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