Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Branagh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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TV Series

Walking with Beasts

Walking with Beasts

7.7
The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.741
The View

The View

4.363
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.191
Wallander

Wallander

7.301
Big Al

Big Al

7.7
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.333
Cold War

Cold War

6.7
Shackleton

Shackleton

7.1
Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War

6.5
The Oscars

The Oscars

7.056
Thompson

Thompson

1
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

8
BLUE EYE SAMURAI

BLUE EYE SAMURAI

8.5
Performance

Performance

6
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.78
El hormiguero

El hormiguero

4.8
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.281
The Boy in the Bush

The Boy in the Bush

0
This England

This England

5.85
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

5.917
Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

6.011
Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.323
American Experience

American Experience

7.4
World War 1 in Colour

World War 1 in Colour

6.3
Walking with Dinosaurs

Walking with Dinosaurs

8.175
Wogan

Wogan

4.5
The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

7.185
The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.5
Leute heute

Leute heute

4.75
Honest Trailers

Honest Trailers

6.609
10 Days to War

10 Days to War

6.4
The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

7.185
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.459
Walking with Monsters

Walking with Monsters

8.5
Parkinson

Parkinson

0
Theatre Night

Theatre Night

0
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Movies

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

7.707
The Road to El Dorado

The Road to El Dorado

7.3
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

6.4
Valkyrie

Valkyrie

6.9
Hamlet

Hamlet

7.324
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

8.5
Henry V

Henry V

7.156
Sleuth

Sleuth

6.265
Peter's Friends

Peter's Friends

6.505
Dead Again

Dead Again

6.4
Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

6.931
Wild Wild West

Wild Wild West

5.3
Celebrity

Celebrity

5.995
Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

6.8
Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence

7
Conspiracy

Conspiracy

7.276
The Gingerbread Man

The Gingerbread Man

5.613
Walking with Monsters

Walking with Monsters

7.283
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

5.9
A Month in the Country

A Month in the Country

6.4
Othello

Othello

6.372
Five Children and It

Five Children and It

5.558
Warm Springs

Warm Springs

6.8
IMAX: Galapagos 3D

IMAX: Galapagos 3D

6.4
The Periwig-Maker

The Periwig-Maker

7.5
The Boat That Rocked

The Boat That Rocked

7.226
Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

5.6
My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn

6.681
The Theory of Flight

The Theory of Flight

6.2
Mayday

Mayday

0
Strange Interlude

Strange Interlude

5
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

6.8
A Haunting in Venice

A Haunting in Venice

6.6
High Season

High Season

5.3
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder

London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder

7.719
Ghosts

Ghosts

0
Universal Horror

Universal Horror

7.105
Stars In Shorts

Stars In Shorts

4.667
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

6.116
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence

Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence

8
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

7.6
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

7.7
Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

7
National Theatre Live: Macbeth

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

7
Shadow of a Gunman

Shadow of a Gunman

0
The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs

The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs

6.5
Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger

9
Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

5.7
Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard

6.785
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

7.5
Easter 2016

Easter 2016

0
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

6.5
Alien Love Triangle

Alien Love Triangle

5.5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

8.054
The Proposition

The Proposition

6.2
Schneider's 2nd Stage

Schneider's 2nd Stage

0
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

0
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

6.894
Denzel Washington: A Model American

Denzel Washington: A Model American

7.833
As You Like It

As You Like It

5.699
The Dance of Shiva

The Dance of Shiva

0
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

7.7
The King of Kings

The King of Kings

8.6
Dunkirk

Dunkirk

7.5
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

6
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

6.703
Coming Through

Coming Through

4.8
The Tramp and the Dictator

The Tramp and the Dictator

6.9
Anne Frank Remembered

Anne Frank Remembered

7.696
A Matter of Choice for Billy

A Matter of Choice for Billy

4
A Coming to Terms for Billy

A Coming to Terms for Billy

0
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

6.869
The Book That Wrote Itself

The Book That Wrote Itself

4
Prodigal

Prodigal

5.6
Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer

Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer

3.5
To the Lighthouse

To the Lighthouse

5.4
The Lady's Not For Burning

The Lady's Not For Burning

0
Swing Kids

Swing Kids

6.7
Mindhorn

Mindhorn

6.079
Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

6.4
The Beasts Within

The Beasts Within

0
Triumph of the Beasts

Triumph of the Beasts

0
Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War

8.236
All Is True

All Is True

6
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

6.7
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

8
Too Late to Talk to Billy

Too Late to Talk to Billy

0
Lorna

Lorna

0
James Ellis: An Actor's Life

James Ellis: An Actor's Life

0
Tenet

Tenet

7.179
Lost Lives

Lost Lives

6
Thor: From Asgard to Earth

Thor: From Asgard to Earth

6.978
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'

It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'

4.9
Wild Wild West: Loveless's Ladies

Wild Wild West: Loveless's Ladies

6
Wild Wild West: Evil Devices

Wild Wild West: Evil Devices

4
Fireheart

Fireheart

7.246
Thames Wallah

Thames Wallah

0
Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’

Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’

0
Altman on His Own Terms

Altman on His Own Terms

0
Atonement

Atonement

0
The Devil Wears Prada 2

The Devil Wears Prada 2

0
The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair

0
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe

Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe

0