Ben Mendelsohn facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ben Mendelsohn
Mendelsohn at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (1969-04-03) 3 April 1969 (age 56) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present
Works	List of performances
Spouse(s)	Emma Forrest ​ ​ (m. 2012; div. 2016)​
Children	2

Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (born on April 3, 1969) is an Australian actor. He became well-known in Australia for his role in the movie The Year My Voice Broke (1987). Later, he gained international fame for his part in the crime drama Animal Kingdom (2010).

Since then, Ben Mendelsohn has acted in many popular films. These include The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Rogue One (2016), Darkest Hour (2017), and Ready Player One (2018). He also starred in the Netflix TV series Bloodline (2015–2017). For this role, he won an Emmy Award in 2016.

He played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood (2018). He also joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Talos in Captain Marvel (2019) and the Disney+ series Secret Invasion (2023). In 2024, he started playing fashion designer Christian Dior in the TV series The New Look.

Early Life and School

Ben Mendelsohn was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His father, Frederick Arthur Oscar Mendelsohn, is a famous medical researcher. Ben, his two brothers, and his mother (who was a nurse) lived in Europe and the United States for some time. They returned to Melbourne when Ben was in primary school.

He went to Mercersburg Academy in the U.S. before attending schools in Melbourne. He decided to take drama classes because he thought it would be an easy subject. Ben was the only one of his friends who went to an audition for a production company, and that's how he started his acting journey.

Acting Career Highlights

Ben Mendelsohn at a movie screening in 2012

After some early TV roles, Ben Mendelsohn became well-known in the movie The Year My Voice Broke (1987). He won an Australian Film Institute Award for his acting in that film. He then appeared in other Australian movies like The Big Steal (1990) and Spotswood (1992), where he acted with Anthony Hopkins.

In 2008, he was in Baz Luhrmann's big movie Australia. In 2009, he appeared in the American science fiction film Knowing.

A very important role for him was in Animal Kingdom (2010). He played a criminal named Andrew "Pope" Cody. This role earned him many awards, including the IF Award for Best Actor.

In 2012, Ben Mendelsohn played the villain John Daggett in Christopher Nolan's superhero movie The Dark Knight Rises. He also appeared in a music video for Florence + the Machine's song "Lover to Lover."

He joined the cast of Bloodline, a Netflix series, in 2014. His acting in this show was highly praised by critics. He won a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role.

In 2016, he played the bad guy Director Krennic in the Star Wars movie Rogue One. He said that acting in a Star Wars film was "a childhood dream come true." A couple of years later, in 2018, he played Nolan Sorrento in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Ready Player One.

He was cast as Talos in Marvel's movie Captain Marvel (2019), acting alongside Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson. He played Talos again in a short appearance in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). In 2020, he starred in the main role in the HBO crime series The Outsider. He also returned as Talos in the Disney+ series Secret Invasion in 2023.

Personal Life

Ben Mendelsohn married British-American journalist Emma Forrest in June 2012. They have a daughter together, born in 2014. He also has another daughter from a previous relationship. He and Emma Forrest divorced in 2016. Ben Mendelsohn is known for having a lisp.

Music Appearances

Awards and Nominations

See also

In Spanish: Ben Mendelsohn para niños