Rory Kinnear (born 17 February 1978 in Hammersmith, London) is an English actor and playwright. He's the son of the late British character actor Roy Kinnear and actress Carmel Cryan.
He has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. He is best known for playing MI6 Chief of Staff Bill Tanner in the James Bond films of Daniel Craig, and in various video games of the franchise. He also appeared as Frankenstein's Monster in the Showtime television series Penny Dreadful.
Despite sharing a surname, he has no relation to the American actor, Greg Kinnear.
Film roles
- Mansfield Park (2007) as James Rushworth
- James Bond film series as Bill Tanner:
- Quantum of Solace (2008)
- Skyfall (2012)
- Spectre (2015)
- No Time to Die (2021)
- Wish 143 (2009) as the Dreamscape Charity man
- Lennon Naked (2010) as Brian Epstein
- The First Men in the Moon (2010) as Julius Bedford
- Cuban Fury (2014) as Gary
- The Imitation Game (2014) as Detective Nock
- Man Up (2015) as Sean
- iBoy (2017) as Ellman
- Men (2022) as Geoffrey and various others
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) as Winston Churchill
Television roles
- Ultimate Force (2002, episode: "The Killing House") as Policeman
- The Second Coming (2003) as Father Dillane
- Silent Witness (2005, 2 episodes) as Paul
- Waking the Dead (2009, 2 episodes) as James Mitcham
- Beautiful People (2009, episode: "How I Got My Plumes") as Ross
- Ashes to Ashes (2008) (2009, episode #2.3) as Jeremy
- Cranford (2009, episode: "Return to Cranford: Part One – August 1844") as Septimus Hanbury
- Black Mirror (2011, episode: "Black Mirror: The National Anthem") as Prime Minister Michael Callow
- The Hollow Crown (2012, episode: "Richard II") as Henry Bolingbroke/Henry IV of England
- Count Arthur Strong (2013–15) as Michael
- Penny Dreadful (2014–16) as The Creature
- The Casual Vacancy (2015, 3 episodes) as Barry Fairbrother
- Guerrilla (2017) as Pence
- Years and Years (2019) as Stephen Lyons
- Our Flag Means Death (2022) as Nigel and Chauncey Badminton
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2023- ) in an unknown role
