Rory Kinnear
Acting1978Hammersmith, 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
Acting History
2026
Lord of the Flies
TVas Ralph's Father (uncredited)
2025
All the Devils Are Here
as Harold Laing
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
as Dave Fishwick
The One Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Toxic Town
TVas Des Collins
Amadeus
TVas Emperor Joseph• 5 eps
2024
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
as Winston Churchill
The Old Man and the Land
as David (voice)
Say Nothing
TVas Frank Kitson• 9 eps
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
TVas Tom Bombadil• 3 eps
2023
Bank of Dave
as Dave Fishwick
The Diplomat
TVas Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge• 22 eps
2022
Men
as Geoffrey
Our Flag Means Death
TVas Captain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton• 10 eps
2021
No Time to Die
as Tanner
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
as Edward Williams
Designing Bond
as Self
Ridley Road
TVas Colin Jordan
2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
TVas Dr. Peter Craft• 10 eps
2019
Brexit
as Craig Oliver
The Interview
as Interviewer
Catherine the Great
TVas Nikita Ivanovich Panin• 4 eps
Years and Years
TVas Stephen Lyons
2018
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
as Macbeth
Peterloo
as Henry Hunt
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Inside No. 9
TVas Prince Rico / Gus• 1 eps
Watership Down
TVas Cowslip (voice)• 2 eps
2017
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
as Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'
Trespass Against Us
as P.C Lovage
The Roof
as Yet Another Fan
2015
2014
The Imitation Game
as Detective Robert Nock
Cuban Fury
as Gary
Penny Dreadful
TVas John Clare / The Creature• 27 eps
2013
Muse of Fire
as Self
Lucan
as Lord Lucan
Lucan
TVas Lord Lucan
Southcliffe
TVas David Whitehead
Count Arthur Strong
TVas Michael Baker
2012
Skyfall
as Tanner
Broken
as Bob Oswald
Loving Miss Hatto
as Young Barrington Coupe
Bond on Location
as Self / Bill Tanner
The Hollow Crown
TVas Bollingbroke• 1 eps
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
TVas Reverend Septimus Crisparkle
2011
Black Mirror
TVas Michael Callow• 1 eps
Women in Love
TVas Rupert Birkin
2010
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Hamlet
Lennon Naked
as Brian Epstein
Wild Target
as Gerry Bailey
The First Men in the Moon
as Bedford
Vexed
TVas Dan Bishop
2009
Wish 143
as Wishman
Waking the Dead
TVas James Mitcham• 2 eps
Cranford
TVas Septimus Hanbury• 1 eps
The Thick of It
TVas Ed• 1 eps
2008
Quantum of Solace
as Tanner
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
as Denis Thatcher
The Curse of Steptoe
as Alan Simpson
Beautiful People
TVas Ross
2007
2005
2004
Judas
as Andrew
2003
The Second Coming
TVas Father Dillane
2002
2001
Messiah
TVas Stewart Dean
1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TVas Edward Williams