Ben Whishaw Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Not long after British actor Ben Whishaw debuted onscreen in the late '90s, he began to reveal a gift (and a proclivity) for essaying some of the more intense and unusual characterizations in contemporary cinema, occasionally delivering uncanny evocations of real-life figures. Whishaw was...Read More

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Brideshead Revisited

Actors: Hayley Atwell, Ben Whishaw, Matthew Goode, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon

Synopsis: Author Evelyn Waugh's classic Edwardian tale comes to the screen once again in this adaptation directed by Julian Jarrold. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

7/25/08
Bright Star

Actors: Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish

Synopsis: The tragic but intensely passionate love affair between Romantic poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and the radiant Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) is detailed in this romantic period drama from critically acclaimed writer/director Jane Campion. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/08
Criminal Justice

Actors: Pete Postlethwaite, Ben Whishaw

2008
I'm Not There

Actors: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere

Synopsis: Director Todd Haynes's unconventional biopic of the legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan features different actors playing the part of the Minnesota native at various stages of his remarkable career. Among the actors playing the singer are Cate Blanchett, who portrays the man during his Don't Read More

11/21/07
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Actors: Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman, Karoline Herfurth

Synopsis: An obsessive French perfumer with a highly developed olfactory sense and an all-consuming drive to capture the essence of love eventually resorts to murder in his unrepentant quest to find the key ingredient for his recipe in director Tom Tykwer's adaptation of author Patrick Suskind's Read More

12/27/06
Stoned

Actors: Leo Gregory, Paddy Considine, Monet Mazur, Tuva Novotny

Synopsis: The final days of one of the truly legendary figures of British rock & roll are explored in this biographical drama, which marks the directorial debut of veteran producer Stephen Woolley. Brian Jones (played by Leo Gregory) was one of the founding members of the Rolling Stones, and his incisive Read More

3/24/06
Layer Cake

Actors: Daniel Craig, Colm Meaney, Kenneth Cranham, George Harris, Jamie Foreman

Synopsis: A mechanic in the British drug trade finds himself caught in the middle of some dangerous circumstances in this crime thriller. XXXX (Daniel Craig) is a nameless go-between in the British mob who buys drugs from underground wholesalers and them sells them to street dealers, keeping the system Read More

5/13/05
My Brother Tom

Actors: Jenna Harrison, Ben Whishaw, Adrian Rawlins, Jonathan Hackett, Richard Hope

Synopsis: A girl finds that both love and tragedy are a short walk from her house in this intimate drama. Jessica (Jenna Harrison) is a teenaged girl from a wealthy family living in a small community in the British countryside. Jessica enjoys exploring in the woods and sometimes rescues wounded animals; Read More

2001
Mauvaise Passe

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Stuart Townsend, Liza Walker, Noah Taylor, Francis Barber

Synopsis: Writer-director Michel Blanc, whose previous works include the acclaimed Marche a l'ombre (1984) and Dead Tired (1994), creates this gritty drama about a middle-aged impoverished French writer in London who becomes a gigolo. The film opens with Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) getting worked over by an Read More

1999