These days, Bill Tanner is a regular fixture in Bond films, ever since Kinnear’s version first popped up in 2008’s Quantum of Solace.
Rory Kinnear’s big claim to fame in this franchise is playing the youngest version of Bill Tanner to exist.
With his return in No Time To Die, Rory Kinnear ‘s Tanner has had the most consistent appearances, over the longest span of time, in the history of the Bond films.
Previously played by actor Michael Kitchen during the Pierce Brosnan run of films, the character’s first introduction as M’s chief of staff took place in 1974’s The Man with the Golden Gun.