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