Ben Mendelsohn
Ben Mendelsohn
Paul Benjamin "Ben" Mendelsohnis an Australian actor, who first rose to prominence for his role in the Australian film The Year My Voice Brokeand continued to have major roles in Australian films such as The Big Steal, Metal Skin, Cosi, Mulletand Australia...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth3 April 1969
CountryAustralia
crack found happiest life next reached sissy spent trying twenty
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.
both people scary
'Animal Kingdom' was an amalgam of two people that I had met-slash-known, not particularly well. They were both very, very scary people for very different reasons.
eastwood grew wayne
I grew up loving the John Wayne and Clint Eastwood westerns.
people
I generally feel like people that are doing the wardrobe know more about wardrobe than I do, and they have an overview.
family
I don't know that it exists, the perfect family. It's always complicated.
I don't have memorabilia but try to take a bit of wardrobe, usually because they dress me better than I dress myself.
came outer suburbs
I came from the outer suburbs of Melbourne, so you do learn how to survive in that environment.
basically league sat saved sydney unemployed
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.
piece villains
For mine, the villains of the piece were always important. In a traditional sense, that's always an important role.
playing
For me it's a compliment, playing baddie characters. I take it as a compliment.
Fifteen years old, out in the world, acting was all I had.
Before 'Animal Kingdom,' I wasn't particularly thought of in villainous roles.
fairly life likely period
At any period of an actor's life, it's fairly likely that they'll be cast in ways that are reminiscent. That's the way it goes.
cast happening hard
'Animal Kingdom' is a significant comet, and it's cast a tail. It's very hard to see anything post that happening without that.