
Kenneth Branagh
Known for ActingBorn 1960-12-10 (age 65)Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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 Picture and Director and won Best Original Screenplay. Branagh directed and starred as Hercule Poirot in the Hercule Poirot film series (2017–present). He has also acted in Celebrity (1998), Wild Wild West (1999), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), and Valkyrie (2008). His portrayal of Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn (2011) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played supporting roles in Christopher Nolan's films Dunkirk (2017), Tenet (2020), and Oppenheimer (2023). Branagh has starred in the BBC1 series Fortunes of War (1987), the Channel 4 series Shackleton (2002), the television film Warm Springs (2005), and the BBC One series Wallander (2008–2016). He received a Primetime Emmy Award and an International Emmy Award for Best Actor for portraying SS leader Reinhard Heydrich in the HBO film Conspiracy (2001).Read more
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Schneider's 2nd Stage
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Schneider's 2nd Stage
2001 · Movie
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Triumph of the Beasts
2001 · Movie
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The Lady's Not For Burning
1987 · Movie
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The Boy in the Bush
1984 · Series
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Look Back in Anger
1989 · Movie
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The Beasts Within
2001 · Movie
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Altman on His Own Terms
2000 · Movie
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The Dance of Shiva
1998 · Movie
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Lorna
1987 · Movie
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Easter 2016
1982 · Movie
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It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994 · Movie
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BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023 · Series
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Walking with Monsters
2005 · Series
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The King of Kings
2025 · Movie
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Symphony for the Spire
1992 · Movie
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Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Movie
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Oppenheimer
2023 · Movie
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Walking with Dinosaurs
1999 · Series
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Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016 · Movie
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A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
2009 · Movie
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
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Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
2003 · Movie
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022 · Movie
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Big Al
2000 · Series
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Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015 · Movie
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Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
1995 · Series
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London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
2012 · Movie
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Walking with Beasts
2001 · Series
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The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004 · Movie
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Movie
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Dunkirk
2017 · Movie
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Discovering Hamlet
2011 · Movie
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The Periwig-Maker
1999 · Movie
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Movie
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Anne Frank Remembered
1995 · Movie
Listening
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Listening
2003 · Movie
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Wallander
2008 · Series
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Denzel Washington: A Model American
2022 · Movie
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Fireheart
2022 · Movie
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Tenet
2020 · Movie
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The Boat That Rocked
2009 · Movie
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Conspiracy
2001 · Movie
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The Road to El Dorado
2000 · Movie
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Walking with Monsters
2005 · Movie
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Twelfth Night, or What You Will
1988 · Movie
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The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
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Hamlet
1996 · Movie
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Belfast
2021 · Movie
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Shackleton
2002 · Series