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Ben Whishaw

British actor Benjamin John Whishaw, popularly known as Ben Whishaw, is familiar to movie lovers around the world courtesy of his roles in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) and the James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015). He started out on stage as a member of the Big Spirit Youth Theatre, and subsequently made his feature film debut with a supporting role in the independent war movie The Trench (1999). A couple of years into his film career, the actor bagged his first major accolade - a British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer - for his performance in My Brother Tom (2001). 
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