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Rory Kinnear

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Rory Kinnear

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Feb 17, 1978 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Biography

Rory Kinnear (born February 17, 1978) is an English actor and playwright who has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. He is best known for playing Bill Tanner in the James Bond films Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, and Spectre, and in various video games of the franchise. He is the youngest actor to play the role of Bill Tanner. He also won a Laurence Olivier Award for portraying Fopling Flutter in a 2008 version of The Man of Mode, and a British Independent Film Award for his performance in the 2012 film Broken. In 2014, he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Shakespeare's villain Iago in the National Theatre production of Othello.

Known For

Acting
2026Lord of the FliesRalph's Father (uncredited)
2025Bank of Dave 2: The Loan RangerDave Fishwick
2025All the Devils Are HereHarold Laing
2025Toxic TownDes Collins
2025AmadeusEmperor Joseph
2024The Old Man and the LandDavid (voice)
2024The Ministry of Ungentlemanly WarfareP.M. Winston Churchill
2024Say NothingFrank Kitson
2023Bank of DaveDave Fishwick
2023The DiplomatPrime Minister Nicol Trowbridge
2022MenGeoffrey
2022The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentNarrator
2022Our Flag Means DeathCaptain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton
2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerTom Bombadil
2021A Ghost Story for Christmas: The MezzotintEdward Williams
2021Designing BondSelf
2021No Time to DieTanner
2021Ridley RoadColin Jordan
2020Penny Dreadful: City of AngelsDr. Peter Craft
2019Brexit: The Uncivil WarCraig Oliver
2019The InterviewInterviewer
2019Catherine the GreatNikita Ivanovich Panin
2019Years and YearsStephen Lyons
2018PeterlooHenry Hunt
2018National Theatre Live: MacbethMacbeth
2018Nothing Like a DameSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018Watership DownCowslip (voice)
2017iBoyEllman
2017National Theatre Live: Young MarxMarx
2017GuerrillaPence
2017QuacksRobert Lessing
2016Trespass Against UsP.C Lovage
2016The RoofYet Another Fan
2016National Theatre Live: The Threepenny OperaCaptain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'
2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCSelf - Performer
2015SpectreTanner
2015Man UpSean
2015The Casual VacancyBarry Fairbrother
2014Cuban FuryGary
2014The Imitation GameDetective Robert Nock
2014Penny DreadfulJohn Clare / The Creature
2014Inside No. 9Prince Rico / Gus
2013National Theatre Live: OthelloIago
2013Muse of FireSelf
2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageIago
2013LucanLord Lucan
2013LucanLord Lucan
2013SouthcliffeDavid Whitehead
2013Count Arthur StrongMichael Baker
2012SkyfallTanner
2012National Theatre Live: The Last of the HaussmansNick
2012BrokenBob Oswald
2012Loving Miss HattoYoung Barrington Coupe
2012Bond on LocationSelf / Bill Tanner
2012The Hollow CrownBollingbroke
2012The Mystery of Edwin DroodReverend Septimus Crisparkle
2011Black MirrorMichael Callow
2011Women in LoveRupert Birkin
2010The First Men in the MoonBedford
2010Wild TargetGerry Bailey
2010Lennon NakedBrian Epstein
2010National Theatre Live: HamletHamlet
2010VexedDan Bishop
2009Wish 143Wishman
2008Quantum of SolaceTanner
2008Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to FinchleyDenis Thatcher
2008The Curse of SteptoeAlan Simpson
2008Ashes to Ashes
2008Beautiful PeopleRoss
2007Mansfield ParkRushworth
2007Five DaysKyle Betts
2007Comedy ShowcaseRob Black
2007CranfordSeptimus Hanbury
2006The One ShowSelf
2005The Thick of ItEd
2004JudasAndrew
2003The Second ComingFather Dillane
2002Ultimate Force
2001Judge John Deed
2001MessiahStewart Dean
2001Waking the DeadJames Mitcham
1996Silent Witness
1971A Ghost Story for ChristmasEdward Williams
-HoneyGraham Anderson