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