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Ben Mendelsohn

Acting

Born April 3, 1969 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Also known as 벤 멘델슨 · Μπεν Μέντελσον · 本·门德尔森

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 2016

Filmography50+ titles

Infinity Train

2019as Agent Mace (voice)

Andor

2022as Orson Krennic

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

2021as Orson Krennic (voice)

Farscape

1999as Sko

The Dark Knight Rises

2012as Daggett

Spies in Disguise

2019as Killian (voice)

Ready Player One

2018as Sorrento

The New Look

2024as Christian Dior

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016as Orson Krennic

Marvel Studios: Legends

2021as Talos / Keller (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Outsider

2020as Ralph Anderson

Spider-Man: Far from Home

2019as Talos (uncredited)

I Am Heath Ledger

2017as Self

Darkest Hour

2017as King George VI

The King

2019as King Henry IV

Roofman

2025as Pastor Ron

Bloodline

2015as Danny Rayburn

Starred Up

2013as Neville Love

The Place Beyond the Pines

2012as Robin Van Der Hook

Faraway Downs

2023as Captain Dutton

To Catch a Killer

2023as Geoffrey Lammark

Babyteeth

2019as Henry

Captain Marvel

2019as Talos / Keller

Animal Kingdom

2010as Andrew 'Pope' Cody

Snowy River: The McGregor Saga

1994as Dale Banks

Slow West

2015as Payne

Quigley Down Under

1990as O'Flynn

Australia

2008as Captain Dutton

Secret Invasion

2023as Talos

The New World

2005as Ben

The Marsh King's Daughter

2023as Jacob

Girls

2012as Salvatore Johansson

Police Rescue

1989as Dean

Freaky Tales

2024as The Guy

Cyrano

2021as De Guiche

Black Sea

2014as Fraser

Killer Elite

2011as Martin

Knowing

2009as Phil Bergman

Black and White

2002as Rupert Murdoch

Cosi

1996as Lewis

Halifax F.P.

1994as Peter Donaldson

Map of the Human Heart

1992as Farmboy

Adore

2013as Harold

Una

2016as Ray Brooks

Mississippi Grind

2015as Gerry

Killing Them Softly

2012as Russell

Vertical Limit

2000as Malcolm Bench

Robin Hood

2018as Sheriff of Nottingham

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014as Viceroy Hegep

$9.99

2008as Lenny Peck (voice)