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