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Benjamin John Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor. He has received various accolades, including three British Academy Television Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe. Beginning his career in the 2000s, he played the title role in a 2004 production of the play Hamlet. Television roles followed this in Nathan Barley (2005), Criminal Justice (2008) and The Hour (2011–12); and film roles in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Brideshead Revisited (2008), and Bright Star (2009). In 2012, Whishaw played the title role in a BBC Two adaptation of Richard II, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. The same year, he appeared as Q in the James Bond film Skyfall (2012), going on to reprise the role in Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021). He has voiced Paddington Bear in several projects since Paddington (2014). His other film roles in the 2010s include Cloud Atlas (2012), The Lobster (2015), Suffragette (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). Whishaw had a leading role in London Spy (2015). For his portrayal of Norman Scott in the miniseries A Very English Scandal (2018), he won a BAFTA, a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor. In 2020, he had a leading role in the fourth season of the black comedy drama Fargo. He has since starred in the BBC medical drama series This Is Going to Hurt (2022), the short film Good Boy (2023), and the Netflix spy thriller series Black Doves (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Whishaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
France, 1625. Beneath the splendor of the French court, loyalty is a dangerous currency, religion is a weapon of state, and the men who protect the crown are often more honorable than the men who rule it. When an impetuous young Gascon named d’Artagnan travels to Paris to join the King’s Musketeers, a humiliating encounter with a mysterious agent of Cardinal Richelieu sets him on a collision course with the most powerful men in France. Three challenges to duels bring him into the orbit of Athos, Porthos, and Aramis - three celebrated swordsmen whose camaraderie conceals private grief, ambition, and disillusionment. As Queen Anne’s secret relationship with the Duke of Buckingham threatens to become a political catastrophe, the four men find themselves caught between the King’s honor, the Cardinal’s designs, and the machinations of Milady de Winter, a brilliant spy whose past binds her to one of their own. What begins as a young man's quest for glory becomes a story of friendship tested by power, love corrupted by revenge, and the terrible price of choosing one's conscience over one's advancement. One for all. All for one. But what happens when loyalty demands the unforgivable?
