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A Celebration of acclaimed British actor Rory Kinnear at 40

By: Anders Frejdh
Published:
2016-02-17
Rory Kinnear Bill Tanner
A celebration of the talented and much loved British actor Rory Kinnear, member of the 'James Bond family' since 2008.

With this special page, From Sweden with Love would like to celebrate Rory Kinnear on his birthday. (Rory shares birthday with Bond girls Anne Lönnberg and Denise Richards.)

"Dear Rory, happy birthday and keep up the great work."

About Rory Kinnear:
Rory Kinnear read English at Oxford University before studying to be an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2001. Kinnear has worked extensively at the National Theatre in London. His work there includes critically acclaimed performances as Sir Fopling Flutter in the Restoration comedy “The Man Of Mode” (Olivier Award), Pyotr in “Philistines”, Vindice in "The Revenger's Tragedy", Mitia in "Burnt by the Sun" and the title role in “Hamlet” (Evening Standard Best Actor Award).

In addition to his theatre credits, Kinnear has worked consistently in television. His credits include the BBC1 drama “Five Days”, “Mansfield Park” in the role of Rushworth, as Dennis Thatcher in the BBC TV drama “Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk To Finchley”, Septimus Hanbury in "Cranford", Bolingbroke in “Richard II”, Reverend Crisparkle in “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”, Prime Minister Michael Callow in“Black Mirror: National Anthem”, and Rupert Birkin in “Women in Love”.

Rory Kinnear returns for the third time as Bill Tanner in SPECTRE (2015), previously having worked on Quantum of Solace (2008) and Skyfall (2012) (2012) as the same character.

Photo above:
Rory Kinnear at the photo call for SPECTRE at Pinewood Studios. Photo by David Dettmann. © 2014 Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, Inc. and MGM Studios. All rights reserved.

For more information about Rory Kinnear, check out his profile on IMDB:

www.imdb.com/name/nm1239499/

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