Ben Mendelsohn
Biography
Ben Mendelsohn is an Australian actor born on April 3, 1969, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He first gained prominence in Australia for his role in The Year My Voice Broke in 1987. Mendelsohn has appeared in various films, including The Dark Knight Rises, Starred Up, Lost River, Mississippi Grind, Rogue One, Darkest Hour, and Ready Player One. He also starred in the Netflix drama series Bloodline from 2015 to 2017. Mendelsohn has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2016 for his role in Bloodline. He has played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood.
Career overview
Ben Mendelsohn is an Australian actor born on April 3, 1969, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He initially gained recognition in Australia for his breakout role in The Year My Voice Broke in 1987. Mendelsohn's subsequent international breakthrough came with his starring role in the crime drama Animal Kingdom in 2010.
Mendelsohn has since appeared in various films, including The Dark Knight Rises, Starred Up, Lost River, Mississippi Grind, Rogue One, Darkest Hour, and Ready Player One. He also had a notable role in the Netflix drama series Bloodline, which aired from 2015 to 2017. Mendelsohn played the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 2018 film Robin Hood.
Throughout his career, Mendelsohn has accumulated a significant number of acting credits, with over 100 known credits to his name. His performance in Bloodline earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2016. Mendelsohn's extensive filmography showcases his versatility as an actor, with a range of roles in both film and television.
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- Zero A.D.: The Birth of Christ (2026) as Nahash
- Sia: Nostalgic for the Present (2026)
- Roofman (2025) as Pastor Ron
- Freaky Tales (2025) as The Guy
- The New Look (2024) as Christian Dior
- The Marsh King's Daughter (2023) as Jacob
- Secret Invasion (2023) as Talos
- To Catch a Killer (2023) as Geoffrey Lammark
- Faraway Downs (2023) as Captain Dutton
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion (2023) as Self - 'Talos'
- Andor (2022) as Orson Krennic
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021) as Orson Krennic (voice)
- Marvel Studios Legends (2021) as Talos / Keller (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Cyrano (2021) as De Guiche
- The Outsider (2020) as Ralph Anderson
- The Outsider (2020) Producer
- Babyteeth (2020) as Henry
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) as Talos (uncredited)
- Captain Marvel (2019) as Talos / Keller
- Spies in Disguise (2019) as Killian (voice)
- Infinity Train (2019) as Agent Mace (voice)
- The King (2019) as King Henry IV
- Untogether (2019) as Martin
- Gorillaz: Reject False Icons (2019) as Self
- Ready Player One (2018) as Sorrento
- Robin Hood (2018) as Sheriff of Nottingham
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters (2018) as Self
- The Land of Steady Habits (2018) as Anders Hill
- Darkest Hour (2017) as King George VI
- I Am Heath Ledger (2017) as Self
- Una (2017) as Ray Brooks
- The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' (2017) as Self
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) as Orson Krennic
- Bloodline (2015) as Danny Rayburn
- Slow West (2015) as Payne
- Lost River (2015) as Dave
- Mississippi Grind (2015) as Gerry
- Guns for Hire (2015) as Kyle Sullivan
- SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT (2015) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) as Viceroy Hegep
- Starred Up (2014) as Neville Love
- Black Sea (2014) as Fraser
- Adoration (2013) as Harold
- The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) as Robin Van Der Hook
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as Daggett
- Girls (2012) as Salvatore Johansson
- Killing Them Softly (2012) as Russell
- Trespass (2011) as Elias Collins
- Killer Elite (2011) as Martin
- Needle (2010) as Detective Meares
- Animal Kingdom (2010) as Andrew 'Pope' Cody
- Knowing (2009) as Phil Bergman
- Tangle (2009) as Vince Kovac
- Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller (2009) as self (archival footage)
- Beautiful Kate (2009) as Ned Kendall
- Prime Mover (2009) as Johnnie
- Knowing: Visions of the Apocalypse (2009) as self (archival footage)
- $9.99 (2009) as Lenny Peck (voice)
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2008) as Self
- Australia (2008) as Captain Dutton
- Hunt Angels (2006) as Rupert Kathner
- The New World (2005) as Ben
- Second Chance (2005) as Dr. Larry Stewart
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Black and White (2002) as Rupert Murdoch
- Love Is a Four Letter Word (2001)
- Mullet (2001) as Eddie "Mullet" Maloney
- Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001) as Alexander Hall
- He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001) Additional Dialogue
- Vertical Limit (2000) as Malcolm Bench
- Sample People (2000) as John
- Farscape (1999) as Sko
- Secret Men's Business (1999) as Doug Petersen
- Amy (1998) as Robert Buchanan
- The Singer and the Swinger (1998) as Lee Gordon
- True Love and Chaos (1997) as Jerry
- Idiot Box (1997) as Kev
- Cosi (1996) as Lewis
- The Man from Snowy River (1994) as Dale Banks
- Halifax f.p. (1994) as Peter Donaldson
- Sirens (1994) as Lewis
- Roughnecks (1994) as Joe 90
- Metal Skin (1994) as Dazey
- Map of the Human Heart (1993) as Farmboy
- Say a Little Prayer (1993) as Nursery Manager
- Spotswood (1992) as Carey
- Police Rescue (1991) as Dean
- Quigley Down Under (1990) as O'Flynn
- Nirvana Street Murder (1990) as Luke
- Return Home (1990) as Gary
- The Big Steal (1990) as Danny Clark
- Lover Boy (1989) as Gazza
- The Year My Voice Broke (1987) as Trevor Leishman
- The Flying Doctors (1986) as Brian
- The Flying Doctors (1986) as Brad Morris
- The Still Point (1986) as Peter
- Zoo Family (1985) as Martin
- The Henderson Kids (1985) as Ted Morgan
- Blood on Snow as Hoffman
- Speed the Plow as Charlie Fox
- Larrikins as Howard (voice)
- Molepeople as Jimmy
- Fear Is the Rider