).

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.

7.5/10147 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Mystery
London Spy (2015)

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 murdered.

7.4/1060 min

Available in 4 platform(s).