Ben Mendelsohn

Actor

1969-04-03

Ben Mendelsohn is an Australian actor known for prominent roles in film and television, including Animal Kingdom, Rogue One, and Bloodline.

Quotes by Ben Mendelsohn

I did 'Quigley Down Under,' which is quite deliberately placed in Australia, which is a Tom Selleck, Alan Rickman, Laura San Giacomo film from '88, I want to say.
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I basically sat around unemployed in Sydney for three years straight, and the two things that saved me were the rugby league and my dog.
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If you're going to be a father and whatnot, yeah, you better be responsible about it as best you can.
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As an actor who has spent twenty years trying to crack America, the day I reached the 'Bloodline' set and found my name on a chair next to Sissy Spacek's was the happiest of my working life.
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One of the things that I found very confronting in my early working life was that people thought I was some sensitive doe-eyed lovelorn boy, because they'd seen me do that a couple of times. What tends to happen is you get a run of similar roles.
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