Ben Mendelsohn Net Worth

Ben Mendelsohn's Quotes

• For me, it's very important to feel relaxed in the environment, so I will do things to ensure that occurs. And if there is someone vibing me out, I will either attack or flee.
• I loved the dogs. One of the reasons that Andrew was so excited about me doing this was because I'm a dog freak. 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.
• He would punish me much more than he would anyone else, but he was also nicer to me than anyone else on the set.
• I remember the Yearling was the first film I ever saw and my mom told me I cried for about four or five days afterwards. I'd be going along during the day and suddenly start crying over what had happened to the little deer.
• I never felt like someone who was boyish and coming to terms with asking girls out or anything like that, which was what The Big Steal and Spotswood were about. But I guess that's the impression I left on people. I'd wanna be playing men by now. I'd be in trouble if I wasn't.

Interesting Facts about Ben Mendelsohn

1. His paternal grandfather was from a Polish Jewish/German Jewish background, while the rest of his ancestry includes English, Irish, Scottish, Northern Irish, one eighth Greek, and more distant German. Ben found out in the Australian version of the show Who Do You Think You Are? (2008) that his grandfather's ancestors were among the first Prussian Jews to be naturalized in Poland.
2. His father is a prominent medical researcher who heads the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne.
3. Got into acting after taking a Drama class as he thought it would be easy to pass.
4. Offered to remove his front teeth for the role of Robin in Place Beyond the Pines, which was written as having dentures. The director accepted the offer but changed his mind when an producer intervened before Mendelsohn had the dental work done.
5. Is the oldest of two brothers.
6. To get into character for Animal Kingdom, Mendelsohn rarely spoke to James Frecheville on set and would call him John, rather than James or Jim. After production, the two became close friends during the film's promotional tour.
7. Lived with Scoot McNairy while filming Killing Them Softly.
8. Considers Bottom (A Midsummer's Night Dream) the greatest character in theater, a role he played in high school.
9. Played Rupert Murdoch in the film Black & White. Murdoch's favorite movie is Spotswood, which Mendelsohn's starred in.
10. Supporter of the Mirabel Foundation, a charity to support children orphaned and abandoned by drug addicted parents.
11. Frequently works with directors David Caesar, Nadia Tass, and Paul Moloney, and actors Noah Taylor, Kylie Minogue, Rachel Griffiths, and Toni Colette.
12. Claimed in an interview to have written several books under a pseudonym.
13. Had a strong German accent and spoke the language fluently until the age of six when his family returned to Australia after an extended period living abroad.
14. Performed a one man play, Mother, as a teenager for his entire school.
15. A passionate animal lover, while filming Adore, he halted filming to make sure a stray cat made it across the street safely.
16. After his parents divorced at age six, he lived with his mother until the age of 13, when he moved to Washington DC with his father. After being expelled from his boarding school, Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania, after just six months for burning things, he moved in with his grandmother in Australia until he began acting and was able to support himself.
17. Despite its large ensemble cast of Animal Kingdom, AFI winners Jacki Weaver and Joel Edgerton single out Ben Mendelson's performance in the film during their speeches. Mendelsohn had won best actor earlier that evening.
18. Was asked to star in the second and third season of Love My Way by his costar from The Big Steal, Klaudia Karvan (who produced and co-wrote series).
19. Spent a lot of time in Europe and the United States growing up, returning to Australia for High school.
20. Learned of method acting from costar Nina Landis (Prime Time), who suggested he read Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting as a teenager.