Ben Mendelsohn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-04-03 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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.
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Known For
Acting
Blood on Snow
as Hoffman
Larrikins
as Howard (voice)
Molepeople
as Jimmy
(2025)
Freaky Tales
as The Guy
(2025)
Andor Season 2 | A Special Look
as Director Orson Krennic (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2025)
Roofman
as Pastor Ron
(2025)
Zero A.D.
as Nahash
(2023)
To Catch a Killer
as Geoffrey Lammark
(2023)
The Marsh King's Daughter
as Jacob
(2023)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
as Self - 'Talos'
(2021)
Cyrano
as De Guiche
(2020)
Babyteeth
as Henry
(2019)
Captain Marvel
as Talos / Keller
(2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home
as Talos (uncredited)
(2019)
Spies in Disguise
as Killian (voice)
(2019)
The King
as King Henry IV
(2019)
Untogether
as Martin
(2019)
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons
as Self
(2018)
Ready Player One
as Sorrento
(2018)
Robin Hood
as Sheriff of Nottingham
(2018)
The Land of Steady Habits
as Anders Hill
(2017)
Darkest Hour
as King George VI
(2017)
Una
as Ray Brooks
(2017)
I Am Heath Ledger
as Self
(2017)
(2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Orson Krennic
(2015)
Slow West
as Payne
(2015)
Guns for Hire
as Kyle Sullivan
(2015)
Mississippi Grind
as Gerry
(2015)
Lost River
as Dave
(2015)
SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT
as Self
(2014)
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Viceroy Hegep
(2014)
Black Sea
as Fraser
(2014)
Starred Up
as Neville Love
(2013)
The Place Beyond the Pines
as Robin Van Der Hook
(2013)
Adore
as Harold
(2012)
The Dark Knight Rises
as Daggett
(2012)
Killing Them Softly
as Russell
(2011)
Killer Elite
as Martin
(2011)
Trespass
as Elias Collins
(2010)
Animal Kingdom
as Andrew 'Pope' Cody
(2010)
Needle
as Detective Meares
(2009)
Knowing
as Phil Bergman
(2009)
Beautiful Kate
as Ned Kendall
(2009)
$9.99
as Lenny Peck (voice)
(2009)
Prime Mover
as Johnnie
(2008)
Australia
as Captain Dutton
(2006)
Hunt Angels
as Rupert Kathner
(2005)
The New World
as Ben
(2005)
Second Chance
as Dr. Larry Stewart
(2002)
Black and White
as Rupert Murdoch
(2001)
Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story
as Alexander Hall
(2001)
Mullet
as Eddie "Mullet" Maloney
(2000)
Vertical Limit
as Malcolm Bench
(2000)
Sample People
as John
(1999)
Secret Men's Business
as Doug Petersen
(1998)
Amy
as Robert Buchanan
(1998)
The Singer and the Swinger
as Lee Gordon
(1997)
Idiot Box
as Kev
(1997)
True Love and Chaos
as Jerry
(1996)
Cosi
as Lewis
(1994)
Sirens
as Lewis
(1994)
Metal Skin
as Dazey
(1993)
Map of the Human Heart
as Farmboy
(1993)
Say a Little Prayer
as Nursery Manager
(1992)
Spotswood
as Carey
(1990)
Quigley Down Under
as O'Flynn
(1990)
The Big Steal
as Danny Clark
(1990)
Return Home
as Gary
(1990)
Nirvana Street Murder
as Luke
(1989)
Lover Boy
as Gazza
(1987)
The Year My Voice Broke
as Trevor Leishman
(1986)
The Still Point
as Peter
Crew
(2001)
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
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