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
2026
- Lord of the Flies as Ralph's Father (uncredited)
- Onwards and Sideways as Professor Ridge
- Learning to Breathe Under Water as Peter
2025
- Toxic Town as Des Collins
- Amadeus as Emperor Joseph
- All the Devils Are Here as Harold Laing
- Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger as Dave Fishwick
2024
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare as 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
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as Narrator
2021
- No Time to Die as Tanner
- Ridley Road as Colin Jordan
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint as Edward Williams
- Designing Bond as Self
2020
- Penny Dreadful: City of Angels as Dr. Peter Craft
2019
- Years and Years as Stephen Lyons
- Catherine the Great as Nikita Ivanovich Panin
- Brexit: The Uncivil War as Craig Oliver
- The Interview as Interviewer
2018
- Watership Down as Cowslip (voice)
- Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Peterloo as Henry Hunt
- Zanzibar as Prince Rico / Gus
- National Theatre Live: Macbeth as Macbeth
2017
- Guerrilla as Pence
- Quacks as Robert Lessing
- iBoy as Ellman
- National Theatre Live: Young Marx as Marx
2016
- Trespass Against Us as P.C Lovage
- Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self - Performer
- The Roof as Yet Another Fan
- Daddy My as Father
- National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera as Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'
2015
- Spectre as Tanner
- The Casual Vacancy as Barry Fairbrother
- Man Up as Sean
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
- Southcliffe as David Whitehead
- Lucan as Lord Lucan
- Count Arthur Strong as Michael Baker
- Muse of Fire as Self
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Iago
- National Theatre Live: Othello as Iago
- Lucan as Lord Lucan
2012
- Skyfall as Tanner
- The Hollow Crown as Bollingbroke
- Broken as Bob Oswald
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Reverend Septimus Crisparkle
- National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans as Nick
- Bond on Location as Self / Bill Tanner
- Loving Miss Hatto as Young Barrington Coupe
2011
- Black Mirror as Michael Callow
- Women in Love as Rupert Birkin
2010
- Vexed as Dan Bishop
- Wild Target as Gerry Bailey
- 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
- Beautiful People as Ross
- The Curse of Steptoe as Alan Simpson
- Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley as Denis Thatcher
2007
- Cranford as Septimus Hanbury
- Five Days as Kyle Betts
- Comedy Showcase as Rob Black
- Mansfield Park as Rushworth
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
- Ultimate Force
- Menace as Kevin
2001
- Waking the Dead as James Mitcham
- Judge John Deed
- Messiah as Stewart Dean
1996
1971
- A Ghost Story for Christmas as Edward Williams