Name
Rory Kinnear
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1978-02-17 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
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.
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- 2008 Quantum of Solace as Tanner
- 2012 Skyfall as Tanner
- 2021 A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint as Edward Williams
- 2010 The First Men in the Moon as Bedford
- 2012 National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans as Nick
- 2023 Bank of Dave as Dave Fishwick
- 2008 Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley as Denis Thatcher
- 2012 Broken as Bob Oswald
- 2012 Loving Miss Hatto as Young Barrington Coupe
- 2009 Wish 143 as Wishman
- 2014 Cuban Fury as Gary
- 2013 National Theatre Live: Othello as Iago
- 2024 The Old Man and the Land as David (voice)
- 2014 The Imitation Game as Detective Robert Nock
- 2010 Wild Target as Gerry Bailey
- 2016 Trespass Against Us as P.C Lovage
- 2007 Mansfield Park as Rushworth
- 2015 Spectre as Tanner
- 2021 Designing Bond as Self
- 2015 Man Up as Sean
- 2010 Lennon Naked as Brian Epstein
- 2025 Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger as Dave Fishwick
- 2024 The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare as Churchill
- 2008 The Curse of Steptoe as Alan Simpson
- 2016 The Roof as Yet Another Fan
- 2017 iBoy as Ellman
- 2016 National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera as Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'
- 2016 Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self - Performer
- 2004 Judas as Andrew
- 2010 National Theatre Live: Hamlet as Hamlet
- 2013 Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Iago
- 2018 Peterloo as Henry Hunt
- 2017 National Theatre Live: Young Marx as Marx
- 2013 Lucan as Lord Lucan
- 2021 No Time to Die as Tanner
- 2018 National Theatre Live: Macbeth as Macbeth
- 2019 Brexit: The Uncivil War as Craig Oliver
- 2019 The Interview as Interviewer
- 2022 Men as Geoffrey
- 2018 Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2012 Bond on Location as Self / Bill Tanner
- 2025 All the Devils Are Here as Harold Laing
- 2022 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as Narrator
- Soon Ignition
- 2026 Learning to Breathe Under Water as Peter
- 2016 Daddy My as Father
- 2018 Zanzibar as Prince Rico / Gus
- 2026 Onwards and Sideways as Professor Ridge
- 2002 Ultimate Force ( 1 episode )
- 2008 Ashes to Ashes ( 1 episode )
- 1996 Silent Witness ( 2 episodes )
- 2007 Five Days ( 10 episodes ) as Kyle Betts
- 2001 Judge John Deed ( 1 episode )
- 2001 Messiah ( 2 episodes ) as Stewart Dean
- 2022 Our Flag Means Death ( 10 episodes ) as Captain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton
- 2010 Vexed ( 3 episodes ) as Dan Bishop
- 2014 Penny Dreadful ( 27 episodes ) as John Clare / The Creature
- 2013 Lucan ( 2 episodes ) as Lord Lucan
- 2013 Southcliffe ( 4 episodes ) as David Whitehead
- 2011 Black Mirror ( 1 episode ) as Michael Callow
- 2013 Count Arthur Strong ( 20 episodes ) as Michael Baker
- 2021 Ridley Road ( 4 episodes ) as Colin Jordan
- 2015 The Casual Vacancy ( 3 episodes ) as Barry Fairbrother
- 2019 Catherine the Great ( 4 episodes ) as Nikita Ivanovich Panin
- 2008 Beautiful People ( 1 episode ) as Ross
- 2007 Comedy Showcase ( 1 episode ) as Rob Black
- 2007 Cranford ( 1 episode ) as Septimus Hanbury
- 2001 Waking the Dead ( 2 episodes ) as James Mitcham
- 2025 Toxic Town ( 4 episodes ) as Des Collins
- 2017 Guerrilla ( 6 episodes ) as Pence
- 2017 Quacks ( 6 episodes ) as Robert Lessing
- 2003 The Second Coming ( 2 episodes ) as Father Dillane
- 2011 Women in Love ( 2 episodes ) as Rupert Birkin
- 2023 The Diplomat ( 30 episodes ) as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge
- 2005 The Thick of It ( 1 episode ) as Ed
- 2018 Watership Down ( 2 episodes ) as Cowslip (voice)
- 2019 Years and Years ( 6 episodes ) as Stephen Lyons
- 2020 Penny Dreadful: City of Angels ( 10 episodes ) as Dr. Peter Craft
- 2012 The Hollow Crown ( 1 episode ) as Bollingbroke
- 2014 Inside No. 9 ( 1 episode ) as Prince Rico / Gus
- 2022 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ( 3 episodes ) as Tom Bombadil
- 2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood ( 2 episodes ) as Reverend Septimus Crisparkle
- 2024 Say Nothing ( 9 episodes ) as Frank Kitson
- 2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 A Ghost Story for Christmas ( 1 episode ) as Edward Williams
- 2025 Amadeus ( 5 episodes ) as Emperor Joseph
- 2026 Lord of the Flies ( 4 episodes ) as Ralph's Father (uncredited)
- Soon Honey ( 0 episode ) as Graham Anderson
- 2002 Menace ( 2 episodes ) as Kevin
- Soon Blackmere ( 1 episode )
