Acting

Rory Kinnear

Born 1978-02-17 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK

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.

Credits

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Onwards and Sideways
as Professor Ridge
2026
Learning to Breathe Under Water
as Peter
2026
Lord of the Flies
as Ralph's Father (uncredited)
2026
Amadeus
as Emperor Joseph
2025
All the Devils Are Here
as Harold Laing
2025
Toxic Town
as Des Collins
2025
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
as Dave Fishwick
2025
Say Nothing
as Frank Kitson
2024
The Old Man and the Land
as David (voice)
2024
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
as Churchill
2024
The Diplomat
as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge
2023
Bank of Dave
as Dave Fishwick
2023
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
as Narrator
2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
as Tom Bombadil
2022
Men
as Geoffrey
2022
Our Flag Means Death
as Captain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton
2022
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
as Edward Williams
2021
Designing Bond
as Self
2021
Ridley Road
as Colin Jordan
2021
No Time to Die
as Tanner
2021
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
as Dr. Peter Craft
2020
The Interview
as Interviewer
2019
Catherine the Great
as Nikita Ivanovich Panin
2019
Years and Years
as Stephen Lyons
2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War
as Craig Oliver
2019
Watership Down
as Cowslip (voice)
2018
Peterloo
as Henry Hunt
2018
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
as Macbeth
2018
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Zanzibar
as Prince Rico / Gus
2018
National Theatre Live: Young Marx
as Marx
2017
Quacks
as Robert Lessing
2017
Guerrilla
as Pence
2017
iBoy
as Ellman
2017
Daddy My
as Father
2016
Trespass Against Us
as P.C Lovage
2016
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
as Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
2016
The Roof
as Yet Another Fan
2016
Spectre
as Tanner
2015
Man Up
as Sean
2015
The Casual Vacancy
as Barry Fairbrother
2015
The Imitation Game
as Detective Robert Nock
2014
Penny Dreadful
as John Clare / The Creature
2014
Cuban Fury
as Gary
2014
Inside No. 9
as Prince Rico / Gus
2014
Lucan
as Lord Lucan
2013
Lucan
as Lord Lucan
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Iago
2013
National Theatre Live: Othello
as Iago
2013
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
Southcliffe
as David Whitehead
2013
Count Arthur Strong
as Michael Baker
2013
Loving Miss Hatto
as Young Barrington Coupe
2012
Skyfall
as Tanner
2012
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
as Nick
2012
Bond on Location
as Self / Bill Tanner
2012
Broken
as Bob Oswald
2012
The Hollow Crown
as Bollingbroke
2012
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Reverend Septimus Crisparkle
2012
Black Mirror
as Michael Callow
2011
Women in Love
as Rupert Birkin
2011
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Hamlet
2010
Lennon Naked
as Brian Epstein
2010
The First Men in the Moon
as Bedford
2010
Vexed
as Dan Bishop
2010
Wild Target
as Gerry Bailey
2010
Wish 143
as Wishman
2009
Quantum of Solace
as Tanner
2008
Beautiful People
as Ross
2008
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
as Denis Thatcher
2008
The Curse of Steptoe
as Alan Simpson
2008
Ashes to Ashes
2008
Cranford
as Septimus Hanbury
2007
Comedy Showcase
as Rob Black
2007
Mansfield Park
as Rushworth
2007
Five Days
as Kyle Betts
2007
The One Show
as Self
2006
The Thick of It
as Ed
2005
Judas
as Andrew
2004