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.

Filmography

• 2026Company
• 2026Sia: Nostalgic for the Present
• 2026Zero A.D.: The Birth of Christ — Nahash
• 2025Freaky Tales — The Guy
• 2025Roofman — Pastor Ron
• The New Look — Christian Dior
• Faraway Downs — Captain Dutton
• Secret Invasion — Talos
• 2023The Marsh King's Daughter — Jacob
• 2023To Catch a Killer — Geoffrey Lammark
• Andor — Orson Krennic
• 2021Cyrano — De Guiche
• Marvel Studios Legends — Talos / Keller (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — Orson Krennic (voice)
• 2020Babyteeth — Henry
• The Outsider — Ralph Anderson, Producer
• 2019Captain Marvel — Talos / Keller
• Infinity Train — Agent Mace (voice)
• 2019Spider-Man: Far From Home — Talos (uncredited)
• 2019Spies in Disguise — Killian (voice)
• 2019The King — King Henry IV
• 2019Untogether — Martin
• 2018Ready Player One — Sorrento
• 2018Robin Hood — Sheriff of Nottingham
• 2018The Land of Steady Habits — Anders Hill
• 2017Darkest Hour — King George VI
• 2017Una — Ray Brooks
• 2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — Orson Krennic
• Bloodline — Danny Rayburn
• 2015Guns for Hire — Kyle Sullivan
• 2015Lost River — Dave
• 2015Mississippi Grind — Gerry
• 2015Slow West — Payne
• 2014Black Sea — Fraser
• 2014Exodus: Gods and Kings — Viceroy Hegep
• 2014Starred Up — Neville Love
• 2013Adoration — Harold
• 2013The Place Beyond the Pines — Robin Van Der Hook
• Girls — Salvatore Johansson
• 2012Killing Them Softly — Russell
• 2012The Dark Knight Rises — Daggett
• 2011Killer Elite — Martin
• 2011Trespass — Elias Collins
• 2010Animal Kingdom — Andrew 'Pope' Cody
• 2010Needle — Detective Meares
• 2009$9.99 — Lenny Peck (voice)
• 2009Beautiful Kate — Ned Kendall
• 2009Knowing — Phil Bergman
• 2009Prime Mover — Johnnie
• Tangle — Vince Kovac
• 2008Australia — Captain Dutton
• 2006Hunt Angels — Rupert Kathner
• 2005Second Chance — Dr. Larry Stewart
• 2005The New World — Ben
• 2002Black and White — Rupert Murdoch
• 2001Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story — Alexander Hall
• 2001He Died with a Felafel in His Hand — Additional Dialogue
• Love Is a Four Letter Word
• 2001Mullet — Eddie "Mullet" Maloney
• 2000Sample People — John
• 2000Vertical Limit — Malcolm Bench
• Farscape — Sko
• 1999Secret Men's Business — Doug Petersen
• 1998Amy — Robert Buchanan
• 1998The Singer and the Swinger — Lee Gordon
• 1997Idiot Box — Kev
• 1997True Love and Chaos — Jerry
• 1996Cosi — Lewis
• Halifax f.p. — Peter Donaldson
• 1994Metal Skin — Dazey
• Roughnecks — Joe 90
• 1994Sirens — Lewis
• The Man from Snowy River — Dale Banks
• 1993Map of the Human Heart — Farmboy
• 1993Say a Little Prayer — Nursery Manager
• 1992Spotswood — Carey
• Police Rescue — Dean
• 1990Nirvana Street Murder — Luke
• 1990Quigley Down Under — O'Flynn
• 1990Return Home — Gary
• 1990The Big Steal — Danny Clark
• 1989Lover Boy — Gazza
• 1987The Year My Voice Broke — Trevor Leishman
• The Flying Doctors — Brian, Brad Morris
• 1986The Still Point — Peter
• The Henderson Kids — Ted Morgan
• Zoo Family — Martin
• Blood on Snow — Hoffman
• Fear Is the Rider
• Larrikins — Howard (voice)
• Molepeople — Jimmy
• Speed the Plow — Charlie Fox

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion — Self - 'Talos'
• 2019Gorillaz: Reject False Icons — Self
• GQ Presents: Iconic Characters — Self
• 2017I Am Heath Ledger — Self
• 2017The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' — Self
• 2015SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• 2009Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller — self (archival footage)
• 2009Knowing: Visions of the Apocalypse — self (archival footage)
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest