Ben Mendelsohn
Born: 3 / 4 / 1969
Location: Australia
Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (born 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor. He first rose to prominence in Australia for his breakout 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), Mississippi Grind (2015), Rogue One (2016), Darkest Hour (2017) and Ready Player One (2018).
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Mendelsohn calls his recent run of American projects as “the afterglow of Animal Kingdom... With the exception of Batman, funnily enough,” he says. “In that case, that was my agent badgering me to put down a screen test – Christopher Nolan hadn’t seen Animal Kingdom.”
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