Background[]
Ben Whishaw was born on 14th October 1980 in Clifton, Bedfordshire in England and has a twin brother called James. He is regarded by many critics as one of the best actors of his generation and was a member of Bancroft Players Youth Theatre at Hitchin's Queen Mother Theatre. He attended Samuel Whitbread Community College and also graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Career[]
His first film role was Pte. James Deamis in The Trench (1999) in which he worked with fellow actor Daniel Craig, of whom he would work with in 3 future productions (Layer Cake (2004), Enduring Love (2004) and Skyfall (2012)). One of his more well known film roles is that of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille in Tom Tykwer's Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006). For this role he beat big actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Orlando Bloom.
In 2012, he appeared as part of the ensemble cast of the science-fiction drama film Cloud Atlas.
Personal life[]
Whishaw entered into a civil partnership with Australian composer Mark Bradshaw in August 2012. In 2014, he publicly discussed his coming out as a gay man, saying that it was a tense experience for him but "everyone was surprisingly lovely."
Cloud Atlas Principal Cast |
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Bae Doona • Halle Berry • Jim Broadbent • James D'Arcy • Keith David • Hugh Grant • David Gyasi • Tom Hanks • Susan Sarandon • Jim Sturgess • Hugo Weaving • Ben Whishaw • Zhou Xun |