Ben Whishaw Biography

Benjamin Whishaw is an English actor. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Whishaw has garnered acclaim for his film television and theatre work. After winning a British Independent Film Award for his performance in My Brother Tom Whishaw garnered acclaim portraying the the title role in a 2004 production of Hamlet receiving an Olivier Award nomination. This was followed by television roles in Nathan Barley Criminal Justice and The Hour and film roles in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer I'm Not There Brideshead Revisited and Bright Star. For Criminal Justice Whishaw received an International Emmy Award and received his first BAFTA Award nomination.
Whishaw was involved in many productions with Big Spirit perhaps most notably If This is a Man (also performed as The Drowned & The Saved) a piece devised by the company based on the book of the same name by Primo Levi a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp. It was adapted into a physical theatre piece by the group and taken to the 1995 Edinburgh Festival where it garnered five-star reviews and great critical acclaim.
As the lead in Trevor Nunn's 2004 production of Hamlet at the Old Vic he received highly favorable reviews and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor and the Ian Charleson Award. The role was shared with Al Weaver in an unusual arrangement that saw Whishaw playing all nights except for Mondays and matinées. Nunn is reported to have made this arrangement due to the youth of the two actors playing the lead to relieve some of the pressure on each. It was Whishaw however who featured most prominently in the marketing materials and in the majority of reviews.

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