Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn, better known as Ben Mendelsohn, (b. 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor and voice actor.
Role in Gorillaz[]
Ben Mendelsohn was featured on Gorillaz’ fifth studio album, Humanz. He narrated the intro and most of the interludes from the album. Some of his recording sessions can be seen in the first act of the 2019 Gorillaz documentary Reject False Icons.
Ben Mendelsohn was featured on:
- Intro: I Switched My Robot Off
- Interlude: Elevator Going Up
- Interlude: Talk Radio
- Interlude: Penthouse
- Interlude: The Elephant
- Interlude: New World
On June 2nd, 2022 Mendelsohn made a suprise apperance on the Gorillaz World Tour 2022 gig in Paris, and provided a live speech recitation before Cracker Island.
Career[]
Ben Mendelsohn first rose to prominence in Australia for his breakout role in The Year My Voice Broke from 1987.
Since then he has had roles in films such as Animal Kingdom (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Rogue One (2016), Darkest Hour (2017), Ready Player One (2018), Captain Marvel (2019) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).
Mendelsohn starred in the Netflix original series Bloodline (2015–2017), in the HBO crime miniseries The Outsider (2020) and will reprise his role from Captain Marvel in the upcoming Disney+ miniseries Secret Invasion (2023).
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Trivia[]
- It's unknown how many interludes were actually recorded for the album that ended usused.
- Six of those unused interludes were later featured in the Reject False Icons documentary.