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Rory Kinnear (born February 17, 1978) is an English actor and playwright who has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. He is best known for playing Bill Tanner in the James Bond films Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, and Spectre, and in various video games of the franchise. He is the youngest actor to play the role of Bill Tanner. He also won a Laurence Olivier Award for portraying Fopling Flutter in a 2008 version of The Man of Mode, and a British Independent Film Award for his performance in the 2012 film Broken. In 2014, he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Shakespeare's villain Iago in the National Theatre production of Othello.
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2018Watership DownCowslip (voice) · 2 episodesShow
2018PeterlooHenry HuntMovie
2018National Theatre Live: MacbethMacbethMovie
2018ZanzibarPrince Rico / GusMovie
2017National Theatre Live: Young MarxMarxMovie
2017QuacksRobert Lessing · 6 episodesShow
2017GuerrillaPence · 6 episodesShow
2017iBoyEllmanMovie
2016Daddy MyFatherMovie
2016Trespass Against UsP.C LovageMovie
2016National Theatre Live: The Threepenny OperaCaptain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'Movie
2016The RoofYet Another FanMovie
2015SpectreTannerMovie
2015Man UpSeanMovie
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2014Penny DreadfulJohn Clare / The Creature · 27 episodesShow
2014Cuban FuryGaryMovie
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2013LucanLord LucanMovie
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2012SkyfallTannerMovie
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2011Black MirrorMichael Callow · 1 episodeShow
2011Women in LoveRupert Birkin · 2 episodesShow
2010National Theatre Live: HamletHamletMovie
2010Lennon NakedBrian EpsteinMovie
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2010Wild TargetGerry BaileyMovie
2009Wish 143WishmanMovie
2008Quantum of SolaceTannerMovie
2008Beautiful PeopleRoss · 1 episodeShow
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2008The Curse of SteptoeAlan SimpsonMovie
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2007CranfordSeptimus Hanbury · 1 episodeShow
2007Comedy ShowcaseRob Black · 1 episodeShow
2007Mansfield ParkRushworthMovie
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2005The Thick of ItEd · 1 episodeShow
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