Rory Kinnear
Acting
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.
Filmography 88
Movies (48)
Learning to Breathe Under Water2026Peter
All the Devils Are Here2025Harold Laing
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger2025Dave Fishwick
The Old Man and the Land2024David (voice)
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare2024P.M. Winston Churchill
Bank of Dave2023Dave Fishwick
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment2022Narrator
Men2022Geoffrey
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint2021Edward Williams- Designing Bond2021Self
No Time to Die2021Tanner
The Interview2019Interviewer
Brexit: The Uncivil War2019Craig Oliver
Peterloo2018Henry Hunt
National Theatre Live: Macbeth2018Macbeth
Nothing Like a Dame2018Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zanzibar2018Prince Rico / Gus
National Theatre Live: Young Marx2017Marx
iBoy2017Ellman
Daddy My2016Father
Trespass Against Us2016P.C Lovage
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera2016Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC2016Self - Performer
The Roof2016Yet Another Fan
Spectre2015Tanner
Man Up2015Sean
The Imitation Game2014Detective Robert Nock
Cuban Fury2014Gary
Lucan2013Lord Lucan
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage2013Iago
Shows (40)
Lord of the Flies2026Ralph's Father (uncredited)
Amadeus2025Emperor Joseph
Toxic Town2025Des Collins
Say Nothing2024Frank Kitson
The Diplomat2023Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power2022Tom Bombadil
Our Flag Means Death2022Captain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton
Ridley Road2021Colin Jordan
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels2020Dr. Peter Craft
Catherine the Great2019Nikita Ivanovich Panin
Years and Years2019Stephen Lyons
Watership Down2018Cowslip (voice)
Quacks2017Robert Lessing
Guerrilla2017Pence
The Casual Vacancy2015Barry Fairbrother
Penny Dreadful2014John Clare / The Creature
Inside No. 92014Prince Rico / Gus
Lucan2013Lord Lucan
Southcliffe2013David Whitehead
Count Arthur Strong2013Michael Baker
The Hollow Crown2012Bollingbroke
The Mystery of Edwin Drood2012Reverend Septimus Crisparkle
Black Mirror2011Michael Callow
Women in Love2011Rupert Birkin
Vexed2010Dan Bishop
Beautiful People2008Ross
Ashes to Ashes2008
Cranford2007Septimus Hanbury
Comedy Showcase2007Rob Black
Five Days2007Kyle Betts