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