Ben Whishaw — Actor (39)

Movie

Teenage (2013)
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Teenagers did not exist before the 20th century. Not until the early 1950s did the term gain widespread recognition, but "Teenage" offers compelling evidence that teenagers had a tumultuous effect on the previous half-decade.

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The Tempest (2010)
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other title: A Tempestade / The Tempest - Der Sturm …
An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been banished to a mysterious island with her daughter. Using her magical powers, she draws her enemies to the island to exact her revenge.

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National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (2018)
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Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake.

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Ungentle (2022)
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A fictionalised essay read by Ben Wishaw exploring the complicated relationship between British espionage and male homosexuality. An anonymous narrator talks through the various chapters of his life as a spy and a gay man in late 20th-century Britain. His vivid stories of intimacy and surveillance play out over shots of the luscious countryside, busy Central London streets, and nighttime cruising zones.

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A Hologram for the King (2016)
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other title: Aspettando il Re / Negócio das Arábias …
Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.

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The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
The Personal History of David Copperfield
other title: La vita straordinaria di David Copperfield / A Vida Extraordinária de Copperfield …
A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David’s journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, colour and humanity.

TV

The Hour (2011)
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Abi Morgan actor: Ben Whishaw / Romola Garai …
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.

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Limonov: The Ballad (2024)
Limonov: The Ballad
Kirill Serebrennikov actor: Ben Whishaw / Viktoriya Miroshnichenko …
other title: Limonov / Limonov. La Ballade …
A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard Limonov’s life story is a journey through Russia, America, and Europe during the second half of the 20th century.

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In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
In the Heart of the Sea
Ron Howard actor: Chris Hemsworth / Benjamin Walker …
other title: Heart of the Sea - Le origini di Moby Dick / I havets hjerte …
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.

TV

Queers. (2017)
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actor: Alan Cumming / Ben Whishaw …
A series of eight monologues set in the same pub over many years of gay history in response to the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act.

TV

Black Doves (2024)
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★ 5.9 12 ratings
other title: Palomas negras
When a spy posing as a politician's wife learns her lover has been murdered, an old assassin friend joins her on a quest for truth — and vengeance.

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No Time to Die (2021)
No Time to Die
★ 6.8 17 ratings
other title: James Bond: No Time to Die / 007: Sem Tempo para Morrer …
Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

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Little Joe (2019)
Little Joe
other title: A Flor da Felicidade / Little Joe - Glück ist ein Geschäft …
Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.

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Paddington in Peru (2024)
Paddington in Peru
★ 5.7 16 ratings
other title: Paddington in Perù / Paddington i Peru …
Paddington travels 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 through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.

Performance

Bluets
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Margaret Perry / Maggie Nelson genre: theater
director: Katie Mitchell actor: Emma D’Arcy / Kayla Meikle / Ben Whishaw
“Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a colour.” Bluets is a story about depression and desire, pleasure and pain, and a person possessed by a lifelong obsession with the colour blue. Communing with artists like Joni Mitchell, Derek Jarman, Andy Warhol and Billie Holiday, blue is their constant companion as they navigate the devastating pain of a life-altering heartbreak. Based on acclaimed author Maggie Nelson’s unique and electrifying book, Bluets is an adaptation by playwright Margaret Perry (Paradise Now!, Porcelain, Collapsible), directed by Katie Mitchell (Little Scratch, Anatomy of a Suicide). Performed by Emma D’Arcy (House of the Dragon), Kayla Meikle (ear for eye) and Ben Whishaw (Cock, James Bond, This is Going to Hurt, Paddington). Originally developed at Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg. *Emma D’Arcy, Kayla Meikle and Ben Whishaw are scheduled to appear in every show. ‘The book that changed my life… it’s just brilliant.’ Sophie Mackintosh, Guardian on Maggie Nelson’s Bluets ‘An arty, smart and gorgeous meditation on the color blue’ Time Out on Maggie Nelson’s Bluets