Ben Mendelsohn

Acting · Born 1969-04-03 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (born 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor. He first rose to prominence in Australia for his break-out role in The Year My Voice Broke (1987). He gained international attention for his starring role in the crime drama Animal Kingdom (2010). He has since had roles in films such as The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Starred Up (2013), Lost River (2014), Mississippi Grind (2015), Rogue One (2016), Darkest Hour (2017), and Ready Player One (2018). Mendelsohn starred in the Netflix drama series Bloodline (2015–2017), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2016. He played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood (2018). He joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Talos in the superhero film Captain Marvel (2019) and the…

Filmography

• The Dark Knight Rises as Daggett
• The Place Beyond the Pines as Robin Van Der Hook
• Starred Up as Neville Love
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Orson Krennic
• Ready Player One as Sorrento
• Darkest Hour as King George VI
• I Am Heath Ledger as Self
• The King as King Henry IV
• Spies in Disguise as Killian (voice)
• Spider-Man: Far From Home as Talos (uncredited)

TV

• Star Wars: The Bad Batch as Orson Krennic (voice)
• Farscape as Sko
• Infinity Train as Agent Mace (voice)
• Andor as Orson Krennic
• Tangle as Vince Kovac
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
• Bloodline as Danny Rayburn
• Marvel Studios Legends as Talos / Keller (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Secret Invasion as Talos
• The Flying Doctors as Brian