Ben Mendelsohn

Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (born April 3, 1969) is an Australian actor. He first rose to prominence in Australia for his breakout role in The Year My Voice Broke (1987) and since then he has had roles in films such as Animal Kingdom (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Starred Up (2013), Mississippi Grind (2015), Rogue One (2016), Darkest Hour (2017) and Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One (2018). In 2017, he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Talos in Captain Marvel (2019) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). He reprised his role as Talos in the Disney+ series Secret Invasion (2023) for 4 episodes. Mendelsohn starred in the Netflix original series Bloodline (2015–2017), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2016. In 2020, Mendelsohn starred in the HBO crime miniseries The Outsider.

Known For

The Dark Knight Rises
Captain Marvel
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Ready Player One
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Knowing
Birth Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Born 1969-04-03

Movies

Freaky Tales as The Guy
2024
To Catch a Killer as Geoffrey Lammark
2023
Cyrano as De Guiche
2021
Babyteeth as Henry
2020
Spies in Disguise as Killian (voice)
2019
The King as King Henry IV
2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home as Talos (uncredited)
2019
Captain Marvel as Talos / Keller
2019
Untogether as Martin
2019
Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham
2018
The Land of Steady Habits as Anders Hill
2018
Ready Player One as Nolan Sorrento
2018
Larrikins as Howard (voice)
2018
Darkest Hour as King George VI
2017
2017
Una as Ray Brooks
2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Director Orson Krennic
2016
Guns for Hire as Kyle Sullivan
2015
2015
Slow West as Payne
2015
Lost River as Dave
2015
Black Sea as Fraser
2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings as Viceroy Hegep
2014
Starred Up as Neville Love
2014
Adore as Harold
2013
The Place Beyond the Pines as Robin Van Der Hook
2013
Killing Them Softly as Russell
2012
The Dark Knight Rises as John Daggett
2012
Trespass as Elias Collins
2011
Killer Elite as Martin
2011
Needle as Detective Meares
2010
Animal Kingdom as Andrew 'Pope' Cody
2010
Beautiful Kate as Ned Kendall
2009
$9.99 as Lenny Peck (voice)
2009
Knowing as Phil Bergman
2009
Prime Mover as Johnnie
2009
Australia as Captain Dutton
2008
Hunt Angels as Rupert Kathner
2006
The New World as Ben
2005
Second Chance as Dr. Larry Stewart
2005
Black and White as Rupert Murdoch
2002
2001
Mullet as Eddie "Mullet" Maloney
2001
Vertical Limit as Malcolm Bench
2000
Sample People as John
2000
Secret Men's Business as Doug Petersen
1999
Amy as Robert Buchanan
1998
1998
1997
Idiot Box as Kev
1997
Cosi as Lewis
1996
Sirens as Lewis
1994
Metal Skin as Dazey
1994
Say a Little Prayer as Nursery Manager
1993
1993
Spotswood as Carey
1992
Quigley Down Under as O'Flynn
1990
The Big Steal as Danny Clark
1990
Return Home as Gary
1990
1990
Lover Boy as Gazza
1989
The Year My Voice Broke as Trevor Leishman
1987
The Still Point as Peter
1986

Movies

2001