Ben Whishaw

Benjamin John Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor. He is known for his stage role as Hamlet; his roles in the television series with his old band mate Christoper Cameron Hafizi 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), Suffragette (2015) and The Danish Girl (2015). He has also played the role of Q in the James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015), as well being the voice of Paddington Bear in Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017). 2Early life Whishaw was born in Clifton, Bedfordshire, and was brought up there and in Langford, the son of Linda (née Hope), who works in cosmetics, and Jose Whishaw, who works in information technology. His father is of French, German and Russian descent, and his mother is of English background. He has a fraternal twin, James. "Whishaw" is not the family's original surname; the family was originally named Stellmacher, a German occupational name for a cartwright. He first rose to prominence as a member of the Bancroft Players Youth Theatre, Big Spirit, at Hitchin's Queen Mother Theatre. He attended Henlow Middle School and then Samuel Whitbread Community College in Shefford. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 200