- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1978
- Place of Birth
- Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Rory Kinnear
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
movieLearning to Breathe Under Water
2026 · Peter
tvLord of the Flies
2026 · Ralph's Father (uncredited)
tvAmadeus
2025 · Emperor Joseph
movieAll the Devils Are Here
2025 · Harold Laing
tvToxic Town
2025 · Des Collins
movieBank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
2025 · Dave Fishwick
tvSay Nothing
2024 · Frank Kitson
movieThe Old Man and the Land
2024 · David (voice)
movieThe Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024 · P.M. Winston Churchill
tvThe Diplomat
2023 · Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge
movieBank of Dave
2023 · Dave Fishwick
movieThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
2022 · Narrator
tvThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022 · Tom Bombadil
movieMen
2022 · Geoffrey
tvOur Flag Means Death
2022 · Captain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton
movieA Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021 · Edward Williams
Designing Bond
movieDesigning Bond
2021 · Self
tvRidley Road
2021 · Colin Jordan
movieNo Time to Die
2021 · Tanner
tvPenny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020 · Dr. Peter Craft
movieThe Interview
2019 · Interviewer
tvCatherine the Great
2019 · Nikita Ivanovich Panin
tvYears and Years
2019 · Stephen Lyons
movieBrexit: The Uncivil War
2019 · Craig Oliver
tvWatership Down
2018 · Cowslip (voice)
moviePeterloo
2018 · Henry Hunt
movieNational Theatre Live: Macbeth
2018 · Macbeth
movieNothing Like a Dame
2018 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieZanzibar
2018 · Prince Rico / Gus
movieNational Theatre Live: Young Marx
2017 · Marx
tvQuacks
2017 · Robert Lessing
tvGuerrilla
2017 · Pence
movieiBoy
2017 · Ellman
movieDaddy My
2016 · Father
movieTrespass Against Us
2016 · P.C Lovage
movieNational Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
2016 · Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'
movieShakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016 · Self - Performer
movieThe Roof
2016 · Yet Another Fan
movieSpectre
2015 · Tanner
movieMan Up
2015 · Sean
tvThe Casual Vacancy
2015 · Barry Fairbrother
movieThe Imitation Game
2014 · Detective Robert Nock
tvPenny Dreadful
2014 · John Clare / The Creature
movieCuban Fury
2014 · Gary
tvInside No. 9
2014 · Prince Rico / Gus
movieLucan
2013 · Lord Lucan
tvLucan
2013 · Lord Lucan
movieNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · Iago
movieNational Theatre Live: Othello
2013 · Iago
movieMuse of Fire
2013 · Self
tvSouthcliffe
2013 · David Whitehead
tvCount Arthur Strong
2013 · Michael Baker
movieLoving Miss Hatto
2012 · Young Barrington Coupe
movieSkyfall
2012 · Tanner
movieNational Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
2012 · Nick
movieBond on Location
2012 · Self / Bill Tanner
movieBroken
2012 · Bob Oswald
tvThe Hollow Crown
2012 · Bollingbroke
tvThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
2012 · Reverend Septimus Crisparkle
tvBlack Mirror
2011 · Michael Callow
tvWomen in Love
2011 · Rupert Birkin
movieNational Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010 · Hamlet
movieLennon Naked
2010 · Brian Epstein
movieThe First Men in the Moon
2010 · Bedford
tvVexed
2010 · Dan Bishop
movieWild Target
2010 · Gerry Bailey
movieWish 143
2009 · Wishman
movieQuantum of Solace
2008 · Tanner
tvBeautiful People
2008 · Ross
movieMargaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008 · Denis Thatcher
movieThe Curse of Steptoe
2008 · Alan Simpson
tvAshes to Ashes
2008
tvCranford
2007 · Septimus Hanbury
tvComedy Showcase
2007 · Rob Black
movieMansfield Park
2007 · Rushworth
tvFive Days
2007 · Kyle Betts
tvThe One Show
2006 · Self
tvThe Thick of It
2005 · Ed
movieJudas
2004 · Andrew
tvThe Second Coming
2003 · Father Dillane
tvUltimate Force
2002
tvJudge John Deed
2001
tvWaking the Dead
2001 · James Mitcham
tvMessiah
2001 · Stewart Dean
tvSilent Witness
1996
tvA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971 · Edward Williams
Ignition
movieIgnition
—
Honey
tvHoney
— · Graham Anderson