Acting · Hammersmith, London, England, UK · Born February 17, 1978
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.
MovieLearning to Breathe Under Water
2026
as Peter
TVLord of the Flies
2026
as Ralph's Father (uncredited)
TVAmadeus
2025
as Emperor Joseph
MovieAll the Devils Are Here
2025
as Harold Laing
TVToxic Town
2025
as Des Collins
MovieBank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
2025
as Dave Fishwick
TVSay Nothing
2024
as Frank Kitson
MovieThe Old Man and the Land
2024
as David (voice)
MovieThe Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024
as P.M. Winston Churchill
TVThe Diplomat
2023
as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge
MovieBank of Dave
2023
as Dave Fishwick
MovieThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
2022
as Narrator
TVThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
as Tom Bombadil
MovieMen
2022
as Geoffrey
TVOur Flag Means Death
2022
as Captain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton
MovieA Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021
as Edward Williams
Designing Bond
2021
as Self
TVRidley Road
2021
as Colin Jordan
MovieNo Time to Die
2021
as Tanner
TVPenny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020
as Dr. Peter Craft
MovieThe Interview
2019
as Interviewer
TVCatherine the Great
2019
as Nikita Ivanovich Panin
TVYears and Years
2019
as Stephen Lyons
MovieBrexit: The Uncivil War
2019
as Craig Oliver
TVWatership Down
2018
as Cowslip (voice)
MoviePeterloo
2018
as Henry Hunt
MovieNational Theatre Live: Macbeth
2018
as Macbeth
MovieNothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieZanzibar
2018
as Prince Rico / Gus
MovieNational Theatre Live: Young Marx
2017
as Marx
TVQuacks
2017
as Robert Lessing
TVGuerrilla
2017
as Pence
MovieiBoy
2017
as Ellman
MovieDaddy My
2016
as Father
MovieTrespass Against Us
2016
as P.C Lovage
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
2016
as Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'
MovieShakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self - Performer
MovieThe Roof
2016
as Yet Another Fan
MovieSpectre
2015
as Tanner
MovieMan Up
2015
as Sean
TVThe Casual Vacancy
2015
as Barry Fairbrother
MovieThe Imitation Game
2014
as Detective Robert Nock
TVPenny Dreadful
2014
as John Clare / The Creature
MovieCuban Fury
2014
as Gary
TVInside No. 9
2014
as Prince Rico / Gus
MovieLucan
2013
as Lord Lucan
TVLucan
2013
as Lord Lucan
MovieNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Iago
MovieNational Theatre Live: Othello
2013
as Iago
MovieMuse of Fire
2013
as Self
TVSouthcliffe
2013
as David Whitehead
TVCount Arthur Strong
2013
as Michael Baker
MovieLoving Miss Hatto
2012
as Young Barrington Coupe
MovieSkyfall
2012
as Tanner
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
2012
as Nick
MovieBond on Location
2012
as Self / Bill Tanner
MovieBroken
2012
as Bob Oswald
TVThe Hollow Crown
2012
as Bollingbroke
TVThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
2012
as Reverend Septimus Crisparkle
TVBlack Mirror
2011
as Michael Callow
TVWomen in Love
2011
as Rupert Birkin
MovieNational Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010
as Hamlet
MovieLennon Naked
2010
as Brian Epstein
MovieThe First Men in the Moon
2010
as Bedford
TVVexed
2010
as Dan Bishop
MovieWild Target
2010
as Gerry Bailey
MovieWish 143
2009
as Wishman
MovieQuantum of Solace
2008
as Tanner
TVBeautiful People
2008
as Ross
MovieMargaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008
as Denis Thatcher
MovieThe Curse of Steptoe
2008
as Alan Simpson
TVAshes to Ashes
2008
TVCranford
2007
as Septimus Hanbury
TVComedy Showcase
2007
as Rob Black
MovieMansfield Park
2007
as Rushworth
TVFive Days
2007
as Kyle Betts
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
TVThe Thick of It
2005
as Ed
MovieJudas
2004
as Andrew
TVThe Second Coming
2003
as Father Dillane
TVUltimate Force
2002
TVJudge John Deed
2001
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as James Mitcham
TVMessiah
2001
as Stewart Dean
TVSilent Witness
1996
TVA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Edward Williams
Ignition
Honey
as Graham Anderson
