List of Ben Mendelsohn performances

Mendelsohn at the Rogue One world premiere in December 2016

Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn first rose to prominence in Australia with his breakout role in the 1987 coming of age drama film The Year My Voice Broke. He has gone on to co-star in the films Animal Kingdom (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), and Starred Up (2013). He co-starred in the 2014 films Lost River with Christina Hendricks, Exodus: Gods and Kings with Christian Bale and Black Sea with Jude Law. In 2015, he starred in the American drama film Mississippi Grind with Ryan Reynolds. The following year, he was cast as Orson Krennic in the epic space opera film Rogue One, the first installment of the Star Wars anthology series. He portrayed King George VI in the 2017 war drama film Darkest Hour with Gary Oldman. The same year, it was announced that he would be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Talos. He has played the character in Captain Marvel (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and the Disney+ series Secret Invasion (2023).

In 2018, he played the antagonist Nolan Sorrento in Steven Spielberg's dystopian science fiction adventure film Ready Player One, based on Ernest Cline's novel of the same name. He also co-starred in the drama film Untogether, written and directed by his then-wife Emma Forrest and action-adventure film Robin Hood as the Sheriff of Nottingham. The same year, he starred in the drama film The Land of Steady Habits with Connie Britton.

Mendelsohn's Australian television work includes playing Warren Murphy on the soap opera Neighbours (1986–1987), a recurring role on the drama series Love My Way (2006–2007), and a main role in the drama series Tangle (2009). In 2015, he was cast as Danny Rayburn in the American Netflix original thriller drama television series Bloodline (2015–2017). The role earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2016.[1] From 2019 to 2020, he voiced the character of Special Agent Mace in the animated series Infinity Train. Then in 2020, he starred in the HBO psychological thriller-horror crime drama series based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Stephen King, The Outsider.

Film

At the 2017 TIFF
Speaking at the 2018 WonderCon
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1986 The Still Point Peter
1987 The Year My Voice Broke Trevor Leishman [2]
1989 The Big End – Short film [3]
Lover Boy Gazza [4]
1990 Return Home Gary [5]
Nirvana Street Murder Luke [6]
The Big Steal Danny Clarke [7]
Quigley Down Under O'Flynn [8]
1991 Spotswood Carey Also known as The Efficiency Expert [9]
1992 Map of the Human Heart Farmboy [10]
1993 Say a Little Prayer Nursery Boss [11]
1994 Sirens Lewis [12]
Metal Skin Robert ‘Dazey’ Day [13]
1996 Cosi Lewis Riley [14]
Idiot Box Kev [15]
Drive By Shooting – Short film [16]
1997 Tangerine Dream – Short film [17]
True Love and Chaos Jerry [18]
Amy Robert Buchanan [19]
1998 Love Brokers Jimmie J
Little America 2 Jimmy Short film [20]
2000 Sample People John [21]
Vertical Limit Malcolm Bench [22]
2001 Mullet Eddie "Mullet" Maloney [23]
2002 Black and White Rupert Murdoch [24]
2005 The New World Ben [25]
2006 Hunt Angels Rupert Kathner Docudrama [26]
2008 $9.99 Lenny Peck (voice) [27]
Australia Captain Emmett Dutton
2009 Knowing Phil Beckman [28]
Prime Mover Johnnie [29]
Beautiful Kate Ned Kendall [30]
2010 Animal Kingdom Andrew "Pope" Cody [31]
Needle Detective Meares [32]
2011 Killer Elite Martin [33]
Trespass Elias [34]
2012 Killing Them Softly Russell [35]
The Dark Knight Rises John Daggett [36]
The Place Beyond the Pines Robin Van Der Hook [37]
2013 Adoration Harold Also known as Adore or Two Mothers [38]
Starred Up Neville Love [39]
2014 Lost River Dave [40]
Exodus: Gods and Kings Viceroy Hegep [41]
Black Sea Fraser [42]
2015 Slow West Payne [43]
Mississippi Grind Gerry [44]
Guns for Hire Kyle Sullivan Also known as The Adventures of Beatle [45]
2016 Una Ray Brooks [46]
Rogue One Director Orson Krennic [47]
2017 Darkest Hour King George VI [48]
I Am Heath Ledger Himself Documentary [49]
2018 Ready Player One Nolan Sorrento [50]
Untogether Martin [51]
The Land of Steady Habits Anders Hill [52]
Robin Hood Sheriff of Nottingham [53]
2019 Captain Marvel Talos [54]
Spider-Man: Far From Home Uncredited cameo; post-credits scene
The King King Henry IV [55]
Babyteeth Henry Finlay [56]
Spies in Disguise Killian (voice) [57]
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons Himself Documentary [58]
2021 Cyrano De Guiche [59]
2023 To Catch a Killer Chief Investigator Geoffrey Lammark Also known as Misanthrope [60]
The Marsh King's Daughter Jacob Holbrook [61]
2024 Freaky Tales The Guy [62]
2025 Roofman Ron Smith
2026 Company Post-production
Zero A. D. Nahash Post-production [63]
2027 Blood on Snow Post-production [64]
TBA Speed-the-Plow Charlie Fox Post-production [65]
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1984 Special Squad Spud Episode: "Slow Attack" [66]
1985 A Country Practice Luke Dawson 2 episodes: "A Little Knowledge Pt 1", "A Little Knowledge Pt 2" [67]
The Henderson Kids Ted Morgan 20 episodes [68]
Zoo Family Martin Episode: "The Good, The Bad and Martin" [69]
1986 Prime Time Bartholomew 'Bart' Jones [70]
Fame and Misfortune John 6 episodes
1986–1987 Neighbours Warren Murphy 19 episodes
1987, 1989 The Flying Doctors Brad Harris, Brian 2 episodes: "Realms of Gold", "Blues for Judy" [71][72]
1988 The Insiders – A Journey through Form S Michael Educational video [73]
All the Way Lindsay Seymour 3 episodes [74]
1989 This Man... This Woman Matthew Clarke 2 episodes [75]
1989, 1994, 1996 G.P. Phillip Barton, Max Fisher, Ben Mason 4 episodes
1991 Col'n Carpenter Grant Fuller Episode: "Coming Home"
1994 Roughnecks Joe 90 Episode: "Joe 90" [76]
1995 Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Dale Banks Episode: "High Country Justice" [77]
Police Rescue Dean Forman Episode: "Wild Card" [78]
Halifax f.p. Peter Donaldson Episode: "My Lovely Girl" [79]
1996 Close Ups Biz Episode: "Security"
1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys Brian O'Malley Episode: "Unfinished Business" [80]
1998 The Singer and the Swinger Lee Gordon Documentary [81]
1999 Queen Kat, Carmel & St Jude Vince McCaffery Miniseries, 4 episodes [82][83]
SELLebrity SELLection Himself Television short film; also producer [84]
Secret Men's Business Doug Peterson Television film [85][82]
2001 Love is a Four Letter Word Himself Episode: "Faff" [86]
The Wonderful World of Disney Alexander Hall Episode: "Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story" [87]
Australian Story Host Episode: "The Prodigal Son" [88]
2002 Farscape Sko Episode: "I-Yensch, You-Yensch" [89]
2004 Second Chance (aka Last Chance Paradise) Dr. Larry Stewart Television film [90]
2005 The Secret Life of Us Rob 5 episodes [91]
2006–2007 Love My Way Lewis Feingold 15 episodes [92]
2009 Tangle Vince Kovac 10 episodes [93]
Who Do You Think You Are? Himself 1 episode [94]
2013 Girls Salvatore Johansson Episode: "Video Games" [95][96]
2013, 2015 Axe Cop Ben / Sun Thief (voice) 4 episodes [97]
2015–2017 Bloodline Danny Rayburn Main role [98]
2019–2020 Infinity Train Special Agent Mace (voice) Recurring role [99]
2020 The Outsider Ralph Anderson Main role, miniseries; also executive producer [100]
2023 Star Wars: The Bad Batch Orson Krennic (voice) Episode: "The Summit" [101]
Secret Invasion Talos Main role; miniseries [102][103]
Faraway Downs Captain Dutton Miniseries [104][105]
2024 The New Look Christian Dior Main role, miniseries [106]
2025 Andor Orson Krennic 4 episodes [107]

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1980s The Royal Hunt of the Sun Inca Heidelberg Theatre Company [108]
1991 On Our Selection Andy Pettigrew (The Son) Arts Centre Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC [109][110]
1992 Così Lewis Riley Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney [111][110]
1999 Coloured Inn Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC), Bruce Gordon Theatre, Wollongong [110]
2002 My Zinc Bed Paul Peplow Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney [112][110]
2004 Petunia Takes Tea Newtown Theatre, Sydney for Short+Sweet [113][110]
The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield Arts Centre Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC [114][110]
2005 Julius Caesar Marc Antony Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC [115][110]

Video games

Year Title Role Ref.
2026 (Expected) Squadron 42 Julian Wexler [116]

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