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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).
Ben Mendelsohn. Actor: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Despite his prominence in Hollywood as a character actor known for playing villains and criminals, Ben Mendelsohn has been a leading man in Australia since starting acting as a teenager.
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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).
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- 'Starred Up' (2013) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 99% David Mackenzie's 2013 prison crime drama Starred Up stars Mendelsohn opposite Jack O'Connell and Rupert Friend.
- 'Animal Kingdom' (2010) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95% The 2010 Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom features an ensemble, including Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver, and Mendelsohn.
- 'Babyteeth' (2019) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% The 2019 coming-of-age dramedy Babyteeth stars Mendelsohn and Eliza Scanlen in her feature film debut. Based on the eponymous stage play, the plot concerns a teenager with cancer who develops a new lust for life after she falls in love with a small-town drug dealer.
- 'Slow West' (2015) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% John Maclean's Slow West is among the 21st century's best Revisionist Westerns. Kodi Smit-McPhee stars as a young Scotsman who ventures into the American West searching for his long-lost love, joined by bounty hunter Silas Selleck, played by Michael Fassbender.
Apr 9, 2022 · Ben Mendelsohn plays opposite Brie Larson, Jude Law, and Samuel L. Jackson in the 21st film of the Marvel Comic Universe.
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Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn may have missed out on the first wave of Aussies to invade Hollywood in the '90s, but his standout role in 2010's crime drama "Animal Kingdom" marked the beginning...
Jul 17, 2023 · In an interview, the Australian actor discusses his character’s big moment in the most recent episode and his role as ally to Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury. Ben Mendelsohn in “Secret ...
