Facts

Name: Ben Whishaw
Birthname: Benjamin Whishaw
From: Clifton, Bedfordshire
DOB: 14 October 1980
Height: 5′ 9″
Eyes: Grreen
Hair: Brown

• Graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA
• Enjoys music, dance, visual arts and traveling.
• Took in a couple of stray cats living in his neighborhood.
• Favorite actor is James Stewart.
• Lives in London.
• Has a twin brother, James.
• Good friends with his Brideshead Revisited (2008) co-star Matthew Goode.
• Father is a computer engineer and mother is a sales person.
• Enjoys reading, painting and gardening in his spare time.

Awards & Nominations

• Ian Charleson Award Third Prize 2005.
• Nominated Best Actor, Laurence Olivier Awards 2005.
• Nominated Breakthrough Artist, South Bank Awards, 2005.
• Nominated Outstanding Newcomer, Evening Standard Awards, 2005.
• Nominated Best Actor, What’s On Stage Theatregoers Choice Awards 2005