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Ben Mendelsohn
Highest Rated: 99% Starred Up (2013)
Lowest Rated: 9% Trespass (2011)
Birthday: Apr 3, 1969
Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn may have missed out on the first wave of Aussies to invade Hollywood in the '90s, but his standout role in 2010's crime drama "Animal Kingdom" marked the beginning of a new chapter in his long career. A fixture on '80s Down Under shows such as "Neighbours" (Seven Network, 1985- ), Mendelsohn landed a breakout role as a loud-mouthed rugby player in the 1987 critically-acclaimed film "The Year My Voice Broke." Though he continued working steadily in both Australia and the U.S., most notably appearing opposite Anthony Hopkins in "The Efficiency Expert" (1992), Mendelsohn languished in minor projects until being cast in the high-profile films "The New World" (2005) and "Australia" (2008). Then came "Animal Kingdom," which led to even bigger roles in the gritty "Killing Them Softly" (2012); the blockbuster "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012); and the indie success "The Place Beyond the Pines" (2013), and finally the massively successful "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" (2016). Finally, Hollywood had caught up to the talented actor from Oz.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69% | No Score Yet | Freaky Tales | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
| 43% |
|
The Marsh King's Daughter | Jacob Holbrook (Character) | $1.8M | 2023 |
| 52% |
|
To Catch a Killer | Geoffrey Lammark (Character) | - | 2023 |
| 85% |
|
Cyrano | De Guiche (Character) | $3.9M | 2021 |
| 94% |
|
Babyteeth | Henry (Character) | $4.3K | 2019 |
| 77% |
|
Spies in Disguise | Killian (Voice) | $66.7M | 2019 |
| 71% |
|
The King | Henry IV (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 79% |
|
Captain Marvel |
Talos/ |
$426.8M | 2019 |
| 42% |
|
Untogether | Martin (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 14% |
|
Robin Hood | Sheriff of Nottingham (Character) | $30.8M | 2018 |
| 83% |
|
The Land of Steady Habits | Anders Hill (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 72% |
|
Ready Player One | Sorrento (Character) | $137.0M | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robin Hood | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 84% |
|
Darkest Hour | King George VI (Character) | $56.3M | 2017 |
| 86% |
|
I Am Heath Ledger | Self | - | 2017 |
| 76% |
|
Una | Ray (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 84% |
|
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Orson Krennic (Character) | $533.2M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Guns for Hire | Kyle Sullivan (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 91% |
|
Mississippi Grind | Gerry (Character) | $129.7K | 2015 |
| 92% |
|
Slow West | Payne (Character) | $215.6K | 2015 |
| 30% |
|
Lost River | Dave (Character) | $45.4K | 2014 |
| 81% |
|
Black Sea | Fraser (Character) | $1.2M | 2014 |
| 31% |
|
Exodus: Gods and Kings | Hegep (Character) | $65.0M | 2014 |
| 99% |
|
Starred Up | Neville (Character) | $34.1K | 2013 |
| 34% |
|
Adore | Harold (Character) | $317.1K | 2013 |
| 78% |
|
The Place Beyond the Pines | Robin (Character) | $21.4M | 2012 |
| 74% |
|
Killing Them Softly | Russell (Character) | $14.9M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killing Them Softly | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 9% |
|
Trespass | Elias (Character) | $16.8K | 2011 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Needle | Detective Meares (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 94% |
|
Animal Kingdom | Andrew 'Pope' Cody (Character) | $1.0M | 2010 |
| 50% |
|
Prime Mover | Johnnie (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 84% |
|
Beautiful Kate | Ned (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 35% |
|
Knowing | Phil (Character) | $79.9M | 2009 |
| 72% |
|
$9.99 | Lenny Peck (Voice) | $52.1K | 2008 |
| 54% |
|
Australia | Capt. Dutton (Character) | $49.6M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Hunt Angels | Rupert Kathner (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 63% |
|
The New World | Ben (Character) | $12.7M | 2005 |
| 43% |
|
Black and White | Rupert Murdoch (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Sample People | John (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Mullet | Eddie 'Mullet' Maloney (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 49% |
|
Vertical Limit | Malcolm Bench (Character) | $68.5M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret Men's Business | Doug Petersen (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 43% |
|
Amy | Robert Buchanan (Character) | $7.9K | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | True Love and Chaos | Jerry (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Idiot Box | Kev (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Cosi | Lewis (Character) | $33.8K | 1996 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Metal Skin | Dazey (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 72% |
|
Sirens | Lewis (Character) | $5.8M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Halifax: My Lovely Girl | Peter Donaldson (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 78% |
|
Map of the Human Heart | Farmboy (Character) | $2.4M | 1993 |
| 67% |
|
The Efficiency Expert | Carey (Character) | $52.8K | 1991 |
| 52% |
|
Quigley Down Under | O'Flynn (Character) | $20.1M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nirvana Street Murder | Luke (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet |
|
The Big Steal | Danny Clark (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lover Boy | Gazza (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All the Way | Lindsay Seymour (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 94% |
|
The Year My Voice Broke | Trevor Leishman (Character) | $36.9K | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return Home | Gary (Character) | - | 1987 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60% | 66% | The New Look | Christian Dior (Character) | 2024 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2017-2018 2024 |
| 56% | 80% | Australia : Faraway Downs | Capt Dutton (Character) | 2023 |
| 52% | 44% | Secret Invasion | Talos (Character) | 2023 |
| 91% | 82% | The Outsider |
Ralph Anderson (Character), Executive Producer |
2020 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2016 2018 |
| 62% | 74% | Bloodline | Danny Rayburn (Character) | 2015-2016 |
| 89% | 76% | Girls | Salvatore Johansson (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 90% | 86% | Farscape | Sko (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Halifax F.P. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |