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Rory Kinnear
Actor, ProducerBorn February 17, 1978 (47 years)
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.
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
Rory Kinnear Filmography
| 2025 | Amadeus (TV Series) · as Emperor Joseph |
| 2025 | All the Devils Are Here · as Harold Laing |
| 2025 | Toxic Town (TV Series) · as Des Collins |
| 2025 | Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger · as Dave Fishwick |
| 2024 | Say Nothing (TV Series) · as Frank Kitson |
| 2024 | The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare · as Winston Churchill |
| 2023 | The Old Man and the Land · as David (voice) |
| 2023 | The Diplomat (TV Series) · as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge |
| 2023 | Bank of Dave · as Dave Fishwick |
| 2022 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV Series) · as Tom Bombadil |
| 2022 | Men · as Geoffrey |
| 2022 | Our Flag Means Death (TV Series) · as Captain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton |
| 2021 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint · as Edward Williams |
| 2021 | Ridley Road (TV Series) · as Colin Jordan |
| 2021 | No Time to Die · as Tanner |
| 2020 | Unprecedented (TV Series) · as Alistair |
| 2020 | Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (TV Series) · as Dr. Peter Craft |
| 2019 | Catherine the Great (2019) (TV Series) · as Nikita Ivanovich Panin |
| 2019 | Years and Years (TV Series) · as Stephen Lyons |
| 2019 | Brexit · as Craig Oliver |
| 2018 | Watership Down (2018) (TV Series) · as Cowslip (voice) |
| 2018 | Peterloo · as Henry Hunt |
| 2018 | National Theatre Live: Macbeth · as Macbeth |
| 2017 | National Theatre Live: Young Marx · as Marx |
| 2017 | Quacks (TV Series) · as Robert Lessing |
| 2017 | Guerrilla (TV Series) · as Pence |
| 2017 | iBoy · as Ellman |
| 2016 | Trespass Against Us · as P.c Lovage |
| 2016 | National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera · as Captain Macheath, Aka 'mac The Knife' |
| 2016 | Daddy My · as Father |
| 2015 | Spectre · as Tanner |
| 2015 | Man Up · as Sean |
| 2015 | The Casual Vacancy (TV Series) · as Barry Fairbrother |
| 2014 | The Imitation Game · as Detective Robert Nock |
| 2014 | Dinner at 11 · as Narrator |
| 2014 | Penny Dreadful (TV Series) · as John Clare / The Creature |
| 2014 | Cuban Fury · as Gary |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 (TV Series) · as Prince Rico / Gus |
| 2013 | Lucan (2013) (TV Series) · as Lord Lucan |
| 2013 | Fifty Years on Stage · as Iago |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: Othello · as Iago |
| 2013 | Southcliffe (TV Series) · as David Whitehead |
| 2013 | Count Arthur Strong (TV Series) · as Michael Baker |
| 2012 | Loving Miss Hatto · as Young Barrington Coupe |
| 2012 | The Last of the Haussmans · as Nick |
| 2012 | Skyfall · as Tanner |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown (TV Series) · as Bollingbroke |
| 2012 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood (TV Series) · as Reverend Septimus Crisparkle |
| 2011 | Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Michael Callow |
| 2011 | The Trouble with Tolstoy (TV Series) · as Young Tolstoy |
| 2011 | Women in Love (TV Series) · as Rupert Birkin |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: Hamlet · as Hamlet |
| 2010 | The First Men in the Moon · as Bedford |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Wild Target · as Gerry Bailey |
| 2010 | Lennon Naked · as Brian Epstein |
| 2009 | Wish 143 · as Wishman |
| 2009 | Minder (2009) (TV Series) · as Di Peter Willoughby |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace · as Tanner |
| 2008 | Beautiful People (2008) (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Cranford (TV Series) · as Septimus Hanbury |
| 2007 | Comedy Showcase (TV Series) · as Rob Black |
| 2007 | Five Days: Making Five Days · as Kyle Betts |
| 2007 | Five Days: Revised Final Episode · as Kyle Betts |
| 2007 | Mansfield Park · as Rushworth |
| 2007 | Five Days (TV Series) · as Kyle Betts |
| 2005 | A Ghost Story for Christmas (TV Series) · as Williams |
| 2005 | Secret Smile (TV Series) · as Nick |
| 2005 | The Thick of It (TV Series) · as Ed |
| 2004 | Judas · as Andrew |
| 2003 | The Second Coming (TV Series) · as Father Dillane |
| 2002 | Ultimate Force (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Menace (TV Series) · as Kevin |
| 2001 | Messiah (TV Series) · as Stewart Dean |
| 2001 | Judge John Deed (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as James Mitcham |
| 1996 | Silent Witness (TV Series) |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas (TV Series) · as Edward Williams |
| 2021 | No Time to Die: Designing Bond · as Self |
| 2021 | Being James Bond: The Daniel Craig Story · as Self |
| 2018 | Tea With the Dames · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC · as Self - Performer |
| 2014 | Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Muse of Fire · as Self |
| 2012 | The Making of Richard II · as Self |
| 2012 | The Making of Henry IV Part 2 · as Self |
| 2008 | Bond on Location · as Self / Bill Tanner |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2025 | Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger · as Executive Producer |