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Rory Kinnear

Actor

Rory Kinnear

Born February 17, 1978 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK43 films

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.

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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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The Imitation Game posterFirst watchThe Imitation Game20148.0as Detective Robert NockBased on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's…View film

Essential films

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Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. TBAIgnition
  2. 2026Onwards and SidewaysProfessor Ridge
  3. 2026Learning to Breathe Under WaterPeter
  4. 2025All the Devils Are HereHarold Laing
  5. 2025Bank of Dave 2: The Loan RangerDave Fishwick
  6. 2024The Old Man and the LandDavid (voice)
  7. 2024The Ministry of Ungentlemanly WarfareChurchill
  8. 2023Bank of DaveDave Fishwick
  9. 2022The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentNarrator
  10. 2022MenGeoffrey
  11. 2021A Ghost Story for Christmas: The MezzotintEdward Williams
  12. 2021No Time to DieTanner
  13. 2019The InterviewInterviewer
  14. 2019Brexit: The Uncivil WarCraig Oliver
  15. 2018PeterlooHenry Hunt
  16. 2018National Theatre Live: MacbethMacbeth
  17. 2018ZanzibarPrince Rico / Gus
  18. 2017National Theatre Live: Young MarxMarx
  19. 2017iBoyEllman
  20. 2016Daddy MyFather
  21. 2016Trespass Against UsP.C Lovage
  22. 2016National Theatre Live: The Threepenny OperaCaptain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'
  23. 2016The RoofYet Another Fan
  24. 2015SpectreTanner
  25. 2015Man UpSean
  26. 2014The Imitation GameDetective Robert Nock
  27. 2014Cuban FuryGary
  28. 2013LucanLord Lucan
  29. 2013National Theatre Live: OthelloIago
  30. 2012Loving Miss HattoYoung Barrington Coupe
  31. 2012SkyfallTanner
  32. 2012National Theatre Live: The Last of the HaussmansNick
  33. 2012BrokenBob Oswald
  34. 2010National Theatre Live: HamletHamlet
  35. 2010Lennon NakedBrian Epstein
  36. 2010The First Men in the MoonBedford
  37. 2010Wild TargetGerry Bailey
  38. 2009Wish 143Wishman
  39. 2008Quantum of SolaceTanner
  40. 2008Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to FinchleyDenis Thatcher
  41. 2008The Curse of SteptoeAlan Simpson
  42. 2007Mansfield ParkRushworth
  43. 2004JudasAndrew