Which actor voices Paddington Bear in the 2014 feature film Paddington?

Ben Whishaw voices Paddington Bear in the 2014 feature film Paddington.

Whishaw’s performance supplies Paddington’s gentle, polite and slightly anxious voice in the live-action film. The bear himself is created with computer-generated imagery and placed alongside human performers such as Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins.

Colin Firth was originally attached to voice Paddington, but he left the production before filming was completed because the filmmakers felt his voice was not right for the character. Whishaw subsequently took over and became the voice associated with the first two feature films.

This fact concerns the voice performance, not the visual performer or the director. Ben Whishaw also voices Paddington in Paddington 2 and Paddington in Peru, maintaining continuity across the main film series.