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Rory Kinnear

Rory Kinnear

Acting

Born: February 17, 1978Hammersmith, 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.

Known For
Filmography
All the Devils Are Here

All the Devils Are Here

Harold Laing

2025
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger

Dave Fishwick

2025
The Old Man and the Land

The Old Man and the Land

David (voice)

2024
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

P.M. Winston Churchill

2024
Bank of Dave

Bank of Dave

Dave Fishwick

2023
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Narrator

2022
Men

Men

Geoffrey

2022
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

Edward Williams

2021

Designing Bond

Self

2021
No Time to Die

No Time to Die

Tanner

2021
The Interview

The Interview

Interviewer

2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War

Brexit: The Uncivil War

Craig Oliver

2019
Peterloo

Peterloo

Henry Hunt

2018
National Theatre Live: Macbeth

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

Macbeth

2018
Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2018
National Theatre Live: Young Marx

National Theatre Live: Young Marx

Marx

2017
iBoy

iBoy

Ellman

2017
Trespass Against Us

Trespass Against Us

P.C Lovage

2016
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera

National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera

Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'

2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Self - Performer

2016
The Roof

The Roof

Yet Another Fan

2016
Spectre

Spectre

Tanner

2015
Man Up

Man Up

Sean

2015
The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game

Detective Robert Nock

2014
Cuban Fury

Cuban Fury

Gary

2014
Lucan

Lucan

Lord Lucan

2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Iago

2013
Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

Self

2013
National Theatre Live: Othello

National Theatre Live: Othello

Iago

2013
Loving Miss Hatto

Loving Miss Hatto

Young Barrington Coupe

2012
Skyfall

Skyfall

Tanner

2012
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans

National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans

Nick

2012
Bond on Location

Bond on Location

Self / Bill Tanner

2012
Broken

Broken

Bob Oswald

2012
National Theatre Live: Hamlet

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

Hamlet

2010
Lennon Naked

Lennon Naked

Brian Epstein

2010
The First Men in the Moon

The First Men in the Moon

Bedford

2010
Wild Target

Wild Target

Gerry Bailey

2010
Wish 143

Wish 143

Wishman

2009
Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace

Tanner

2008
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

Denis Thatcher

2008
The Curse of Steptoe

The Curse of Steptoe

Alan Simpson

2008
Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park

Rushworth

2007
Judas

Judas

Andrew

2004