Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn

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.

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Ben Mendelsohn Movies

Discover the best Ben Mendelsohn movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Ben Mendelsohn ranked by year and score.

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Roofman

Roofman (2025)

Comedy Crime Drama
Jeffery Manchester had a particular skill set: Army Ranger training, an eye for structural weaknesses, and a fondness for McDonald's. Not the food, the ceilings. After cutting his way into...
Score 7.1
2
Freaky Tales

Freaky Tales (2025)

Action Comedy Crime
Oakland, 1987. Four stories, one city, and something unseen stitching them all together. Punk kids square off against Nazi skinheads claiming their streets. A rap duo pushes hard for the...
Score 6.3
3
To Catch a Killer

To Catch a Killer (2023)

Crime Drama Thriller
As Baltimore rings in the new year, a decorated but volatile detective finds herself conscripted into an FBI manhunt for a serial killer operating in her city. Her unconventional methods...
Score 6.9
4
Spies in Disguise

Spies in Disguise (2019)

Action Adventure Animation
Lance Sterling is the world's most polished secret agent, a man whose confidence borders on arrogance. Walter Beckett is the awkward, brilliant gadget inventor who supplies the tools Lance never...
Score 7.6
5
The King

The King (2019)

Drama History War
Fifteenth-century England produces an unlikely king when Hal, a rebellious young prince who has spent his days drinking among commoners rather than learning statecraft, is pulled back into the court...
Score 7.2
6
Spider-Man: Far From Home

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
Peter Parker just wants a normal school trip through Europe, a chance to see Venice with MJ and forget, for a few weeks, that he is Spider-Man. Nick Fury has...
Score 7.4
7
Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel (2019)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
Set in the mid-1990s, before the Avengers were even a concept, Carol Danvers is a Kree warrior with fragmented memories and powers she barely understands. When a shape-shifting alien conflict...
Score 6.8
8
Ready Player One

Ready Player One (2018)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
In 2045, most of humanity escapes a crumbling world by logging into the OASIS, a vast virtual universe built by eccentric genius James Halliday. When Halliday dies, he leaves behind...
Score 7.6
9
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
When the Empire's ultimate weapon nears completion, a desperate band of soldiers and spies converge on a single objective: infiltrate an impregnable facility and acquire the technical specifications that might...
Score 7.5
10
Black Sea

Black Sea (2014)

Adventure Drama Thriller
A disgraced submarine captain assembles a ragtag crew of delinquents and mercenaries for one last gamble: retrieving a fortune from a World War II wreck on the ocean floor. Sealed...
Score 6.3
11
Exodus: Gods and Kings

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

Action Adventure Drama
Raised as brothers in the Egyptian court, Moses and Ramses eventually find themselves on opposite sides of history. When Moses learns of his Hebrew origins and witnesses the brutality visited...
Score 5.9
12
The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Action Crime Drama
Eight years after vanishing into the shadows as Gotham's villain, Bruce Wayne is a broken recluse, his body failing and his city seemingly at peace. That peace is a lie....
Score 7.8
13
Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom (2010)

Crime Drama
When his mother's death leaves him orphaned, J finds himself absorbed into his grandmother's ruthless household, where crime isn't a sideline but the family business. The matriarch's iron grip shapes...
Score 6.8
14
Knowing

Knowing (2009)

Action Mystery Science Fiction
When a decades-old time capsule surfaces at an elementary school, MIT astrophysicist John Koestler finds something unsettling inside: a sheet of numbers written by a child in 1959 that appears...
Score 6.2
15
The New World

The New World (2005)

Drama History Romance
Terrence Malick turns the story of John Smith and the Powhatan people into something closer to a poem than a period piece. Set against the Virginia coastline of 1607, the...
Score 6.5

Ben Mendelsohn TV Shows

Browse the ultimate list of Ben Mendelsohn TV shows. Find top-rated television series, critically acclaimed dramas, and hit shows starring Ben Mendelsohn.

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The New Look

The New Look (2024)

Drama War & Politics
Paris under Nazi occupation was no place for glamour, yet Christian Dior and his contemporaries pressed on. Set against the brutality of World War II, this drama traces how Dior,...
Score 7.5
2
Secret Invasion

Secret Invasion (2023)

Action & Adventure Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Nick Fury has survived alien invasions, robot uprisings, and the collapse of S.H.I.E.L.D., but nothing quite prepares him for this. A rogue group of Skrulls, the shapeshifting aliens he once...
Score 6.5
3
The Outsider

The Outsider (2020)

Crime Drama Mystery
A young boy is found dead, the evidence is overwhelming, and the arrest seems routine. But the deeper a veteran detective digs, the less sense anything makes. Pulled into the...
Score 7.4

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the highest-rated movies starring Ben Mendelsohn? +
According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Ben Mendelsohn are Roofman, Freaky Tales, and To Catch a Killer.
How many movies and TV shows has Ben Mendelsohn starred in? +
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 18 titles starring Ben Mendelsohn, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
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Yes! The overall filmography starring Ben Mendelsohn maintains a strong average user rating of 7 out of 10 across all tracked titles.