Ben Mendelsohn

Personal Info

Know 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...

Acting

1994

Metal Skin

as Dazey

2005

2000

Vertical Limit

as Malcolm Bench

1997

Idiot Box

as Kev

1998

Amy

as Robert Buchanan

2009

Knowing

as Phil Bergman

2009

Beautiful Kate

as Ned Kendall

2001

Mullet

as Eddie "Mullet" Maloney

2010

Animal Kingdom

as Andrew 'Pope' Cody

1990

The Big Steal

as Danny Clark

2012

1992

Spotswood

as Carey

1999

Secret Men's Business

as Doug Petersen

2011

Killer Elite

as Martin

2012

1987

The Year My Voice Broke

as Trevor Leishman

2011

Trespass

as Elias Collins

2000

2009

$9.99

as Lenny Peck (voice)

1996

Cosi

as Lewis

1990

2013

The Place Beyond the Pines

as Robin Van Der Hook

2009

Prime Mover

as Johnnie

2013

Adore

as Harold

2002

Black and White

as Rupert Murdoch

2015

Lost River

as Dave

2006

Hunt Angels

as Rupert Kathner

2014

Starred Up

as Neville Love

2015

Slow West

as Payne

-

Larrikins

as Howard (voice)

2014

Exodus: Gods and Kings

as Viceroy Hegep

2010

Needle

as Detective Meares

2008

Australia

as Captain Dutton

2015

2014

Black Sea

as Fraser

2017

Una

as Ray Brooks

2025

Freaky Tales

as The Guy

1986

2015

Guns for Hire

as Kyle Sullivan

2016

2018

Ready Player One

as Sorrento

1989

Lover Boy

as Gazza

2017

Darkest Hour

as King George VI

1990

1993

Say a Little Prayer

as Nursery Manager

1994

Sirens

as Lewis

2019

Untogether

as Martin

2005

Second Chance

as Dr. Larry Stewart

2018

Robin Hood

as Sheriff of Nottingham

2018

2020

Babyteeth

as Henry

2019

The King

as King Henry IV

2019

Spies in Disguise

as Killian (voice)

2019

Captain Marvel

as Talos / Keller

2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home

as Talos (uncredited)

2021

Cyrano

as De Guiche

2023

To Catch a Killer

as Geoffrey Lammark

2025

Roofman

as Ron Smith

-

Molepeople

as Jimmy

2025

Zero A.D.

as Nahash

-

Blood on Snow

as Hoffman

Production

2001

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