Ben Mendelsohn

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

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Andor

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Farscape

The Flying Doctors

All Movies (77)

Zero A.D.2026 · as Nahash
Blood on Snow2026 · as Hoffman
Sia: Nostalgic for the Present2026
Roofman2025 · as Pastor Ron
Freaky Tales2025 · as The Guy
The Marsh King's Daughter2023 · as Jacob
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion2023 · as Self - 'Talos'
To Catch a Killer2023 · as Geoffrey Lammark
Cyrano2021 · as De Guiche
Babyteeth2020 · as Henry
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons2019 · as Self
Spies in Disguise2019 · as Killian (voice)
The King2019 · as King Henry IV
Spider-Man: Far From Home2019 · as Talos (uncredited)
Captain Marvel2019 · as Talos / Keller
Untogether2019 · as Martin
Robin Hood2018 · as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Land of Steady Habits2018 · as Anders Hill
Ready Player One2018 · as Sorrento
Darkest Hour2017 · as King George VI
I Am Heath Ledger2017 · as Self
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'2017 · as Self
Una2017 · as Ray Brooks
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016 · as Orson Krennic
SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT2015 · as Self
Guns for Hire2015 · as Kyle Sullivan
Mississippi Grind2015 · as Gerry
Slow West2015 · as Payne
Lost River2015 · as Dave
Black Sea2014 · as Fraser
Exodus: Gods and Kings2014 · as Viceroy Hegep
Starred Up2014 · as Neville Love
Adoration2013 · as Harold
The Place Beyond the Pines2013 · as Robin Van Der Hook
Killing Them Softly2012 · as Russell
The Dark Knight Rises2012 · as Daggett
Trespass2011 · as Elias Collins
Killer Elite2011 · as Martin
Needle2010 · as Detective Meares
Animal Kingdom2010 · as Andrew 'Pope' Cody
Beautiful Kate2009 · as Ned Kendall
Knowing: Visions of the Apocalypse2009 · as self (archival footage)
Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller2009 · as self (archival footage)
$9.992009 · as Lenny Peck (voice)
Knowing2009 · as Phil Bergman
Prime Mover2009 · as Johnnie
Australia2008 · as Captain Dutton
Hunt Angels2006 · as Rupert Kathner
The New World2005 · as Ben
Second Chance2005 · as Dr. Larry Stewart
Black and White2002 · as Rupert Murdoch
Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story2001 · as Alexander Hall
Mullet2001 · as Eddie "Mullet" Maloney
Vertical Limit2000 · as Malcolm Bench
Sample People2000 · as John
Secret Men's Business1999 · as Doug Petersen
Amy1998 · as Robert Buchanan
The Singer and the Swinger1998 · as Lee Gordon
True Love and Chaos1997 · as Jerry
Idiot Box1997 · as Kev
Cosi1996 · as Lewis
Sirens1994 · as Lewis
Metal Skin1994 · as Dazey
Say a Little Prayer1993 · as Nursery Manager
Map of the Human Heart1993 · as Farmboy
Spotswood1992 · as Carey
Quigley Down Under1990 · as O'Flynn
The Big Steal1990 · as Danny Clark
Return Home1990 · as Gary
Nirvana Street Murder1990 · as Luke
Lover Boy1989 · as Gazza
The Year My Voice Broke1987 · as Trevor Leishman
The Still Point1986 · as Peter
Larrikins— · as Howard (voice)
Molepeople— · as Jimmy
Fear Is the Rider—
Speed the Plow— · as Charlie Fox

All TV Shows (26)

The New Look2024 · as Christian Dior
Faraway Downs2023 · as Captain Dutton
Secret Invasion2023 · as Talos
Andor2022 · as Orson Krennic
Star Wars: The Bad Batch2021 · as Orson Krennic (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends2021 · as Talos / Keller (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Outsider2020 · as Ralph Anderson
Infinity Train2019 · as Agent Mace (voice)
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters2018 · as Self
Bloodline2015 · as Danny Rayburn
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
Girls2012 · as Salvatore Johansson
Tangle2009 · as Vince Kovac
Who Do You Think You Are?2008 · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
Love Is a Four Letter Word2001
Farscape1999 · as Sko
Halifax f.p.1994 · as Peter Donaldson
The Man from Snowy River1994 · as Dale Banks
Roughnecks1994 · as Joe 90
Police Rescue1991 · as Dean
The Flying Doctors1986 · as Brian
The Flying Doctors1986 · as Brad Morris
Zoo Family1985 · as Martin
The Henderson Kids1985 · as Ted Morgan