Rory Kinnear
Born: 1978-02-17 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Toxic Town as Des Collins
- Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger as Dave Fishwick
- All the Devils Are Here as Harold Laing
2024
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare as Winston Churchill
- Say Nothing as Frank Kitson
- The Old Man and the Land as David (voice)
2023
- The Diplomat as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge
- Bank of Dave as Dave Fishwick
2022
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power as Tom Bombadil
- Our Flag Means Death as Captain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton
- Men as Geoffrey
2021
- No Time to Die as Tanner
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint as Edward Williams
- Ridley Road as Colin Jordan
- Designing Bond as Self
2020
- Penny Dreadful: City of Angels as Dr. Peter Craft
2019
- Catherine the Great as Nikita Ivanovich Panin
- Years and Years as Stephen Lyons
- Brexit: The Uncivil War as Craig Oliver
- The Interview as Interviewer
2018
- Peterloo as Henry Hunt
- Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Watership Down as Cowslip (voice)
- National Theatre Live: Macbeth as Macbeth
2017
- iBoy as Ellman
- Guerrilla as Pence
- National Theatre Live: Young Marx as Marx
- Quacks as Robert Lessing
2016
- Trespass Against Us as P.C Lovage
- Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self - Performer
- National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera as Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'
- The Roof as Yet Another Fan
2015
- Spectre as Tanner
- Man Up as Sean
- The Casual Vacancy as Barry Fairbrother
2014
- The Imitation Game as Detective Robert Nock
- Inside No. 9 as Prince Rico / Gus
- Penny Dreadful as John Clare / The Creature
- Cuban Fury as Gary
2013
- Lucan as Lord Lucan
- National Theatre Live: Othello as Iago
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Iago
- Muse of Fire as Self
- Count Arthur Strong as Michael Baker
- Southcliffe as David Whitehead
- Lucan as Lord Lucan
2012
- Skyfall as Tanner
- The Hollow Crown as Bollingbroke
- Broken as Bob Oswald
- National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans as Nick
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Reverend Septimus Crisparkle
- Loving Miss Hatto as Young Barrington Coupe
- Bond on Location as Self / Bill Tanner
2011
- Black Mirror as Michael Callow
- Women in Love as Rupert Birkin
2010
- Wild Target as Gerry Bailey
- Vexed as Dan Bishop
- National Theatre Live: Hamlet as Hamlet
- Lennon Naked as Brian Epstein
- The First Men in the Moon as Bedford
2009
- Wish 143 as Wishman
2008
- Quantum of Solace as Tanner
- Ashes to Ashes
- The Curse of Steptoe as Alan Simpson
- Beautiful People as Ross
- Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley as Denis Thatcher
2007
- Mansfield Park as Rushworth
- Cranford as Septimus Hanbury
- Five Days as Kyle Betts
- Comedy Showcase as Rob Black
2006
- The One Show as Self
2005
- The Thick of It as Ed
2004
- Judas as Andrew
2003
- The Second Coming as Father Dillane
2002
2001
- Waking the Dead as James Mitcham
- Judge John Deed
- Messiah as Stewart Dean
1996
1971
- A Ghost Story for Christmas as Edward Williams