Ben Whishaw Net Worth

Ben Whishaw's Quotes

• I began to feel that he was a character who, left to his own devices, wouldn't really speak at all. I thought about him as being autistic in some way. He simply doesn't understand human beings. Social situations terrify him. On the character Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
• It's difficult, it's a bit like acting in a silent movie. That's what Dustin Hoffman said to me, anyway. We did the scenes with him in the first two weeks, and as he was leaving he said, 'Well now you're making a silent film, Ben; good luck!".- On making Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
• I've been out to LA a couple of times but, over there, the Grenouille in me always comes to the surface. I feel completely terrified, totally flummoxed, like I don't understand what the hell is going on. I've no desire at all to go back there.
• I do think Dylan's incredible.I sort of fell in love with him. I became obsessed. But I've moved on now. I always do.
• There are certainly other things I'd like to have a go at one day.I'd like to have a go at directing. Or maybe I'll go back to painting. Or maybe thinking about those things is just my way of protecting myself if it all goes wrong.

Interesting Facts about Ben Whishaw

1. Graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
2. Has a twin brother, James.
3. Enjoys music, dance, visual arts and traveling.
4. Grew up in Bedfordshire, and attended the Bancroft Players Youth Theatre at the Hitchin's Queen Mother Theatre.
5. Took in a couple of stray cats living in his neighborhood.
6. Beat out Leonardo DiCaprio and Orlando Bloom for the role of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006).
7. Favorite actor is James Stewart.
8. Favourite film is Vertigo (1958).
9. Father is a computer engineer and mother is a sales person.
10. Good friends with his Brideshead Revisited (2008) co-star Matthew Goode.
11. Enjoys reading, painting and gardening in his spare time.
12. Entered into a civil partnership with his partner Mark Bradshaw in August 2012. They met on the set of Bright Star (2009).
13. Met his husband, Australian composer Mark Bradshaw on the set while making Bright Star (2009), in 2008, and was civilly married in August 2012.
14. At age 32, he is the youngest actor to portray Q in a James Bond film.
15. Confirmed to be one of the actors performing in 'His Dark Materials' at the Royal National Theatre. [August 2004]
16. Played Hamlet to rave reviews at the Old Vic, London. [May 2004]
17. Performing John Logan's "Peter & Alice" with Judi Dench at Noel Coward Theatre, London. Starring as Peter Llewellyn Davies. [May 2013]
18. Starring off-Broadway as "Oliver" in "The Pride", by Alexi Kaye Campbell, directed by Joe Mantello. With Hugh Dancy, Adam James, Andrea Riseborough. [February 2010]
19. Appearing in "His Dark Materials" at the Royal National Theatre, directed by Nicholas Hytner. [December 2003]
20. His paternal grandfather, John Vladimir Stellmacher, was of German and Russian descent, and spied for the British during World War II, later taking the surname "Whishaw". His paternal grandmother, Olga Adele Bernard, was French. Ben's mother is of English background.