Biography
Scottish born actor Kenneth Cranham is one of the most recognisable character actors in Britain. Having trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, Cranham first came to prominence as Noah Claypole in the 1968 Carol Reed musical Oliver! In the late '70s, Cranham memorably played Sapper Salt in Euston Films' Danger UXB, before taking the title role in the popular postwar set period comedy drama Shine on Harvey Moon. His most famous film role from around this time was Dr. Philip Channard in Hellraiser II. In more recent years he has starred in the HBO series Rome, as well as the films Hot Fuzz, Layer Cake, Valkyrie, Made in Dagenham, Maleficent and Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool. Among many stage credits are West End productions of Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot, An Inspector Calls (both transferring to Broadway), The Ruffian on the Stair, The Birthday Party and Gaslight (at the Old Vic). For his role as Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. In 2016, Cranham won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Andre in Florian Zeller's The Father. The play originated at the Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio in the Autumn of 2014, before touring the country and transferring to the West End in the Summer of 2015, and returning to the Duke of York's Theatre in Spring 2016. The play received an unprecedented five star review from every leading national press publication, and Cranham's performance was described as "the performance of his life" His first wife was actress Diana Quick. He has two daughters: Nancy Cranham with actress Charlotte Cornwell, and Kathleen Cranham with his second wife, actress Fiona Victory, whom he met on the set of Shine on Harvey Moon.
Filmography
all 158
Movies 94
TV Shows 64
self 6
Narrator 1
Producer 1
Finding Alice (2021)
Mr. Jones (2019)
Official Secrets (2019)
Hatton Garden (2019)
The Spanish Princess (2019)
Born a King (2019)
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires (2018)
Bancroft (2017)
Joe Orton Laid Bare (2017)
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer (2017)
The White Princess (2017)
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories (2016)
War and Peace (2016)
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (2015)
Hell on Earth: The Story of Hellraiser III (2015)
Maleficent (2014)
37 Days (2014)
Inside No. 9 (2014)
The Legend of Hercules (2014)
Closed Circuit (2013)
Flying Blind (2013)
In the Flesh (2013)
Panto! (2012)
Suspension of Disbelief (2012)
Death in Paradise (2011)
Graffiti Wars (2011)
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard (2011)
The Night Watch (2011)
Made in Dagenham (2010)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010)
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009)
Moving On (2009)
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words (2009)
Valkyrie (2008)
Merlin (2008)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008)
Heroes and Villains (2007)
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon (2007)
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea (2007)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Lilies (2007)
Victoria Cross Heroes (2006)
A Good Year (2006)
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006)
The Lavender List (2006)
Rome (2005)
Layer Cake (2004)
Trauma (2004)
The Genius of Mozart (2004)
Hustle (2004)
Man Dancin' (2004)
New Tricks (2004)
Sparkling Cyanide (2003)
Blackball (2003)
Murder Investigation Team (2003)
Killing Hitler (2003)
Pollyanna (2003)
Two Men Went To War (2002)
Believe Nothing (2002)
Dickens (2002)
Night Flight (2002)
Women Talking Dirty (2001)
Without Motive (2000)
Shiner (2000)
Born Romantic (2000)
Gangster No. 1 (2000)
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (2000)
Lady Audley's Secret (2000)
Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000)
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999)
The Last Yellow (1999)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (1999)
Vigo (1998)
RPM (1998)
Our Mutual Friend (1998)
The Boxer (1997)
Midnight Man (1997)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)
Deep in the Heart (1996)
On Dangerous Ground (1996)
Dalziel & Pascoe (1996)
Bed of Roses (1996)
Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
Requiem Apache (1994)
The Vision Thing (1993)
Royal Celebration (1993)
Tale of a Vampire (1993)
Monkey Boy (1992)
A Little Bit of Lippy (1992)
Between the Lines (1992)
Heartbeat (1992)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
Murder Most Horrid (1991)
Under Suspicion (1991)
Prospero's Books (1991)
Chimera (1991)
El C.I.D. (1990)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990)
Rules of Engagement (1989)
A Master of the Marionettes (1989)
Just Another Secret (1989)
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
The Black and Blue Lamp (1988)
Stealing Heaven (1988)
Chocolat (1988)
The Party (1988)
Normal Service (1988)
The Play On One (1988)
The Birthday Party (1987)
Inspector Morse (1987)
Making Waves (1987)
A Sort of Innocence (1986)
Casualty (1986)
ScreenPlay (1986)
Lovejoy (1986)
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
Theatre Night (1985)
Lady Windermere's Fan (1985)
The Dumb Waiter (1985)
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (1985)
Natural World (1983)
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
The Bell (1982)
Shine on Harvey Moon (1982)
Bergerac (1981)
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
The Caretaker (1981)
The Sin Bin (1981)
The Merchant of Venice (1980)
'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1980)
Thérèse Raquin (1980)
Donkeys' Years (1980)
Minder (1979)
The Sound of Guns (1979)
Screenplay (1979)
Danger UXB (1979)
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
Butterflies Don't Count (1978)
Enemy at the Door (1978)
Joseph Andrews (1977)
Robin and Marian (1976)
Vampira (1974)
The Changeling (1974)
Achilles Heel (1973)
Crown Court (1972)
Van der Valk (1972)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Budgie (1971)
From a Bird's Eye View (1970)
Fragment of Fear (1970)
All the Way Up (1970)
Sling Your Hook (1969)
Otley (1969)
Oliver! (1968)
Death of a Private (1967)
Night Flight
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GenderMale
Birthday1944-12-12 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceDunfermline, United Kingdom
RelationshipsDiana Quick (1974-01-01 - 1978-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known As Ken Cranham
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