
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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Onwards and Sidewaysas Professor RidgeOut Nov 2026
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as Peter
as Ralph's Father (uncredited) · 4 episodes
as Emperor Joseph · 5 episodes
as Harold Laing
as Des Collins · 4 episodes
as Dave Fishwick
as Frank Kitson · 9 episodes

as David (voice)

as Interviewer
as Nikita Ivanovich Panin · 4 episodes
as Stephen Lyons · 6 episodes
as Craig Oliver
as Cowslip (voice) · 2 episodes
as Henry Hunt

as Macbeth

as Prince Rico / Gus
as Wishman
as Tanner
as Ross · 1 episode
as Denis Thatcher

as Alan Simpson
1 episode
as Septimus Hanbury · 1 episode

as Rob Black · 1 episode
2 episodes

as Edward Williams · 1 episode
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