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Acting

Ben Whishaw

Career: Active from 2000 to 2026, busiest in 2015 and 2024 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 41
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: This Is Going to Hurt
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ben Whishaw Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Scare
1.9, average 2.6
Adrenaline
4.1, average 4.8
Violence
3.5, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 10
Social Commentary 6
Historical Drama 5
Intergenerational Appeal 4
Character Study 3
Literary Adaptation 3
Psychological Drama 2
Slow Burn 2
Atmospheric Sound Design 2
High-Octane Spy Thriller 2
Psychological Thriller 2
LGBTQ+ History 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

73

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

All Signs of Death

as Web

as Nigel

2020s

17 titles · average score 70

Peter Hujar's Day

75

as Peter Hujar

Black Doves

76

TV show · as Sam Young

Paddington in Peru

75

as Paddington Brown (voice)

Limonov: The Ballad

51

as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov

Passages

77

as Martin

Bad Behaviour

39

as Elon Bello

Good Boy

65

as Danny

This Is Going to Hurt

87

TV show · as Adam Kay

Women Talking

76

as August

Paddington Meets The Queen

81

as Paddington (voice)

No Time to Die

73

as Q

Surge

62

as Joseph

2010s

33 titles · average score 69

The Adventures of Paddington

79

TV show · as Paddington (voice)

The Personal History of David Copperfield

72

as Uriah Heep

Little Joe

57

as Chris

Mary Poppins Returns

68

as Michael Banks

A Very English Scandal

81

TV show · as Norman Scott

Paddington 2

87

as Paddington Brown (voice)

London Spy

76

TV show · as Danny

Spectre

63

as Q

Paddington

81

as Paddington (voice)

Lilting

71

as Richard

Cloud Atlas

65

as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman

The Hour

82

TV show · as Freddie Lyon

2000s

19 titles · average score 64

Bright Star

76

as John Keats

Love Hate

76

as Tom

Brideshead Revisited

62

as Sebastian Flyte

Criminal Justice

63

TV show · as Ben Coulter

I'm Not There

72

as Arthur

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

65

as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille

Stoned

42

as Keith Richards

77 Beds

as Ishmael

Spiritual Rampage

as Eric

My Brother Tom

63

as Tom

Baby

62

as Little Joe

Other People's Children

TV show · as Sully

1990s

2 titles · average score 56

The Trench

55

as Pte. James Deamis

The Escort

58

as Jay