Rory Kinnear

Rory Kinnear

Known for
Acting
Born
February 17, 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Ignition

Ignition

Movie

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Blackmere poster

Blackmere

TV · 1 ep

2026
Learning to Breathe Under Water poster

Learning to Breathe Under Water

Movie · as Peter

2026
Onwards and Sideways poster

Onwards and Sideways

Movie · as Professor Ridge

2026
Lord of the Flies poster

Lord of the Flies

TV · as Ralph's Father (uncredited) · 4 eps

2026
Honey poster

Honey

TV · as Graham Anderson · 6 eps

2025
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger poster

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger

Movie · as Dave Fishwick

2025
All the Devils Are Here poster

All the Devils Are Here

Movie · as Harold Laing

2025
Toxic Town poster

Toxic Town

TV · as Des Collins · 4 eps

2025
Amadeus poster

Amadeus

TV · as Emperor Joseph · 5 eps

2024
The Old Man and the Land poster

The Old Man and the Land

Movie · as David (voice)

2024
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare poster

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Movie · as Churchill

2024
Say Nothing poster

Say Nothing

TV · as Frank Kitson · 9 eps

2023
Bank of Dave poster

Bank of Dave

Movie · as Dave Fishwick

2023
The Diplomat poster

The Diplomat

TV · as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge · 30 eps

2022
Men poster

Men

Movie · as Geoffrey

2022
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment poster

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Movie · as Narrator

2022
Our Flag Means Death poster

Our Flag Means Death

TV · as Captain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton · 10 eps

2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

TV · as Tom Bombadil · 3 eps

2021
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

Movie · as Edward Williams

2021
Designing Bond

Designing Bond

Movie · as Self

2021
No Time to Die poster

No Time to Die

Movie · as Tanner

2021
Ridley Road poster

Ridley Road

TV · as Colin Jordan · 4 eps

2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels poster

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

TV · as Dr. Peter Craft · 10 eps

2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War poster

Brexit: The Uncivil War

Movie · as Craig Oliver

2019
The Interview poster

The Interview

Movie · as Interviewer

2019
Catherine the Great poster

Catherine the Great

TV · as Nikita Ivanovich Panin · 4 eps

2019
Years and Years poster

Years and Years

TV · as Stephen Lyons · 6 eps

2018
Peterloo poster

Peterloo

Movie · as Henry Hunt

2018
National Theatre Live: Macbeth poster

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

Movie · as Macbeth

2018
Nothing Like a Dame poster

Nothing Like a Dame

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2018
Zanzibar poster

Zanzibar

Movie · as Prince Rico / Gus

2018
Watership Down poster

Watership Down

TV · as Cowslip (voice) · 2 eps

2017
iBoy poster

iBoy

Movie · as Ellman

2017
National Theatre Live: Young Marx poster

National Theatre Live: Young Marx

Movie · as Marx

2017
Guerrilla poster

Guerrilla

TV · as Pence · 6 eps

2017
Quacks poster

Quacks

TV · as Robert Lessing · 6 eps

2016
Trespass Against Us poster

Trespass Against Us

Movie · as P.C Lovage

2016
The Roof poster

The Roof

Movie · as Yet Another Fan

2016
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera poster

National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera

Movie · as Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'

2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC poster

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Movie · as Self - Performer

2016
Daddy My poster

Daddy My

Movie · as Father

2015
Spectre poster

Spectre

Movie · as Tanner

2015
Man Up poster

Man Up

Movie · as Sean

2015
The Casual Vacancy poster

The Casual Vacancy

TV · as Barry Fairbrother · 3 eps

2014
Cuban Fury poster

Cuban Fury

Movie · as Gary

2014
The Imitation Game poster

The Imitation Game

Movie · as Detective Robert Nock

2014
Penny Dreadful poster

Penny Dreadful

TV · as John Clare / The Creature · 27 eps

2014
Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9

TV · as Prince Rico / Gus · 1 ep

2013
National Theatre Live: Othello poster

National Theatre Live: Othello

Movie · as Iago

2013
Muse of Fire poster

Muse of Fire

Movie · as Self

2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage poster

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Movie · as Iago

2013
Lucan poster

Lucan

Movie · as Lord Lucan

2013
Lucan poster

Lucan

TV · as Lord Lucan · 2 eps

2013
Southcliffe poster

Southcliffe

TV · as David Whitehead · 4 eps

2013
Count Arthur Strong poster

Count Arthur Strong

TV · as Michael Baker · 20 eps

2012
Skyfall poster

Skyfall

Movie · as Tanner

2012
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans poster

National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans

Movie · as Nick

2012
Broken poster

Broken

Movie · as Bob Oswald

2012
Loving Miss Hatto poster

Loving Miss Hatto

Movie · as Young Barrington Coupe

2012
Bond on Location poster

Bond on Location

Movie · as Self / Bill Tanner

2012
The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown

TV · as Bollingbroke · 1 ep

2012
The Mystery of Edwin Drood poster

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

TV · as Reverend Septimus Crisparkle · 2 eps

2011
Black Mirror poster

Black Mirror

TV · as Michael Callow · 1 ep

2011
Women in Love poster

Women in Love

TV · as Rupert Birkin · 2 eps

2010
The First Men in the Moon poster

The First Men in the Moon

Movie · as Bedford

2010
Wild Target poster

Wild Target

Movie · as Gerry Bailey

2010
Lennon Naked poster

Lennon Naked

Movie · as Brian Epstein

2010
National Theatre Live: Hamlet poster

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

Movie · as Hamlet

2010
Vexed poster

Vexed

TV · as Dan Bishop · 3 eps

2009
Wish 143 poster

Wish 143

Movie · as Wishman

2009
Return to Cranford

Return to Cranford

TV · as Septimus · 2 eps

2008
Quantum of Solace poster

Quantum of Solace

Movie · as Tanner

2008
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley poster

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

Movie · as Denis Thatcher

2008
The Curse of Steptoe poster

The Curse of Steptoe

Movie · as Alan Simpson

2008
Ashes to Ashes poster

Ashes to Ashes

TV · 1 ep

2008
Beautiful People poster

Beautiful People

TV · as Ross · 1 ep

2007
Mansfield Park poster

Mansfield Park

Movie · as Rushworth

2007
Five Days poster

Five Days

TV · as Kyle Betts · 10 eps

2007
Comedy Showcase poster

Comedy Showcase

TV · as Rob Black · 1 ep

2007
Cranford poster

Cranford

TV · as Septimus Hanbury · 1 ep

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
The Thick of It poster

The Thick of It

TV · as Ed · 1 ep

2004
Judas poster

Judas

Movie · as Andrew

2003
The Second Coming poster

The Second Coming

TV · as Father Dillane · 2 eps

2002
Ultimate Force poster

Ultimate Force

TV · 1 ep

2002
Menace

Menace

TV · as Kevin · 2 eps

2001
Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed

TV · 1 ep

2001
Messiah poster

Messiah

TV · as Stewart Dean · 2 eps

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as James Mitcham · 2 eps

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · 2 eps

1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas

TV · as Edward Williams · 1 ep