In his brief career to date, actor Ben Whishaw has made a big impact. He’s best known to theatregoers for taking the title role in Trevor Nunn’s award-winning production of Hamlet at the Old Vic in 2004, for which he was nominated for Best Actor honours in the 2005 Laurence Olivier and Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards and Outstanding Newcomer in the Evening Standard Awards.
Whishaw’s other professional stage credits have included Brother Jasper in His Dark Materials at the National, directed kwa Nicholas Hytner, and the leading role of Elliot in Philip Ridley’s Mercury...