Rory Kinnear

Acting · Born 1978-02-17 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Biography

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

• Quantum of Solace as Tanner
• Skyfall as Tanner
• A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint as Edward Williams
• The First Men in the Moon as Bedford
• National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans as Nick
• Bank of Dave as Dave Fishwick
• Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley as Denis Thatcher
• Broken as Bob Oswald
• Loving Miss Hatto as Young Barrington Coupe
• Wish 143 as Wishman