KENNETH BRANAGH

Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: December 10, 1960
Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Biography

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (/ˈbrænə/ BRAN-ə; 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.

Notable work

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Filmography

Starring

2027·
The Thomas Crown Affair
2026·
The Devil Wears Prada 2
2025·
The King of Kings
Charles Dickens (voice)
2023·
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
Abijah Fowler (voice)
2023·
Oppenheimer
Niels Bohr
2023·
A Haunting in Venice
Hercule Poirot
2022·
This England
Boris Johnson
2022·
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Self - Director (archive footage)
2022·
Denzel Washington: A Model American
Self
2022·
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
2019·
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2017·
Murder on the Orient Express
Hercule Poirot
2017·
Dunkirk
Commander Bolton
2015·
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015·
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Leontes
2014·
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014·
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Self
2014·
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Viktor Cherevin
2013·
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Macbeth, Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, general in the King's army
2012·
Honest Trailers
Hercules Poirot (archive footage)
2012·
Stars In Shorts
Mark Snow
2012·
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
2011·
Discovering Hamlet
Hamlet (archive footage)
2009·
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Narrator (voice)
2008·
10 Days to War
Colonel Tim Collins
2008·
Wallander
Kurt Wallander
2008·
Alien Love Triangle
Steven Chesterman
2007·
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest, Self
2007·
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Self
2006·
El hormiguero
Self
2006·
As You Like It
Self (voice)
2005·
Walking with Monsters
Narrator (voice), Narrator (voice)
2005·
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2004·
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
Narrator (voice)
2004·
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
2003·
World War 1 in Colour
Narrator
2003·
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003·
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Himself / Narrator
2002·
Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
2002·
The Tramp and the Dictator
Narrator (voice)
2001·
Schneider's 2nd Stage
Joseph Barnett
2000·
Big Al
Narrator
2000·
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Self / Narrator
2000·
The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs
Narrator
1999·
Walking with Dinosaurs
Narrator (voice)
1998·
Parkinson
Self
1998·
Cold War
1998·
The Dance of Shiva
Colonel Evans
1998·
The Proposition
Father Michael McKinnon
1998·
Universal Horror
Narrator
1997·
Leute heute
Self
1996·
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
1995·
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
1995·
Anne Frank Remembered
Narration (voice)
1995·
Shadow of a Gunman
Donal Davoren
1991·
Performance
Donal Davoren
1990·
Discovering Hamlet
Himself / Hamlet
1989·
Look Back in Anger
Jimmy Porter
1988·
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988·
Thompson
Self
1987·
Fortunes of War
Guy Pringle
1985·
Theatre Night
Oswald Alving
1985·
Coming Through
D.H. Lawrence
1984·
The Boy in the Bush
Jack Grant
1984·
A Coming to Terms for Billy
Billy Martin
1983·
A Matter of Choice for Billy
Billy Martin
1982·
Wogan
Self
1982·
Easter 2016
Student
1970·
Play for Today
1962·
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1956·
Tony Awards
Self
1953·
The Oscars
Self
1944·
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
TBA·
Atonement
2022·
Fireheart
Shawn Nolan (voice)
2022·
Death on the Nile
Hercule Poirot
2020·
Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’
Self
2020·
Tenet
Sator
2019·
Lost Lives
2018·
All Is True
William Shakespeare
2018·
Avengers: Infinity War
Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)
2016·
Mindhorn
Himself
2016·
Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer
Archie Rice
2012·
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
Self
2011·
Thor: From Asgard to Earth
Self
2011·
Prodigal
Mark Snow
2011·
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
Self
2009·
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
Self
2009·
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
Self
2007·
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Himself
2003·
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2001·
Walking with Beasts
Narrator
2001·
Triumph of the Beasts
Narrator (voice)
2001·
The Beasts Within
Narrator (voice)
2000·
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
2000·
The Book That Wrote Itself
Kenneth Branagh
1999·
Wild Wild West: Evil Devices
Himself
1999·
Wild Wild West: Loveless's Ladies
Himself
1999·
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'
Self
1997·
The View
Self
1993·
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993·
Swing Kids
Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
1988·
Thames Wallah
Narrator
1987·
Lorna
Billy Martin
1987·
The Lady's Not For Burning
Thomas Mendip
1983·
To the Lighthouse
Charles Tansley
1982·
Too Late to Talk to Billy
Billy Martin
TBA·
Mayday
2011·
My Week with Marilyn
Sir Laurence Olivier
2010·
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Self
2009·
The Boat That Rocked
Dormandy
2008·
Valkyrie
Henning von Tresckow
2007·
Sleuth
Other Man on T.V.
2005·
Warm Springs
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2004·
Five Children and It
Uncle Albert
2002·
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
Peter McGowan
2002·
Rabbit-Proof Fence
A. O. Neville
2002·
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Gilderoy Lockhart
2001·
Conspiracy
Reinhard Heydrich
2000·
Love's Labour's Lost
Berowne
2000·
The Road to El Dorado
Miguel (voice)
1999·
The Theory of Flight
Richard
1999·
The Periwig-Maker
Periwig-maker (voice)
1999·
IMAX: Galapagos 3D
Narrator
1999·
Wild Wild West
Dr. Arliss Loveless
1998·
The Gingerbread Man
Rick Magruder
1998·
Celebrity
Lee Simon
1996·
Hamlet
Prince Hamlet
1995·
Othello
Iago
1994·
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Self
1994·
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein
1993·
Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick
1992·
Peter's Friends
Andrew Benson
1991·
Dead Again
Roman Strauss / Mike Church
1989·
Henry V
Henry V
1988·
Strange Interlude
Gordon Evans
1987·
Ghosts
Oswald Alving
1987·
High Season
Rick
1987·
A Month in the Country
James Soon
1981·
Chariots of Fire
Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)

Production

2022·
Death on the Nile
Producer, Director
TBA·
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
Screenplay, Director
2023·
A Haunting in Venice
Producer, Director
2021·
Belfast
Director, Writer, Producer
2020·
Artemis Fowl
Producer, Director
2018·
All Is True
Producer, Director
2017·
Murder on the Orient Express
Producer, Director
2016·
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Director
2015·
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Director
2015·
Cinderella
Director
2014·
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Director
2013·
Thor: The Dark World
Producer
2013·
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Stage Director
2011·
Thor
Director
2008·
Wallander
Executive Producer
2007·
Sleuth
Producer, Director
2006·
The Magic Flute
Adaptation, Producer, Screenplay, Director
2006·
As You Like It
Producer, Director, Writer
2005·
Walking with Monsters
Acting Double
2003·
Listening
Writer, Director
2000·
Love's Labour's Lost
Producer, Screenplay, Director, Writer
1996·
Hamlet
Adaptation, Director
1995·
In the Bleak Midwinter
Writer, Director
1994·
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Co-Producer, Director
1993·
Much Ado About Nothing
Writer, Producer, Director
1992·
Swan Song
Director
1992·
Peter's Friends
Producer, Director
1991·
Dead Again
Director
1989·
Henry V
Writer, Director
1988·
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Director, Stage Director