---
name: "Rory Kinnear"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rory-kinnear"
fi1m_id: "rory-kinnear"
imdb_id: "nm1239499"
tmdb_id: 139549
wikidata_id: "Q1320782"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 February 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 23
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 22
updated: "2026-10-07T18:41:06.702308+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rory Kinnear

## Identity

Rory Kinnear

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rory-kinnear
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rory-kinnear
- **IMDb ID:** nm1239499
- **TMDB ID:** 139549
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1320782
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Kinnear, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1320782, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1239499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/139549

Actor. Born 17 February 1978 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 February 1978, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** 羅里・金尼爾
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 23: 22 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Barbara Broccoli](https://film.one/person/barbara-broccoli.md), [Daniel Craig](https://film.one/person/daniel-craig.md), [John Logan](https://film.one/person/john-logan.md), [Michael G. Wilson](https://film.one/person/michael-g-wilson.md), [Neal Purvis](https://film.one/person/neal-purvis.md), [Ralph Fiennes](https://film.one/person/ralph-fiennes.md), [Robert Wade](https://film.one/person/robert-wade.md), [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://film.one/person/benedict-cumberbatch.md)
- **BAFTA Television Awards:** 1 BAFTA nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 22 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (5), 2010s 74 (10), 2020s 72 (8)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 69 across 17 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 13 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 18 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 15, Action 5, Adventure 5, Thriller 5, Comedy 4, Crime 4
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,616m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Kinnear, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1320782, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1239499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/139549

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81), [*Toxic Town*](https://film.one/tv/toxic-town.md) (77), [*The Diplomat*](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md) (76)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Imitation Game*](https://film.one/film/the-imitation-game.md) (73), [*The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare*](https://film.one/film/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare.md) (55)
- **Apple TV:** [*Amadeus*](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md) (70), [*Quantum of Solace*](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md) (58)
- **HBO Max:** [*Years and Years*](https://film.one/tv/years-and-years.md) (79)
- **Disney+:** [*Say Nothing*](https://film.one/tv/say-nothing.md) (77)
- **Hulu:** [*Penny Dreadful*](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Rory Kinnear

> Rory Kinnear is a persuasive choice for the man in charge, but we find him more interesting when he becomes unsettling. His authority is useful, though the official roles do not always give him enough to do.

Rory Kinnear often plays the man with an official title, someone whose job requires other people to listen. His Bill Tanner, introduced in *Quantum of Solace* (2008) and seen again in *Skyfall* (2012), fits comfortably inside the Bond intelligence establishment. He makes such men credible without needing to make them agreeable. That is useful casting, though we would rather see a script test his authority than simply rely on it.

In Guy Ritchie's *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024), his Churchill sends Henry Cavill's Gus March-Phillips on a mission to sink a ship supplying U-boats. Kinnear is once again placed in charge, authorising the adventure rather than being given the adventure himself. The action is clear and the company good, but the film treats the mission as a lark for too long. We grew tired of it because nothing anyone did seemed to cost them anything. An actor who can lend credibility to the orders cannot supply consequences the film has chosen to leave out.

The more promising turn in his screen work has been towards horror, with the Creature in *Penny Dreadful* (2014–2016) and multiple male roles in Alex Garland's *Men* (2022). These parts ask for something beyond the familiar assurance of an official, and his ability to unsettle deserves more use. There is a limit here too: casting him to be chilling can become as predictable as casting him to issue instructions. We want characters with something to discover about them, rather than another reason to distrust the man played by Rory Kinnear.

In *Amadeus* (2025), he is Emperor Joseph: another title that makes immediate sense beside his name. We recommend the series chiefly for Paul Bettany and Gabrielle Creevy, who make artistic jealousy and its consequences hurt. Its five episodes also leave the central rivalry repeating itself when the music should take over. We would not choose either this series or Ritchie's film just because Kinnear is in it. For a part that asks something less familiar of him, try the Creature in *Penny Dreadful*.

## Biography

Rory Kinnear is an English actor. He was born on 17 February 1978 in Hammersmith, London, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art after studying at Balliol College, Oxford. He has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre.

Kinnear is known for playing Bill Tanner in the James Bond films *Quantum of Solace* (2008), *Skyfall* (2012), *Spectre* (2015) and *No Time to Die* (2021). His other screen roles include Michael Callow in *Black Mirror* (2011), John Clare in *Penny Dreadful* (2014–2016), Detective Robert Nock in *The Imitation Game* (2014), and P.M. Winston Churchill in *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024). On television he has appeared as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge in *The Diplomat* (2023) and Tom Bombadil in *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022).

He won Laurence Olivier Awards for his performances as Sir Fopling Flutter in *The Man of Mode* (2008) and as Iago in *Othello* (2014), both at the National Theatre, and a British Independent Film Award for *Broken* (2012).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nationaltheatre.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (23)

### Performed in (22) — the average rests on these

- *Onwards and Sideways* (2026), Fi1m 72, as Professor Ridge — [page](https://film.one/film/onwards-and-sideways.md)
- *Amadeus* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Emperor Joseph — [page](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md)
- *Toxic Town* (2025), Fi1m 77, as Des Collins — [page](https://film.one/tv/toxic-town.md)
- *Say Nothing* (2024), Fi1m 77, as Frank Kitson — [page](https://film.one/tv/say-nothing.md)
- *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024), Fi1m 55, as P.M. Winston Churchill — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare.md)
- *The Diplomat* (2023), Fi1m 76, as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *No Time to Die* (2021), Fi1m 67, as Tanner — [page](https://film.one/film/no-time-to-die.md)
- *Brexit: The Uncivil War* (2019), Fi1m 64, as Craig Oliver — [page](https://film.one/film/brexit-the-uncivil-war.md)
- *Years and Years* (2019), Fi1m 79, as Stephen Lyons — [page](https://film.one/tv/years-and-years.md)
- *Spectre* (2015), Fi1m 58, as Tanner — [page](https://film.one/film/spectre.md)
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), Fi1m 76, as John Clare / The Creature — [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *The Imitation Game* (2014), Fi1m 73, as Detective Robert Nock — [page](https://film.one/film/the-imitation-game.md)
- *Count Arthur Strong* (2013), Fi1m 62, as Michael Baker — [page](https://film.one/tv/count-arthur-strong.md)
- *Southcliffe* (2013), Fi1m 80, as David Whitehead — [page](https://film.one/tv/southcliffe.md)
- *Skyfall* (2012), Fi1m 81, as Tanner — [page](https://film.one/film/skyfall.md)
- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), Fi1m 82, as Bollingbroke — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, as Michael Callow — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), Fi1m 64, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)
- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), Fi1m 58, as Tanner — [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *Cranford* (2007), Fi1m 84, as Septimus Hanbury — [page](https://film.one/tv/cranford.md)
- *Five Days* (2007), Fi1m 76, as Kyle Betts — [page](https://film.one/tv/five-days.md)
- *The Thick of It* (2005), Fi1m 94, as Ed — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Lord of the Flies* (2026), Fi1m 82, as Ralph's Father (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/tv/lord-of-the-flies.md)

## Complete filmography (84)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Onwards and Sideways* (2026), Actor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/onwards-and-sideways.md)
- *Learning to Breathe Under Water* (2026), as Peter
- *Lord of the Flies* (2026), series, as Ralph's Father (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/lord-of-the-flies.md)
- *Amadeus* (2025), series, as Emperor Joseph — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md)
- *All the Devils Are Here* (2025), as Harold Laing
- *Toxic Town* (2025), series, as Des Collins — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/toxic-town.md)
- *Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger* (2025), as Dave Fishwick
- *Say Nothing* (2024), series, as Frank Kitson — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/say-nothing.md)
- *The Old Man and the Land* (2024), as David (voice)
- *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024), as P.M. Winston Churchill — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare.md)
- *The Diplomat* (2023), series, as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *Bank of Dave* (2023), as Dave Fishwick
- *The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment* (2022), as Narrator
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022), series, as Tom Bombadil
- *Men* (2022), as Geoffrey
- *Our Flag Means Death* (2022), series, as Captain Nigel Badminton / Chauncey Badminton
- *A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint* (2021), as Edward Williams
- *Ridley Road* (2021), series, as Colin Jordan
- *No Time to Die* (2021), as Tanner — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/no-time-to-die.md)
- *Penny Dreadful: City of Angels* (2020), series, as Dr. Peter Craft
- *The Interview* (2019), as Interviewer
- *Catherine the Great* (2019), series, as Nikita Ivanovich Panin
- *Years and Years* (2019), series, as Stephen Lyons — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/years-and-years.md)
- *Brexit: The Uncivil War* (2019), as Craig Oliver — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/brexit-the-uncivil-war.md)
- *Watership Down* (2018), series, as Cowslip (voice)
- *Peterloo* (2018), as Henry Hunt
- *National Theatre Live: Macbeth* (2018), as Macbeth
- *Zanzibar* (2018), as Prince Rico / Gus
- *National Theatre Live: Young Marx* (2017), as Marx
- *Quacks* (2017), series, as Robert Lessing
- *Guerrilla* (2017), series, as Pence
- *iBoy* (2017), as Ellman
- *Daddy My* (2016), as Father
- *Trespass Against Us* (2016), as P.C Lovage
- *National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera* (2016), as Captain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'
- *The Roof* (2016), as Yet Another Fan
- *Spectre* (2015), as Tanner — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/spectre.md)
- *Man Up* (2015), as Sean
- *The Casual Vacancy* (2015), series, as Barry Fairbrother
- *The Imitation Game* (2014), as Detective Robert Nock — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-imitation-game.md)
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), series, as John Clare / The Creature — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *Cuban Fury* (2014), as Gary
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Prince Rico / Gus — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Lucan* (2013), series, as Lord Lucan
- *Lucan* (2013), as Lord Lucan
- *National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage* (2013), as Iago
- *National Theatre Live: Othello* (2013), as Iago
- *Southcliffe* (2013), series, as David Whitehead — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/southcliffe.md)
- *Count Arthur Strong* (2013), series, as Michael Baker — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/count-arthur-strong.md)
- *Loving Miss Hatto* (2012), as Young Barrington Coupe
- *Skyfall* (2012), as Tanner — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/skyfall.md)
- *National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans* (2012), as Nick
- *Broken* (2012), as Bob Oswald
- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), series, as Bollingbroke — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)
- *The Mystery of Edwin Drood* (2012), series, as Reverend Septimus Crisparkle
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Michael Callow — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Women in Love* (2011), series, as Rupert Birkin
- *National Theatre Live: Hamlet* (2010), as Hamlet
- *Lennon Naked* (2010), as Brian Epstein
- *The First Men in the Moon* (2010), as Bedford
- *Vexed* (2010), series, as Dan Bishop
- *Wild Target* (2010), as Gerry Bailey
- *Wish 143* (2009), as Wishman
- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), as Tanner — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *Beautiful People* (2008), series, as Ross
- *Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley* (2008), as Denis Thatcher
- *The Curse of Steptoe* (2008), as Alan Simpson
- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), series, Actor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)
- *Cranford* (2007), series, as Septimus Hanbury — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/cranford.md)
- *Comedy Showcase* (2007), series, as Rob Black
- *Mansfield Park* (2007), as Rushworth
- *Five Days* (2007), series, as Kyle Betts — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/five-days.md)
- *The Thick of It* (2005), series, as Ed — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)
- *Judas* (2004), as Andrew
- *The Second Coming* (2003), series, as Father Dillane
- *Ultimate Force* (2002), series, Actor
- *Menace* (2002), series, as Kevin
- *Judge John Deed* (2001), series, Actor
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as James Mitcham
- *Messiah* (2001), series, as Stewart Dean
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Actor
- *A Ghost Story for Christmas* (1971), series, as Edward Williams
- *Ignition*, Actor
- *Honey*, series, as Graham Anderson

## Gallery

- ![at the run of The Last of the Housemans at the Royal National Theatre London, June 2012](https://film.one/media/person/247/gallery-01232ad86cde.jpg) at the run of The Last of the Housemans at the Royal National Theatre London, June 2012 — Sonnenuntergang, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Rory_Kinnear_120612_aus_DSCF5497.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rory Kinnear English Actor (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/247/gallery-9fcc07ba1c54.jpg) Rory Kinnear English Actor (2012) — Sonnenuntergang, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Rory_Kinnear_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rory Kinnear at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, November 2013 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/247/gallery-5e4830ddd249.jpg) Rory Kinnear at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, November 2013 (2014) — Christopher William Adach from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Rory_Kinnear_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rory Kinnear](https://film.one/media/person/247/gallery-627e93b3e01a.jpg) Rory Kinnear — Sonnenuntergang, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Rory_Kinnear_NT_050712_aus_DSCF5985.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rory Kinnear](https://film.one/media/person/247/gallery-2d3b1c879688.jpg) Rory Kinnear — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### BAFTA Television Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2014: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Southcliffe*

### Other awards — 3 won, 2 nominated

- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor 2014: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor (won)
- British Independent Film Awards 2012: Best Supporting Actor (won), for *Broken*
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor 2011: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor (nominated)
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2010: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (nominated)
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role 2008: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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