Ben Whishaw
Actor
Films to Rent
- Cheers and Tears (TV Series) (The Booze Cruise) (2003)
- Dir. Paul Seed
Feat. Martin Clunes, Mark Benton, Neil Pearson…
- "Nothing goes according to plan" in this delightful series of British tele–movies in which an eccentric group of friends set sail on a series…
- Perfume - The Story of a Murderer (2006)
- Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Ben Whishaw…
- Lush, faithful adaptation of Patrick Suskind’s 1985 novel, with Ben Whishaw as Jean–Baptiste Grenouille, the gifted ‘nose’ turned…
- I'm Not There (2007)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger…
- Arthouse maestro Todd Haynes directs this deliciously cinematic, kaleidoscopic musing on the life of Bob Dylan, with six different actors portraying…
- Brideshead Revisited (2008)
- Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell…
- Sound adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel of illicit love in the realms of High Society, set against the backdrop of pre–WWII Britain.…
- Criminal Justice (TV Series) (2008-2009)
- Feat. Ben Whishaw, Pete Postlethwaite, Maxine Peake…
- Grim and unglamorous drama series focuses on an individual’s journey through the British criminal justice system, from prison to courtroom. It…
- Bright Star (2009)
- Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Paul Schneider…
- A resounding return–to–form for dir. Jane Campion, who is in full flourish with this delicate and deeply romantic tale of the doomed love…
- Tempest, The (2010)
- Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou…
- Julie Taymor takes on The Bard once more with distinctly eye–popping results, and in a further deviation gives Helen Mirren the role of…
- Hour, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Dominic West, Romola Garai, Ben Whishaw…
- A team of journalists (lead by THE WIRE's Dominic West) front a groundbreaking news hour for the BBC, only to chance upon a high–level…
- Hour, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Dominic West, Romola Garai, Ben Whishaw…
- Further episodes from this fascinating news hour drama maintains the standard set by the first, where vice and corruption continue to intrigue a team…
- Skyfall (2012)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench…
- Bond’s 50th anniversary outing is his most spectacular and serious yet, with 007 drawn back to London, and eventually his Scottish homeland, in…
- Cloud Atlas (2012)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
Feat. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent…
- An awe–inspiring cinematic epic that adapts David Mitchell's ambitious and 'unfilmable' novel as an 'auteur blockbuster' and genuine…
- Hollow Crown, The (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Jeremy Irons, Ben Whishaw, Tom Hiddleston…
- A star–studded, BAFTA–nominated mini–series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV Parts One and Two,…
- Paddington (2014)
- Dir. Paul King
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters…
- Britain's beloved bear gets the big screen treatment as he travels to London in search of a home, and where he catches the eye of a museum…
- Lilting (2014)
- Dir. Hong Khaou
Feat. Ben Whishaw, Pei Pei Cheng, Andrew Leung…
- In the wake of the sudden passing of a young Anglo–Chinese man, his gay lover (Ben Whishaw) is compelled to connect with his widowed mother, a…
- Spectre (2015)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux…
- Daniel Craig's fourth Bond outing has 007 receiving a cryptic message from his past sending him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization.
- Lobster, The (2015)
- Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Feat. Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux…
- The director of DOGTOOTH returns with another decidedly offbeat satire. Set in the dystopian near future, single people, are obliged to find a…
- Suffragette (2015)
- Dir. Sarah Gavron
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter…
- Rousing account of the suffragette movement in Edwardian Britain seen through the eyes of a working mother who's galvanized into political action by…
- In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson…
- Ron Howard directs this effects–heavy recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, the inspiration for the…
- Danish Girl, The (2015)
- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard…
- Prestige romantic drama loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegene, and traces the evolution of their relationship…
- Hologram for the King, A (2016)
- Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Tom Hanks, Sarita Choudhury, Ben Whishaw…
- An off–beat, low–key vehicle for Tom Hanks, who plays a failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia…
- Paddington 2 (2017)
- Dir. Paul King
Feat. Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville…
- The beloved bear Paddington returns in this more than worthy sequel to the 2015 movie. Full of pure, big hearted happiness, this delightful and witty…
- A Very English Scandal (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw
- 3–part BBC miniseries set in the 60's and 70's depicting the evolution of the "Jeremy Thorpe Scandal", in which the leader of the Liberal Party…
- Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
- Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw…
- Emily Blunt couldn't be more perfectly cast as the delightful Mary Poppins in this sequel that proves it's worth. Set in 1930's London, 25 years…
- No Time to Die (2021)
- Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Feat. Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux…
- Another bombastic Bond film marking Daniel Craig's fifth and last outing as the British Secret Service agent, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga (TRUE…
- Bad Behaviour (2023)
- Dir. Alice Englert
Feat. Jennifer Connelly, Alice Englert, Ben Whishaw…
- Jennifer Connelly gives a committed performance as a former child actor who seeks enlightenment at a retreat in Oregon while navigating a…