Birthday:
Feb 17, 1978
Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Quantum of Solace | Tanner | 2008 |
| Skyfall | Tanner | 2012 |
| A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint | Edward Williams | 2021 |
| The First Men in the Moon | Bedford | 2010 |
| National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans | Nick | 2012 |
| Bank of Dave | Dave Fishwick | 2023 |
| Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley | Denis Thatcher | 2008 |
| Broken | Bob Oswald | 2012 |
| Loving Miss Hatto | Young Barrington Coupe | 2012 |
| Wish 143 | Wishman | 2009 |
| Cuban Fury | Gary | 2014 |
| National Theatre Live: Othello | Iago | 2013 |
| The Old Man and the Land | David (voice) | 2024 |
| The Imitation Game | Detective Robert Nock | 2014 |
| Being James Bond | Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
| Wild Target | Gerry Bailey | 2010 |
| Trespass Against Us | P.C Lovage | 2016 |
| Mansfield Park | Rushworth | 2007 |
| Spectre | Tanner | 2015 |
| Designing Bond | Self | 2021 |
| Man Up | Sean | 2015 |
| Lennon Naked | Brian Epstein | 2010 |
| Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger | Dave Fishwick | 2025 |
| The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | Winston Churchill | 2024 |
| The Curse of Steptoe | Alan Simpson | 2008 |
| The Roof | Yet Another Fan | 2016 |
| iBoy | Ellman | 2017 |
| National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera | Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife' | 2016 |
| Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer | 2016 |
| Judas | Andrew | 2004 |
| National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Hamlet | 2010 |
| Muse of Fire | Self | 2013 |
| National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Iago | 2013 |
| Peterloo | Henry Hunt | 2018 |
| National Theatre Live: Young Marx | Marx | 2017 |
| Lucan | Lord Lucan | 2013 |
| No Time to Die | Tanner | 2021 |
| National Theatre Live: Macbeth | Macbeth | 2018 |
| Brexit: The Uncivil War | Craig Oliver | 2019 |
| The Interview | Interviewer | 2019 |
| Men | Geoffrey | 2022 |
| Nothing Like a Dame | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018 |
| Bond on Location | Self / Bill Tanner | 2012 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Ultimate Force | 2002 | |
| Ashes to Ashes | 2008 | |
| Silent Witness | 1996 | |
| Five Days | Kyle Betts | 2007 |
| Judge John Deed | 2001 | |
| Messiah | Stewart Dean | 2001 |
| Our Flag Means Death | Captain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton | 2022 |
| Vexed | Dan Bishop | 2010 |
| Penny Dreadful | John Clare / The Creature | 2014 |
| Lucan | Lord Lucan | 2013 |
| Southcliffe | David Whitehead | 2013 |
| Black Mirror | Michael Callow | 2011 |
| Count Arthur Strong | Michael Baker | 2013 |
| Ridley Road | Colin Jordan | 2021 |
| The Casual Vacancy | Barry Fairbrother | 2015 |
| Catherine the Great | Nikita Ivanovich Panin | 2019 |
| Beautiful People | Ross | 2008 |
| Comedy Showcase | Rob Black | 2007 |
| Cranford | Septimus Hanbury | 2007 |
| Waking the Dead | James Mitcham | 2001 |
| Toxic Town | 1970 | |
| Guerrilla | Pence | 2017 |
| Quacks | Robert Lessing | 2017 |
| The Second Coming | Father Dillane | 2003 |
| Women in Love | Rupert Birkin | 2011 |
| The Diplomat | Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge | 2023 |
| The Thick of It | Ed | 2005 |
| Watership Down | Cowslip (voice) | 2018 |
| Years and Years | Stephen Lyons | 2019 |
| Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | Dr. Peter Craft | 2020 |
| The Hollow Crown | Bollingbroke | 2012 |
| Inside No. 9 | Prince Rico / Gus | 2014 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Tom Bombadil | 2022 |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Reverend Septimus Crisparkle | 2012 |
| Say Nothing | Frank Kitson | 2024 |
