Ben Mendelsohn
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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
Credits
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
as Talos (uncredited)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
as Daggett
Ready Player One (2018)
as Sorrento
Captain Marvel (2019)
as Talos / Keller
Adoration (2013)
as Harold
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
as Orson Krennic
Roofman (2025)
as Pastor Ron
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
as Viceroy Hegep
Knowing (2009)
as Phil Bergman
Robin Hood (2018)
as Sheriff of Nottingham
Darkest Hour (2017)
as King George VI
Spies in Disguise (2019)
as Killian (voice)
The Marsh King's Daughter (2023)
as Jacob
The King (2019)
as King Henry IV
Killer Elite (2011)
as Martin
The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
as Robin Van Der Hook
Vertical Limit (2000)
as Malcolm Bench
To Catch a Killer (2023)
as Geoffrey Lammark
Freaky Tales (2025)
as The Guy
The New World (2005)
as Ben
Trespass (2011)
as Elias Collins
Black Sea (2014)
as Fraser
Australia (2008)
as Captain Dutton
Killing Them Softly (2012)
as Russell
Slow West (2015)
as Payne
Mississippi Grind (2015)
as Gerry
Sirens (1994)
as Lewis
Quigley Down Under (1990)
as O'Flynn
Animal Kingdom (2010)
as Andrew 'Pope' Cody
Starred Up (2014)
as Neville Love
Zero A.D. (2026)
as Nahash
Lost River (2015)
as Dave
Cyrano (2021)
as De Guiche
Beautiful Kate (2009)
as Ned Kendall
Babyteeth (2020)
as Henry
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion (2023)
as Self - 'Talos'
Blood on Snow (—)
as Hoffman
Una (2017)
as Ray Brooks
I Am Heath Ledger (2017)
as Self
Sia: Nostalgic for the Present (2026)
Actor
The Land of Steady Habits (2018)
as Anders Hill
The Big Steal (1990)
as Danny Clark
Spotswood (1992)
as Carey
Lover Boy (1989)
as Gazza
$9.99 (2009)
as Lenny Peck (voice)
Needle (2010)
as Detective Meares
Metal Skin (1994)
as Dazey
Larrikins (—)
as Howard (voice)
Untogether (2019)
as Martin
Idiot Box (1997)
as Kev
Hunt Angels (2006)
as Rupert Kathner
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' (2017)
as Self
Cosi (1996)
as Lewis
Guns for Hire (2015)
as Kyle Sullivan
Amy (1998)
as Robert Buchanan
Sample People (2000)
as John
Map of the Human Heart (1993)
as Farmboy
Prime Mover (2009)
as Johnnie
Return Home (1990)
as Gary
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons (2019)
as Self
The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
as Trevor Leishman
True Love and Chaos (1997)
as Jerry
Black and White (2002)
as Rupert Murdoch
Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller (2009)
as self (archival footage)
Mullet (2001)
as Eddie "Mullet" Maloney
Speed the Plow (—)
as Charlie Fox
Second Chance (2005)
as Dr. Larry Stewart
Secret Men's Business (1999)
as Doug Petersen
SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT (2015)
as Self
Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001)
as Alexander Hall
Say a Little Prayer (1993)
as Nursery Manager
Nirvana Street Murder (1990)
as Luke
Fear Is the Rider (—)
Actor
The Singer and the Swinger (1998)
as Lee Gordon
Knowing: Visions of the Apocalypse (2009)
as self (archival footage)
Molepeople (—)
as Jimmy
The Still Point (1986)
as Peter