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Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Actor · Born 1960-12-10 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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Biography

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Reading, Berkshire, Branagh trained at RADA in London and served as its president from 2015 to 2024. His accolades include an Academy Award, four BAFTAs, two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Olivier Award. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in 2012 and was given Freedom of the City in his native Belfast in 2018. In 2020, he was ranked in 20th place on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Branagh has directed and starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, including Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1995), Hamlet (1996), and As You Like It (2006). He was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director for Henry V and Best Adapted Screenplay for Hamlet. He directed Swan Song (1992), which earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He also directed Peter's Friends (1992), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Thor (2011), and Cinderella (2015). For his semi-autobiographical film Belfast (2021), he was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) — Gilderoy Lockhart
  3. Dunkirk (2017) — Commander Bolton
  4. Oppenheimer (2023) — Niels Bohr
  5. Tenet (2020) — Sator
  6. Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — Hercule Poirot
  7. Death on the Nile (2022) — Hercule Poirot
  8. The Road to El Dorado (2000) — Miguel (voice)
  9. Valkyrie (2008) — Henning von Tresckow
  10. Wild Wild West (1999) — Dr. Arliss Loveless
  11. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) — Viktor Cherevin
  12. A Haunting in Venice (2023) — Hercule Poirot
  13. The Boat That Rocked (2009) — Dormandy
  14. The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) — Stuart
  15. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) — Victor Frankenstein
  16. My Week with Marilyn (2011) — Sir Laurence Olivier
  17. Chariots of Fire (1981) — Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
  18. Much Ado About Nothing (1993) — Benedick
  19. BLUE EYE SAMURAI (2023) — Abijah Fowler (voice)
  20. Sleuth (2007) — Other Man on T.V.
  21. Hamlet (1996) — Prince Hamlet
  22. Celebrity (1998) — Lee Simon
  23. Conspiracy (2001) — Reinhard Heydrich
  24. Dead Again (1991) — Roman Strauss / Mike Church
  25. Henry V (1989) — Henry V
  26. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) — A. O. Neville
  27. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self
  28. Mindhorn (2016) — Himself
  29. Fireheart (2022) — Shawn Nolan (voice)
  30. The Graham Norton Show (2007) — Self
  31. Swing Kids (1993) — Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
  32. Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) — Self
  33. Five Children and It (2004) — Uncle Albert
  34. Peter's Friends (1992) — Andrew Benson
  35. The King of Kings (2025) — Charles Dickens (voice)
  36. Walking with Dinosaurs (1999) — Self - Narrator (voice)
  37. The Gingerbread Man (1998) — Rick Magruder
  38. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self
  39. Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014) — Self
  40. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest

Directed

  1. Thor (2011) — Director
  2. Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — Director
  3. Cinderella (2015) — Director
  4. Death on the Nile (2022) — Director
  5. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) — Director
  6. A Haunting in Venice (2023) — Director
  7. Artemis Fowl (2020) — Director
  8. Belfast (2021) — Director
  9. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) — Director
  10. Much Ado About Nothing (1993) — Director
  11. Sleuth (2007) — Director
  12. Hamlet (1996) — Director
  13. Dead Again (1991) — Director
  14. Henry V (1989) — Director
  15. Peter's Friends (1992) — Director
  16. All Is True (2018) — Director
  17. As You Like It (2006) — Director
  18. Love's Labour's Lost (2000) — Director
  19. In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) — Director
  20. The Magic Flute (2006) — Director
  21. Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016) — Director
  22. Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale (2015) — Director
  23. Swan Song (1992) — Director
  24. Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1988) — Director
  25. Listening (2003) — Director
  26. The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde — Director