Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw is a British actor known for portraying Q in the James Bond films (Skyfall, 2012; Spectre, 2015; No Time to Die, 2021), for Cloud Atlas (2012), Bright Star (2009), and the TV series This Is England '86. He came out as gay indirectly in 2012 when it was announced via his publicist that he had secretly married composer Mark Bradshaw in Australia. He has since spoken more openly about his identity and delivered a BAFTA Los Angeles speech about the experience of being gay and playing gay characters. He played a gay screenwriter opposite Andrew Scott in the queer literary series Featherweight (2024). Whishaw is widely regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation.