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Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn

44 movies on Netflix

Biography

Ben Mendelsohn is an Australian actor who first came to notice through a breakout part in The Year My Voice Broke (1987), which earned him a supporting actor prize from the Australian Film Institute. His lead role in Animal Kingdom (2010) brought him wider attention and won him leading actor honors from the AFI and an IF award. He won a Primetime Emmy for his performance in the Netflix drama Bloodline, which he starred in from 2015 to 2017. He went on to play Director Krennic in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Talos in Captain Marvel. He also appeared in Ready Player One and Darkest Hour and voiced Killian in Spies in Disguise. He took the lead in the HBO crime miniseries The Outsider (2020) and later played Christian Dior in The New Look.

57years old

Turns 58 on April 3in 143 days

  • Born Melbourne
  • Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
  • Also credited as Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn

Movie Career

Films
44
Career span
38 years1987 to 2025

Genres

First and latest

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  1. A first

    In 2019, Mendelsohn voiced Killian, the villain in Blue Sky Studios' Spies in Disguise, which was his first animated feature. That same year he also had a brief cameo in Spider-Man: Far From Home.

  2. Beyond film

    Mendelsohn appeared onstage as a stand-in during Sia's Nostalgic For the Present concert tour in 2016, for her song "Breathe Me".

Ben Mendelsohn movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Captain Marvel2019 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Talos / Keller

    IMDb rating 6.7673K votes

  2. Ready Player One2018 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Sorrento

    IMDb rating 7.4551K votes

  3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016as Orson Krennic

    IMDb rating 7.8766K votes

  4. The Dark Knight Rises2012as Daggett

    IMDb rating 8.42.0M votes

  5. Knowing2009as Phil Beckman

    IMDb rating 6.2264K votes

  6. Killing Them Softly2012as Russell

    IMDb rating 6.2162K votes

  7. Darkest Hour2017as King George VI

    IMDb rating 7.4246K votes

  8. Animal Kingdom2010as Andrew 'Pope' Cody

    IMDb rating 7.264K votes

Most often with

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck directed three of these films together. Tara Fitzgerald appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Tara Fitzgerald, 4 films togetherSee the 4 films with Tara FitzgeraldChristian Bale, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Christian BaleJoel Edgerton, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Joel EdgertonRiz Ahmed, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Riz AhmedNicolas Cage, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Nicolas CageForest Whitaker, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Forest WhitakerAnna BodenDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Anna BodenRyan FleckDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Ryan FleckDerek CianfranceDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Derek Cianfrance

Films together

Box office

What Ben Mendelsohn's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$5.2 billion

31 of the 44 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 44 films: 31 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 6 figure not found.

  • 31Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 6Figure not found

Top grosser

Captain Marvel2019as Talos / Keller$1.1 billion

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 90% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Captain Marvel2019as Talos / Keller
    $1.1B21.8% of the total
  2. 2
    The Dark Knight Rises2012as Daggett
    $1.1B20.8% of the total
  3. 3
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016as Orson Krennic
    $1.1B20.3% of the total
  4. 4
    Ready Player One2018as Sorrento
    $607M11.7% of the total
  5. 5
    Exodus: Gods and Kings2014as Viceroy Hegep
    $268M5.2% of the total
  6. 6
    Vertical Limit2000as Malcolm Bench
    $216M4.2% of the total
  7. 7
    Spies in Disguise2019as Killian (voice)
    $172M3.3% of the total
  8. 8
    Knowing2009as Phil Beckman
    $155M3.0% of the total
Darkest Hour (2017), $151 millionRobin Hood (2018), $86.5 millionKiller Elite (2011), $57.8 millionThe Place Beyond the Pines (2012), $47.1 millionKilling Them Softly (2012), $37.9 millionRoofman (2025), $34.9 millionThe New World (2005), $30.5 millionQuigley Down Under (1990), $21.4 millionTrespass (2011), $9.6 millionSirens (1994), $7.8 millionCyrano (2021), $6.4 millionBlack Sea (2014), $4.1 millionTo Catch a Killer (2023), $3.1 millionSlow West (2015), $1.6 millionAdore (2013), $1.6 millionAnimal Kingdom (2010), $1.0 million

$504 millionfrom the other 23 films with a worldwide figure, 10% of the total

Awards

One award and honor, one of them major.

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Ben Mendelsohn's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Emmy Awards
2016Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesBloodlineWon

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