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Rory Kinnear

Rory Kinnear

Birthday: 1978-02-17 | Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Rory Kinnear (born 17 February 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Men

as    Geoffrey

2021
Ridley Road

as    Colin Jordan

2021
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

as    Edward Williams

2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

as    Dr. Peter Craft

2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War

as    Craig Oliver

2019
Peterloo

as    Henry Hunt

2019
Years and Years

as    Stephen Lyons

2018
National Theatre Live: Macbeth

as    Macbeth

2017
Trespass Against Us

as    P.C Lovage

2015
The Casual Vacancy

as    Barry Fairbrother

2015
Spectre

as    Bill Tanner

2015
Man Up

as    Sean

2014
The Imitation Game

as    Detective Robert Nock

2014
Cuban Fury

as    Gary

2014
Penny Dreadful

as    John Clare / The Creature

2013
Broken

as    Bob Oswald

2013
Southcliffe

as    David Whitehead

2013
Lucan

as    Lord Lucan

2013
Count Arthur Strong

as    Michael Baker

2012
Skyfall

as    Bill Tanner

2010
The First Men in the Moon

as    Bedford

2010
Lennon Naked

as    Brian Epstein

2010
Wild Target

as    Gerry Bailey

2008
The Curse of Steptoe

as    Alan Simpson

2007
Mansfield Park

as    Rushworth