Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1960-12-10 (64 years old)

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.


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).


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Filmography

all 165

Movies 123

self 54

TV Shows 42

Voice 16

Producer 14

Director 14

Narrator 9

Charles Dickens (voice)
The King of Kings

The King of Kings (2025)

Movie
Abijah Fowler (voice)
BLUE EYE SAMURAI

BLUE EYE SAMURAI (2023)

TV
10
Hercule Poirot / Director / Producer
A Haunting in Venice

A Haunting in Venice (2023)

Movie
5
Hercule Poirot / Director / Producer
Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile (2022)

Movie
7.67
Shawn Nolan (voice)
Fireheart

Fireheart (2022)

Movie
Producer / Writer / Director
Belfast

Belfast (2021)

Movie
Director / Producer
Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl (2020)

Movie
3
William Shakespeare / Director / Producer
All Is True

All Is True (2018)

Movie
Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)
Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Movie
7.32
Hercule Poirot / Director / Producer
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

Movie
6.89
Commander Bolton
Dunkirk

Dunkirk (2017)

Movie
7.12
Macbeth, Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, general in the King's army / Stage Director
National Theatre Live: Macbeth

National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2013)

Movie
Hercules Poirot (archive footage)
Honest Trailers

Honest Trailers (2012)

TV
6
Hamlet (archive footage)
Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet (2011)

Movie
Henning von Tresckow
Valkyrie

Valkyrie (2008)

Movie
4.94
Kurt Wallander / Executive Producer
Wallander

Wallander (2008)

TV
5.85
Colonel Tim Collins
10 Days to War

10 Days to War (2008)

TV
Other Man on T.V. / Director / Producer
Sleuth

Sleuth (2007)

Movie
Screenplay / Director / Adaptation / Producer
The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute (2006)

Movie
self / Writer / Director / Producer
As You Like It

As You Like It (2006)

Movie
Narrator (voice) / Acting Double
Walking with Monsters

Walking with Monsters (2005)

TV
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Warm Springs

Warm Springs (2005)

Movie
Director / Writer
Listening

Listening (2003)

Movie
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Shackleton

Shackleton (2002)

TV
6
Reinhard Heydrich
Conspiracy

Conspiracy (2001)

Movie
Berowne / Writer / Director / Screenplay / Producer
Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

Movie
Dr. Arliss Loveless (segment "Wild Wild West")
The Will Smith - Music Video Collection

The Will Smith - Music Video Collection (1999)

Movie
Periwig-maker (voice)
The Periwig-Maker

The Periwig-Maker (1999)

Movie
Dr. Arliss Loveless
Wild Wild West

Wild Wild West (1999)

Movie
7
Father Michael McKinnon
The Proposition

The Proposition (1998)

Movie
Prince Hamlet / Director / Adaptation
Hamlet

Hamlet (1996)

Movie
Victor Frankenstein / Director / Co-Producer
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

Movie
1
Benedick / Producer / Director / Writer
Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

Movie
4
Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
Swing Kids

Swing Kids (1993)

Movie
Andrew Benson / Director / Producer
Peter's Friends

Peter's Friends (1992)

Movie
Self (performing excerpts from 'Henry V')
Symphony for the Spire

Symphony for the Spire (1992)

Movie
Roman Strauss / Mike Church / Director
Dead Again

Dead Again (1991)

Movie
6
Henry V / Director / Writer
Henry V

Henry V (1989)

Movie
Oswald Alving
Ghosts

Ghosts (1987)

Movie
Billy Martin
Lorna

Lorna (1987)

Movie
Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire (1981)

Movie
6
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1960-12-10 (64 years old)

Birth Name
Kenneth Charles Branagh

Birth Place
Belfast, United Kingdom

Height
1.77-meter

Relationships
Emma Thompson (1989 - 1995), Helena Bonham Carter (1994 - 1999)

Spouse
Lindsay Brunnock

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Residences
Reading, United Kingdom

Also Known As
ケネス・ブラナー, 케네스 브래너, 肯尼思·布拉纳, קנת' בראנה, کنت برانا

Awards
Society of London Theatre Special Award, Young European Film of the Year, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, European Film Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, Knight Bachelor, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Emmy Award, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

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