Tanner — Spectre Character Profile

About Tanner

MI6 Chief of Staff who assists M and coordinates field operations.

Tanner — Character Profile

Affiliations

• MI6

Quick Facts about Tanner

Full Name

William Tanner

Occupation

Chief of Staff

Nationality

[[British people

Tanner's Known Relations

• MI6 — Employer

Tanner appears in 8 titles

• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) — character page
• For Your Eyes Only (1981) — character page
• GoldenEye (1995) — character page
• The World Is Not Enough (1999) — character page
• Quantum of Solace (2008) — character page
• Skyfall (2012) — character page
• Spectre (2015)
• No Time to Die (2021) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Rory Kinnear

Appears in

Spectre (2015)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Tanner — Professional Mission Supporter — James Bond (Daniel Craig)

  Tanner contributes to the official response against the conspiracy.

  Tanner gathers with Bond's allies in London to stop the surveillance initiative from launching.

• Tanner — Professional MI6 Colleagues — Moneypenny (Naomie Harris)

  They work within the same intelligence operation.

  Moneypenny and Tanner are part of the London intelligence group coordinating the effort to stop the launch.

• Tanner — Conflict Institutional Opponent — Blofeld (Christoph Waltz)

  Tanner opposes Blofeld through MI6's coordinated response.

  Tanner joins the London operation designed to prevent Blofeld's surveillance network from going online.

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