1. Rory Michael Kinnear was born on 17 February 1978 and is an English actor.
26 Facts About Rory Kinnear
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Rory Kinnear won two Olivier Awards, both at the National Theatre, in 2008 for his portrayal of Sir Fopling Flutter in The Man of Mode, and for playing the William Shakespeare villain Iago in Othello in 2014.
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Rory Kinnear played Bill Tanner in four James Bond films: Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre, and No Time to Die ; and in various video games of the franchise.
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Rory Kinnear was born on 17 February 1978, in Hammersmith, London, the son of actor Roy Rory Kinnear and actress Carmel Cryan.
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Rory Kinnear grew up with two older sisters, Karina and Kirsty.
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Rory Kinnear is the grandson of Scottish international rugby union and rugby league player Roy Kinnear and the godson of actor Michael Williams.
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Rory Kinnear was educated at Tower House School, St Paul's School, London, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied English.
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Rory Kinnear then studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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Rory Kinnear performed in Phyllida Lloyd's production of Mary Stuart, and in Trevor Nunn's Hamlet, in which he played Laertes.
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Rory Kinnear achieved recognition as the outrageous Sir Fopling Flutter in The Man of Mode at the National Theatre, winning the 2008 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role and Ian Charleson Award.
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Rory Kinnear appeared in The Last of the Haussmans by Stephen Beresford at the National Theatre during the summer of 2012.
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Rory Kinnear starred as Iago opposite Adrian Lester in the title role of Othello in 2013 at the National Theatre throughout the summer of 2013.
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Rory Kinnear won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor 2014 for his performance in Othello.
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Rory Kinnear returned to the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre to star in the title role in Macbeth with Anne-Marie Duff from February 2018.
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Rory Kinnear is the fourth person to play the character.
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Rory Kinnear has appeared in Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre and No Time to Die.
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Rory Kinnear played Henry Hunt in Mike Leigh's 2018 film Peterloo.
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In 2023, Rory Kinnear starred as Burnley wannabe banker Dave Fishwick in the film Bank of Dave, released on Netflix in January 2023, reprising his role in the sequel Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger in January 2025.
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Rory Kinnear appeared in the 2007 television film Mansfield Park, with Billie Piper and Michelle Ryan.
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Rory Kinnear followed this in 2008, with his portrayal of Denis Thatcher in a BBC dramatisation of Margaret Thatcher's political career, The Long Walk to Finchley, which starred Andrea Riseborough and Samuel West.
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Rory Kinnear appeared in the lead role of Prime Minister Michael Callow in "The National Anthem", the first episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.
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In July 2012, Rory Kinnear appeared as Bolingbroke in Richard II, a BBC Two adaptation of the play of the same name, with Ben Whishaw as King Richard and Patrick Stewart as John of Gaunt.
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In 2013, Rory Kinnear starred as Michael in the BBC sitcom Count Arthur Strong, continuing in that role for 4 years.
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In 2019, Rory Kinnear played Craig Oliver in the Channel 4 television film Brexit: The Uncivil War, and the desperate financial advisor Stephen Lyons in the futuristic series Years and Years.
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In 2021, Rory Kinnear played Neo-Nazi Colin Jordan in the television drama Ridley Road and was Edward Williams in the BBC's The Mezzotint.
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Rory Kinnear is engaged to actress Pandora Colin, daughter of the 5th Baron Harlech, the aunt to the current 7th Baron, Conservative sitting peer Jasset Ormsby-Gore.