Ben Mendelsohn
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Mendelsohn at the Australian premiere of Killing Them Softly, 24 September 2012.
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| Born | Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn 3 April 1969 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse(s) | Emma Forrest (m. 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
Paul Benjamin "Ben" Mendelsohn (born 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor, known for his work in the films Animal Kingdom, The Dark Knight Rises, Killing Them Softly, The Place Beyond the Pines, Starred Up, Exodus: Gods and Kings, and Lost River. Mendelsohn currently stars in the Netflix series Bloodline, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe nomination.
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Personal life
Mendelsohn was born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of Carole Ann (née Ferguson) and Frederick Arthur Oscar Mendelsohn.[1][2] His father is a prominent medical researcher who heads the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne. Ben and his two brothers, Tom and David, as well as his mother (deceased), a registered nurse, lived in Europe and the US for long periods of time, and returned to Melbourne in high school. He attended Heidelberg Primary School and Eltham High & Banyule High Schools. He took drama because he thought it was an easy class, and was the only one of his friends to follow up an audition for Crawford Productions which was being advertised.[citation needed]
In October 2009, Mendelsohn was featured in the Australian series Who Do You Think You Are?, tracing the ancestry of his paternal grandfather, who was from a Jewish family, as well as convicts on his mother's side. Searching for a connection to composer Felix Mendelssohn, which was eventually dismissed, he discovered links to 19th-century Prussia. His ancestors were amongst the first Prussian Jews to be naturalised in Schneidemühl in the province of Posen, now Piła in modern Poland.[3]
Mendelsohn married British author Emma Forrest in June, 2012.[4] Has two daughters, one with Forrest, born in 2014, and one from a previous relationship.[5]
Career
After several early television roles, including The Henderson Kids, he attracted notice in his breakout film, The Year My Voice Broke (1987), winning him the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor. His next major role was in The Big Steal (1990), and Spotswood (1992) co-starring with Anthony Hopkins; this was followed in 1996 by Cosi and Idiot Box. In 2000 he was in two contrasting films, the Australian Mullet and the Hollywood Vertical Limit.[citation needed]
In 2005, he was preparing to play Mark Antony in the Sydney Theatre Company-produced Julius Caesar,[6] and he was in the Terrence Malick-directed film The New World.
In 2007, Mendelsohn starred in the third season of the TV series Love My Way and in 2008, he appeared in Baz Luhrmann's Australia and filmed the 10-part Melbourne series Tangle, which premiered on Showcase in 2009. In 2009, he appeared in the American science fiction film Knowing directed by Alex Proyas. The same year, Mendelsohn starred as Ned in Beautiful Kate, directed by Rachel Ward, opposite Bryan Brown and Rachel Griffiths.
In 2010, he appeared in Animal Kingdom, starring in the film as Andrew 'Pope' Cody, a criminal on the run from the law living in the notorious Melbourne Underworld. This role won him many awards including IF Award's Best Actor and the AFI's award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He was also named GQ Australia's[7] Actor of the Year for 2010.[7]
He was selected as one of the entrants to the Who's Who in Australia 2012 edition.[8] In 2012, Mendelsohn played the supporting role of John Daggett in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises.
In 2012, he appeared in Florence + the Machine's music video for "Lover to Lover". The video was directed by Vincent Haycock. In 2013, he guest starred in the TV series Girls as the father of Jessa, played by Jemima Kirke.
In 2014, Mendelsohn joined the cast of Bloodline, a Netflix original from the creators of Damages. The first season premiered on the site on 20 March 2015 and was well received. Mendelsohn's performance on the series has been critically lauded,[9][10] with IGN reviewer Matt Fowler saying in his review of the first season "Everyone on the show shines...but it's Mendelsohn's lanky, damaged, bitter Danny Rayburn that truly drives the show into harrowing places. Spectacular work that I hope gets recognized come awards season."[11]
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1987 | Special Squad | Episode: "Slow Attack" | |
| 1985 | A Country Practice | Luke Dawson | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | The Henderson Kids | Ted Morgan | 4 episodes |
| 1986 | Prime Time | Bartholomew 'Bart' Jones | |
| 1986 | Fame and Misfortune | ||
| 1986–1987 | Neighbours | Warren Murphy | 19 episodes |
| 1987, 1989 | The Flying Doctors | Brad Harris / Brian | 2 episodes |
| 1988 | All the Way | Lindsay Seymour | 3 episodes |
| 1989 | This Man ... This Woman | Matthew Clarke | 3 episodes |
| 1989, 1994 | G. P. | Max Fisher / Phillip Barton | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Roughnecks | Joe 90 | Episode 1.4 |
| 1995 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | Dale Banks | Episode: "High Country Justice" |
| 1995 | Police Rescue | Dean Forman | Episode: "Wild Card" |
| 1995 | Halifax f.p. | Peter Donaldson | Episode: "My Lovely Girl" |
| 1996 | Close Ups | Biz | |
| 1997 | Good Guys Bad Guys | Brian O'Malley | Episode: "Unfinished Business" |
| 1999 | Queen Kat, Carmel & St Jude | Vince McCaffery | 4 episodes |
| 2002 | Farscape | Sko | Episode: "I-Yensch, You-Yensch " |
| 2005 | The Secret Life of Us | Rob | 5 episodes |
| 2006–2007 | Love My Way | Lewis Feingold | 15 episodes Nominated—Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor (2007) Nominated—AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama (2007) Nominated—ASTRA Award Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Male (2007–2008) |
| 2009 | Tangle | Vince Kovac | 10 episodes Nominated—Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor (2010) Nominated—ASTRA Award Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Male (2010) |
| 2013 | Girls | Salvatore Johansson | Episode: "Video games" |
| 2015–present | Bloodline | Danny Rayburn | 13 episodes Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2015) Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film(2015) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2015) Pending—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
References
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- Romei, Stephen. (2005). "The Face: Stephen Romei meets Ben Mendelsohn (actor)". Review liftout, p. 3, The Weekend Australian, 25–26 June 2005
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- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ben-mendelsohn-is-everywhere-finally/2013/04/04/300d383c-917e-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html
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