Actor profile

Rory Kinnear

17th February 1978 Hammersmith, London, England, UK 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.

46 Movies 39 TV Shows 88 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Learning to Breathe Under Water poster

Learning to Breathe Under Water 7th July 2026 as Peter

All the Devils Are Here poster

All the Devils Are Here 25th September 2025 as Harold Laing

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger poster

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger 10th January 2025 as Dave Fishwick

The Old Man and the Land poster

The Old Man and the Land 16th September 2024 as David (voice)

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare poster

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare 18th April 2024 as P.M. Winston Churchill

Bank of Dave poster

Bank of Dave 10th March 2023 as Dave Fishwick

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

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 5th October 2022 as Narrator

Men poster

Men 20th May 2022 as Geoffrey

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint 24th December 2021 as Edward Williams

No Time to Die poster

No Time to Die 29th September 2021 as Tanner

The Interview poster

The Interview 29th October 2019 as Interviewer

Brexit: The Uncivil War poster

Brexit: The Uncivil War 19th January 2019 as Craig Oliver

Peterloo poster

Peterloo 1st November 2018 as Henry Hunt

National Theatre Live: Macbeth poster

National Theatre Live: Macbeth 10th May 2018 as Macbeth

Nothing Like a Dame poster

Nothing Like a Dame 2nd May 2018 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Zanzibar poster

Zanzibar 2nd January 2018 as Prince Rico / Gus

National Theatre Live: Young Marx poster

National Theatre Live: Young Marx 7th December 2017 as Marx

iBoy poster

iBoy 27th January 2017 as Ellman

Daddy My poster

Daddy My 11th November 2016 as Father

Trespass Against Us poster

Trespass Against Us 14th October 2016 as P.C Lovage

National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera poster

National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera 22nd September 2016 as Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC poster

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC 23rd April 2016 as Self - Performer

The Roof poster

The Roof 31st March 2016 as Yet Another Fan

Spectre poster

Spectre 26th October 2015 as Tanner

Man Up poster

Man Up 29th May 2015 as Sean

The Imitation Game poster

The Imitation Game 14th November 2014 as Detective Robert Nock

Cuban Fury poster

Cuban Fury 14th February 2014 as Gary

Lucan poster

Lucan 11th December 2013 as Lord Lucan

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage poster

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage 2nd November 2013 as Iago

Muse of Fire poster

Muse of Fire 26th September 2013 as Self

National Theatre Live: Othello poster

National Theatre Live: Othello 26th September 2013 as Iago

Loving Miss Hatto poster

Loving Miss Hatto 23rd December 2012 as Young Barrington Coupe

Skyfall poster

Skyfall 24th October 2012 as Tanner

National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans poster

National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans 11th October 2012 as Nick

Bond on Location poster

Bond on Location 1st October 2012 as Self / Bill Tanner

Broken poster

Broken 22nd August 2012 as Bob Oswald

National Theatre Live: Hamlet poster

National Theatre Live: Hamlet 9th December 2010 as Hamlet

Lennon Naked poster

Lennon Naked 21st November 2010 as Brian Epstein

The First Men in the Moon poster

The First Men in the Moon 19th October 2010 as Bedford

Wild Target poster

Wild Target 17th June 2010 as Gerry Bailey

Wish 143 poster

Wish 143 19th November 2009 as Wishman

Quantum of Solace poster

Quantum of Solace 29th October 2008 as Tanner

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley poster

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley 12th June 2008 as Denis Thatcher

The Curse of Steptoe poster

The Curse of Steptoe 18th March 2008 as Alan Simpson

Mansfield Park poster

Mansfield Park 18th March 2007 as Rushworth

Judas poster

Judas 8th March 2004 as Andrew

Lord of the Flies poster

Lord of the Flies 8th February 2026 as Ralph's Father (uncredited)

Amadeus poster

Amadeus 21st December 2025 as Emperor Joseph

Toxic Town poster

Toxic Town 27th February 2025 as Des Collins

Say Nothing poster

Say Nothing 14th November 2024 as Frank Kitson

The Diplomat poster

The Diplomat 20th April 2023 as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 1st September 2022 as Tom Bombadil

Our Flag Means Death poster

Our Flag Means Death 3rd March 2022 as Captain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton

Ridley Road poster

Ridley Road 3rd October 2021 as Colin Jordan

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels poster

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels 26th April 2020 as Dr. Peter Craft

Catherine the Great poster

Catherine the Great 3rd October 2019 as Nikita Ivanovich Panin

Years and Years poster

Years and Years 14th May 2019 as Stephen Lyons

Watership Down poster

Watership Down 22nd December 2018 as Cowslip (voice)

Quacks poster

Quacks 15th August 2017 as Robert Lessing

Guerrilla poster

Guerrilla 13th April 2017 as Pence

The Casual Vacancy poster

The Casual Vacancy 15th February 2015 as Barry Fairbrother

Penny Dreadful poster

Penny Dreadful 11th May 2014 as John Clare / The Creature

Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9 5th February 2014 as Prince Rico / Gus

Lucan poster

Lucan 11th December 2013 as Lord Lucan

Southcliffe poster

Southcliffe 4th August 2013 as David Whitehead

Count Arthur Strong poster

Count Arthur Strong 8th July 2013 as Michael Baker

The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown 30th June 2012 as Bollingbroke

The Mystery of Edwin Drood poster

The Mystery of Edwin Drood 10th January 2012 as Reverend Septimus Crisparkle

Black Mirror poster

Black Mirror 4th December 2011 as Michael Callow

Women in Love poster

Women in Love 24th March 2011 as Rupert Birkin

Vexed poster

Vexed 15th August 2010 as Dan Bishop

Beautiful People poster

Beautiful People 2nd October 2008 as Ross

Ashes to Ashes poster

Ashes to Ashes 7th February 2008

Cranford poster

Cranford 18th November 2007 as Septimus Hanbury

Comedy Showcase poster

Comedy Showcase 5th October 2007 as Rob Black

Five Days poster

Five Days 23rd January 2007 as Kyle Betts

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self

The Thick of It poster

The Thick of It 19th May 2005 as Ed

The Second Coming poster

The Second Coming 9th February 2003 as Father Dillane

Ultimate Force poster

Ultimate Force 16th September 2002

Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed 26th November 2001

Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead 18th June 2001 as James Mitcham

Messiah poster

Messiah 26th May 2001 as Stewart Dean

Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness 21st February 1996

A Ghost Story for Christmas poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas 24th December 1971 as Edward Williams