Line #32 Creator/BenWhishaw


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8	->''"The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you're always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You're always protected."''
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10	Benjamin John Whishaw (born 14 October 1980, in Clifton, England) is an English actor of stage, movies, and TV.
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12	He seems to like playing characters that qualify for [[BewareTheNiceOnes Beware The Nice]] and/or [[BewareTheQuietOnes Quiet Ones]]. He gained international attention when he was cast as the new Q in the Film/JamesBond films starring Creator/DanielCraig, beginning with ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''. He has also voiced [[Franchise/{{Paddington}} Paddington Bear]] since 2014.
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14	!!Selected filmography:
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16	* ''Film/EnduringLove'' (2004) as Spud
17	* ''Film/LayerCake'' (2004) as [[CrazyJealousGuy Sidney]]
18	* ''Series/NathanBarley'' (2005) as [[ExtremeDoormat Pingu]]
19	* ''Literature/{{Perfume}}'' (2006) as [[SerialKiller Jean-Baptiste Grenouille]]
20	* ''Film/ImNotThere'' (2007) as a fictional [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rimbaud Arthur Rimbaud]] quoting Music/BobDylan
21	* ''Film/BrightStar'' (2009) as Creator/JohnKeats
22	* ''[[Film/LoveHate2009 Love/Hate]]'' (2009) as Tom
23	* ''Film/{{The Tempest\|2010}}'' (2010) as Ariel
24	* ''Series/TheHour'' (2011) as [[IntrepidReporter Freddie Lyon]]
25	* ''Series/TheHollowCrown'' (2012) as Theatre/RichardII
26	* Film/JamesBond as [[GadgeteerGenius Q]]
27	** ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' (2012)
28	** ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' (2015)
29	** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' (2021)
30	* ''Film/CloudAtlas'' (2013) as Robert Frobisher / [[CrosscastRole Georgette]] / the record store clerk
31	* ''Film/TheZeroTheorem'' (2013) as Doctor 3
32	* ''Franchise/{{Paddington}}'' as Paddington Bear
33	** ''Film/{{Paddington\|2014}}'' (2014)
34	** ''Film/Paddington2'' (2017)
35	** ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPaddington'' (2019-)
36	** [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII Queen Elizabeth II]]'s Platinum Jubilee short (2022)
37	* ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'' (2018) as Michael Banks
38	* ''Literature/AVeryEnglishScandal'' (2018) as Norman Josiffe
39	* ''Film/ThePersonalHistoryOfDavidCopperfield'' (2019) as Uriah Heep
40	* ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' ([[Series/FargoSeasonFour Season Four]], 2020) as Patrick "Rabbi" Milligan
41	* ''Series/ThisIsGoingToHurt'' (2022) as Adam Kay
42	* ''Film/WomenTalking'' (2022) as August
43	* ''Film/{{Passages}}'' (2023) as Martin
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45	!!Tropes pertaining to this actor:
46	* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Since coming out as gay in 2013, Whishaw has played several gay characters including:
47	** Richard in ''Film/{{Lilting}}''
48	** Danny in ''Series/LondonSpy''
49	** Norman in ''Literature/AVeryEnglishScandal''
50	** Theatre/RichardII has also been portrayed homoerotically, which was the route they took in ''Series/TheHollowCrown''
51	** Prior to coming out, he also played the AmbiguouslyGay Sebastian in ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'' and Frobisher in ''Film/CloudAtlas''.
52	** His portrayal of the Film/JamesBond franchise's resident GadgeteerGenius Q is revealed to be gay (or bisexual) in ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.
53	** He portrays Adam Kay, based on the real Adam Kay, in ''This Is Going to Hurt''.
54	** His character in ''Passages'' is married to another man.
55	* ShakespearianActors: Has a long history of appearing in Shakespeare productions and won a BAFTA for his performance as ''Theatre/RichardII'' in ''Series/TheHollowCrown''.
56	* ThoseTwoActors: He has played alongside Creator/DanielCraig in ''Film/EnduringLove'', ''Film/LayerCake'', ''The Trench'' and [[Film/{{Skyfall}} three]] [[Film/{{Spectre}} James Bond]] [[Film/NoTimeToDie films]].
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