Ben Mendelsohn
- Acting
- April 3, 1969 · 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 Disney+ series Secret Invasion (2023). He has also starred in the HBO crime miniseries The Outsider (2020). In 2024, he began portraying fashion designer Christian Diorin the television series The New Look. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Mendelsohn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Molepeople · Jimmy
- Zero A.D: The Birth of Christ · Nahash
- Company
- Sia: Nostalgic for the Present
- Roofman · Pastor Ron
- Freaky Tales · The Guy
- The New Look · Christian Dior
- Faraway Downs · Captain Dutton
- The Marsh King's Daughter · Jacob
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion · Self
- Secret Invasion · Talos
- To Catch a Killer · Geoffrey Lammark
- Andor · Orson Krennic
- Cyrano · De Guiche
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch · Orson Krennic (Voice)
- Marvel Studios Legends · Talos / Keller (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Babyteeth · Henry
- The Outsider · Ralph Anderson, Producer
- Gorillaz: Reject False Icons · Self
- Spies in Disguise · Killian (Voice)
- The King · King Henry IV
- Infinity Train · Agent Mace (Voice)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home · Talos (uncredited)
- Captain Marvel · Talos / Keller
- Untogether · Martin
- Robin Hood · Sheriff of Nottingham
- The Land of Steady Habits · Anders Hill
- Ready Player One · Sorrento
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters · Self
- Darkest Hour · King George VI
- I Am Heath Ledger · Self
- The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' · Self
- Una · Ray Brooks
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story · Orson Krennic
- SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT · Self
- Guns for Hire · Kyle Sullivan
- Mississippi Grind · Gerry
- Slow West · Payne
- Lost River · Dave
- Bloodline · Danny Rayburn
- Black Sea · Fraser
- Exodus: Gods and Kings · Viceroy Hegep
- Starred Up · Neville Love
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Adoration · Harold
- The Place Beyond the Pines · Robin Van Der Hook
- Killing Them Softly · Russell
- The Dark Knight Rises · Daggett
- Girls · Salvatore Johansson
- Trespass · Elias Collins
- Killer Elite · Martin
- Needle · Detective Meares
- Animal Kingdom · Andrew 'Pope' Cody
- Tangle · Vince Kovac
- Beautiful Kate · Ned Kendall
- Knowing: Visions of the Apocalypse · Self
- Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller · Self
- $9.99 · Lenny Peck (Voice)
- Knowing · Phil Bergman
- Prime Mover · Johnnie
- Australia · Captain Dutton
- Who Do You Think You Are? · Self
- Hunt Angels · Rupert Kathner
- The New World · Ben
- Second Chance · Dr. Larry Stewart
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Black and White · Rupert Murdoch
- Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story · Alexander Hall
- He Died with a Felafel in His Hand · Additional Dialogue
- Mullet · Eddie "Mullet" Maloney
- Love Is a Four Letter Word
- Vertical Limit · Malcolm Bench
- Sample People · John
- Farscape · Sko
- Secret Men's Business · Doug Petersen
- Amy · Robert Buchanan
- The Singer and the Swinger · Lee Gordon
- True Love and Chaos · Jerry
- Idiot Box · Kev
- Cosi · Lewis