Ben Mendelsohn

Captain Marvel (2019)

As: Yon-Rogg

The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Runtime: 128 min.

Directed by: Ryan Fleck | Anna Boden

Stars: Lee Pace | Ben Mendelsohn | Samuel L. Jackson | Jude Law | Brie Larson

Robin Hood (2018)

As: Sheriff of Nottingham

A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Otto Bathurst

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Jamie Foxx | Jamie Dornan | Eve Hewson | Taron Egerton

Ready Player One (2018)

As: Nolan Sorrento

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

Runtime: 140 min.

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | T.J. Miller | Tye Sheridan | Olivia Cooke | Lena Waithe

Untogether (2018)

As: Martin

Andrea is a former teen prodigy turned struggling writer who falls for Nick, a recently successful writer who she secretly resents. Lisa is the responsible younger sister who has an older bohemian boyfriend, Martin, but is drawn to an even older charasmatic Rabbi. Two English sisters begin to navigate their wild desires and troubled relationships amidst the backdrop of the infamous Hollywood Hills...

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Emma Forrest

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Alice Eve | Jemima Kirke | Jamie Dornan | Lola Kirke

Darkest Hour (2017)

As: George VI

A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat ...

Runtime: 125 min.

Directed by: Joe Wright

Stars: Gary Oldman | Kristin Scott Thomas | Ronald Pickup | Stephen Dillane | Lily James

I Am Heath Ledger (2017)

As: Himself

The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Adrian Buitenhuis | Derik Murray

Stars: Heath Ledger | Ben Mendelsohn | Kate Ledger | Kim Ledger | Olivia Ledger

Una (2016)

As: Ray Brooks

When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Benedict Andrews

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Rooney Mara | Tara Fitzgerald | Riz Ahmed | Indira Varma

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

As: Director Orson Krennic

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

Runtime: 133 min.

Directed by: Gareth Edwards

Stars: Diego Luna | Mads Mikkelsen | Ben Mendelsohn | Felicity Jones | Donnie Yen

Guns for Hire (2015)

As: Kyle Sullivan

Beatle is a quirky loner who refuses to live by society's rules. Her business cards read "Towing/Assassination," and she even has a hit man infomercial to go along with it. Her only human contact is with her psychiatrist and the stripper/hooker she employs once a week. Everything changes the night she meets Athena Klendon, a suicidal blonde with a secret. With a demented killer on their tail, courtesy of ...

Runtime: 83 min.

Directed by: Katherine Brooks | Donna Robinson

Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Sarah Shahi | Michele Hicks | Ever Carradine | Ivana Miličević

Mississippi Grind (2015)

As: Gerry

Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him on a road trip to a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi River, Gerry and Curtis manage to ...

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Anna Boden | Ryan Fleck

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Ryan Reynolds | Alfre Woodard | Sienna Miller | Analeigh Tipton

Slow West (2015)

As: Payne

In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.

Runtime: 84 min.

Directed by: John Maclean

Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee | Ben Mendelsohn | Michael Fassbender | Rory McCann | Caren Pistorius

Lost River (2015)

As: Dave

A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Ryan Gosling

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Eva Mendes | Saoirse Ronan | Matt Smith | Christina Hendricks

Black Sea (2014)

As: Fraser

A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Kevin Macdonald

Stars: Daniel Ryan | Scoot McNairy | Jude Law | Jodie Whittaker | Karl Davies

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

As: Viceroy Hegep

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

Runtime: 150 min.

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Stars: Christian Bale | Ben Mendelsohn | John Turturro | Aaron Paul | Joel Edgerton

Starred Up (2013)

As: Neville Love

19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for ...

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: David Mackenzie

Stars: David Ajala | Rupert Friend | Ben Mendelsohn | Jack O'Connell | Peter Ferdinando

Adore (2013)

As: Harold

Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotions that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention.

Runtime: 112 min.

Directed by: Anne Fontaine

Stars: Robin Wright | Ben Mendelsohn | Xavier Samuel | Naomi Watts | James Frecheville

The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

As: Robin Van Der Hook

A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

Runtime: 140 min.

Directed by: Derek Cianfrance

Stars: Bradley Cooper | Eva Mendes | Emory Cohen | Ryan Gosling | Dane DeHaan

Killing Them Softly (2012)

As: Russell

Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Andrew Dominik

Stars: Brad Pitt | Scoot McNairy | Ben Mendelsohn | Ray Liotta | James Gandolfini

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

As: John Daggett

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city ...

Runtime: 164 min.

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Tom Hardy | Michael Caine | Christian Bale | Gary Oldman | Anne Hathaway

Trespass (2011)

As: Elias

Kyle (Nicolas Cage) and Sarah Miller (Nicole Kidman) have it all: a huge gated house on the water, fancy cars, and the potential for romance in their relationship. He's just back from a business trip (he brokers diamonds) and their teen daughter Avery (Liana Liberato) is sneaking out to a party, when four thugs in security uniforms and ski masks stage a home invasion. They want what's in the safe: cash and ...

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Joel Schumacher

Stars: Nicolas Cage | Nicole Kidman | Cam Gigandet | Liana Liberato | Jordana Spiro

Killer Elite (2011)

As: Martin

Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse—where the predators become the prey.

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Gary McKendry

Stars: Jason Statham | Robert De Niro | Yvonne Strahovski | Clive Owen | Dominic Purcell

Needle (2010)

As: Detective Meares

In this cunning mystery-horror hybrid, college student Ben inherits a curious old mechanical box that churns out voodoo dolls. When a shadowy figure starts using the box to murder Ben's friends, Ben must find the killer.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: John V. Soto

Stars: Travis Fimmel | Jane Badler | Michael Dorman | Trilby Glover | Jessica Marais

Animal Kingdom (2010)

As: Andrew 'Pope' Cody

Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon discovers, this world is far larger and more menacing than he could ever imagine. J finds himself at the center of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns the family ...

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: David Michôd

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Guy Pearce | Luke Ford | Joel Edgerton | James Frecheville

Beautiful Kate (2009)

As: Ned Kendall

Ned Kendall is asked to return to the remote and isolated family home by his sister, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. Ned also brings his young aspiring actress fiancee who struggles with the isolation. When home he starts having memories of his childhood many involving his beautiful twin sister and his older brother. These memories awaken long-buried secrets from the family's past.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Rachel Ward

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Sophie Lowe | Maeve Dermody | Rachel Griffiths | Bryan Brown

Knowing (2009)

As: Phil Bergman

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Alex Proyas

Stars: Nicolas Cage | Ben Mendelsohn | Chandler Canterbury | Rose Byrne | Nadia Townsend

Prime Mover (2009)

As: Johnnie

A long haul truckie who finds that the reality of his existence is far removed from his youthful dreams of owning and driving his own prime mover.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: David Caesar

Stars: Emily Barclay | Ben Mendelsohn | Michael Dorman

Australia (2008)

As: Captain Dutton

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.

Runtime: 165 min.

Directed by: Baz Luhrmann

Stars: David Wenham | Essie Davis | Nicole Kidman | Bryan Brown | Hugh Jackman

$9.99 (2008)

As: Lenny Peck (voice)

Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms your reason for being! The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating, exquisite colour pictures, and could be yours for a mere $9.99.

Runtime: 78 min.

Directed by: Tatia Rosenthal

Stars: Tom Budge | Joel Edgerton | Samuel Johnson | Leon Ford | Josef Ber

Hunt Angels (2006)

As: Rupert Kathner

Filmmaking partners Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks are determined to get their films made by almost any means necessary. Set in the 1930s, this docudrama relates the moviemakers struggles to jump-start Australia's film industry.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Alec Morgan

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Victoria Hill

The New World (2005)

As: Ben

A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.

Runtime: 135 min.

Directed by: Terrence Malick

Stars: Christian Bale | Colin Farrell | Christopher Plummer | August Schellenberg | Q'orianka Kilcher

Black and White (2002)

As: Rupert Murdoch

Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing and signs a statement that will send him to the gallows. With no Court of Appeal established in the country, and with a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics and the stain of institutional racism, the skills of his two ...

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: Craig Lahiff

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Kerry Fox | Charles Dance | David Ngoombujarra | Robert Carlyle

Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001)

As: Alexander Hall

As America struggled through the Great Depression in the 1930s, a little girl with big dimples and indescribable charm danced her way into the hearts of moviegoers around the world.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Nadia Tass

Stars: Colin Friels | Ben Mendelsohn | Emily Hart | Connie Britton | Ashley Rose Orr

Mullet (2001)

As: Eddie 'Mullet' Maloney

Eddie returns to his home town on the south coast of New South Wales. Having left for the city without explanation a few years previously, he tries to pick up the pieces of his life and fit back in to the lives of those he left, including his ex-girlfriend Tully and brother Pete.

Runtime: 89 min.

Directed by: David Caesar

Stars: Belinda McClory | Ben Mendelsohn | Susie Porter | Tony Barry | Andrew Gilbert

Vertical Limit (2000)

As: Malcolm Bench

Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: Martin Campbell

Stars: Scott Glenn | Bill Paxton | Chris O'Donnell | Robin Tunney | Izabella Scorupco

Sample People (2000)

As: John

Sample People is an upbeat dramatic thriller that follows four groups of Sydney-siders as they seek escape routes over one sweltering weekend. 'Len the dreamer' who stutters shyly just wants the gorgeous DJ Lush Puppy. Sem is a funky musician who has a premonition warning him that his girlfriend, Cleo, is in danger. He just wants to get them both out of their inner-city world. Andy is the charismatic ...

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Clinton Smith

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Kylie Minogue | Joel Edgerton

Secret Men's Business (1999)

As: Doug Petersen

Secret Men's Business explores the relationships and issues of 4 school-friends reunited after the death of a beloved school teacher. During a weekend of sun, surf, girls, wives and late night reminiscing, the friends begin to deal with certain truths which have been ignored for some time. As relationships and issues are explored, the friends face their own personal challenges amidst a contempt ...

Directed by: Ken Cameron

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Simon Baker | Maya Stange | Jeremy Sims | Marcus Graham

Amy (1997)

As: Robert Buchanan

Amy's father, Franco, was a popular rock musician accidentally electrocuted while performing on stage. The psychological trauma leaves Amy mute and deaf. So the 8-year-old is brought by her mother, Tanya, to Melbourne to diagnose the reasons for her continued silence.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Nadia Tass

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Rachel Griffiths | Kerry Armstrong | Alana De Roma | Nick Barker

True Love and Chaos (1997)

As: Jerry

Hanif and Dean steal a cache of drugs from Dean's psychotic brother Jerry, and at the last minute get a lift with Mimi as she decides to drive to Perth. They pick up a drunken singer, Morris, as they cross the country, chased by Jerry. Written by Simon Bastin

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Stavros Kazantzidis

Stars: Miranda Otto | Ben Mendelsohn | Noah Taylor | Naveen Andrews | Kimberly Davies

Cosi (1996)

As: Lewis

Lewis a young director get his first job directing a play at a mental hospital with the patients as the cast. The play that is decided on is Cosi fan tutte an opera by Mozart.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Mark Joffe

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Barry Otto | Aden Young | Rachel Griffiths | Toni Collette

Idiot Box (1996)

As: Kev

Mick and Kev – bored, unemployed and aimless in the western suburbs of Sydney – decide to rob a bank, more or less for the fun of it.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: David Caesar

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Deborah Kennedy | John Polson | Graeme Blundell | Jeremy Sims

Metal Skin (1994)

As: Dazey

Psycho Joe babysits his brain-damaged father without a friend in the world, living in squalor in the suburbs of Melbourne. Joe loves one thing: Fast cars! When he gets a job at a local supermarket, Joe meets fellow "petrol head" Dazey, who quickly becomes his idol and best friend. Soon after, Joe falls for Savina, a goth girl who practices black magic. But Savina has already fallen for Dazey and will ...

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Geoffrey Wright

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Tara Morice | Aden Young | Nadine Garner | Chantal Contouri

Sirens (1993)

As: Lewis

In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned contribution to an international art exhibit is considered blasphemous. While Campion and Lindsay debate, Estella finds herself drawn to the three beautiful models sitting for the painter's current work, freethinking Sheela, sensual Pru and virginal Giddy.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: John Duigan

Stars: Tara Fitzgerald | Hugh Grant | Sam Neill | Elle Macpherson | Portia de Rossi

Say a Little Prayer (1993)

As: Nursery Manager

Seymour is a loner. A small, shy, introverted eleven year old whose parents are separated. By chance Seymour meets the beautiful, effervescent but drug-addicted Angie, who is also lonely and trapped in her own unhappy world. The relationship that develops offers strength to them both and through the highs and lows of a long hot summer they gradually learn to face the truth about each other and themselves.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Richard Lowenstein

Stars: Rebecca Smart | Mickey Camilleri | Sudi de Winter | Fiona Ruttelle | Lynne Murphy

Map of the Human Heart (1993)

As: Farmboy

Fantastic improbabilities, happenstance and the undying bridge of love are part of this romantic fantasy about an Inuit who crosses years, oceans and the ravages of WWII to find his childhood love, a Metis girl, but finds that their cultures are the most difficult spaces to gap.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Vincent Ward

Stars: Jason Scott Lee | Patrick Bergin | Anne Parillaud | Robert Joamie | Annie Galipeau

Spotswood (1992)

As: Carey

Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such plans hurt.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Mark Joffe

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Anthony Hopkins | Toni Collette | Alwyn Kurts | John Walton

Quigley Down Under (1990)

As: O'Flynn

American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even American expatriate Crazy Cora can't keep Quigley safe in his cat-and-mouse game with the homicidal Marston.

Runtime: 119 min.

Directed by: Simon Wincer

Stars: Chris Haywood | Alan Rickman | Laura San Giacomo | Tom Selleck | Ron Haddrick

The Big Steal (1990)

As: Danny Clark

Danny wants two things in life more than anything else, one is a Jaguar and the other is Joanna Johnson. After Danny is conned into trading his Nissan Cedric for a 1973 Jaguar, he plots to win Joanna and get revenge against the sleazy car dealer Gordon Farkes.

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: Nadia Tass

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Steve Bisley | Marshall Napier | Claudia Karvan

Return Home (1990)

As: Gary

A man and his wife are partners in a small business, a service station, that is stuggling to survive financially. They are visited by his brother, a divorced middle-aged man, who has taken a break from his stressful career in a big business corporation.

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Ray Argall

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Frankie J. Holden | Mickey Camilleri | Dennis Coard | Rachel Rains

Nirvana Street Murder (1990)

As: Luke

Two brothers become conflicted after one goes on the run and the other has an affair with a Greek woman and takes care of an old rich lady who could be their way out.

Runtime: 75 min.

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Mary Coustas | Mark Little

Lover Boy (1989)

As: Gazza

Explores the conflicting worlds of a teenager and a mature woman as they discover the full force of their sexuality.

Runtime: 58 min.

Directed by: Geoffrey Wright

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Noah Taylor | Gillian Jones | Alice Garner | Daniel Pollock

The Year My Voice Broke (1987)

As: Trevor Leishman

Coming-of age feature, set in a New South Wales country town in the 1960s, about a 15 year-old boy. It follows his loves and how he copes with life's problems such as death and departure.

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: John Duigan

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Noah Taylor | Graeme Blundell | Lynette Curran | Loene Carmen

The Still Point (1986)

As: Peter

Sarah, (Nadine Garner), a 15-year-old girl, who has a hearing impairment, is entering a crisis period in her life. Her future depends on the ability to emerge from the sheltered world her mother has created for her. In doing this she puts aside the self-imposed isolation of her deafness, and learns the value of her own identity.

Runtime: 82 min.

Directed by: Barbara Boyd-Anderson

Stars: Steve Bastoni | Ben Mendelsohn | Nadine Garner