FrameThrower · Actors · Ben Whishaw
Ben Whishaw
18 films · 1,069 frames · top-billed in 6 · 2004–2023
Born 14 October 1980 · Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Benjamin John Whishaw 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 18 films · 1,069 frames · top-billed in 6 · 2004–2023
- British Academy Television Award for Best Actor2013
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2019
- Film Independent Spirit Awards2008
- Theatre World Award2016
- Broadcasting Press Guild Award2012
- International Emmy Award for Best Actor2009
- Royal Television Society Awards2009
- Bambi Award2006
- Ian Charleson Awards2005
- British Independent Film Awards 20022002
- Kinotavr2001
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,069 frames from the 18 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ben takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 18 films we hold, 51% of their frames are day, 44% natural — the look of the work Ben takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Passages
2023 · Martin
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019 · Uriah Heep
Paddington 2
2017 · Paddington Brown (voice)
Paddington
2014 · Paddington (voice)
Bright Star
2009 · John Keats
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006 · Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Women Talking
2022 · August
No Time To Die
2021 · Q
The Lobster
2015 · Limping Man
The Danish Girl
2015 · Henrik
Spectre
2015 · Q
In The Heart of the Sea
2014 · Herman Melville
The Zero Theorem
2013 · Doctor 3
Skyfall
2012 · Q
Cloud Atlas
2012 · Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
I’m Not There
2007 · Arthur
Layer Cake
2004 · Sidney
A Hologram for the King
· Dave
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,069 frames from Ben Whishaw's 18 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.