Kenneth Branagh
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Biography
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 T...
Known For
Filmography
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
Mayday
2026
as Nikolai Ustinov
Atonement
2026
as Michael Reid
The Devil Wears Prada 2
2026
as Stuart
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
2026
as David Lean (voice)
The King of Kings
2025
as Charles Dickens (voice)
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh
2025
as Self
The American Revolution
2025
as (voice)
A Haunting in Venice
2023
as Hercule Poirot
Oppenheimer
2023
as Niels Bohr
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023
as Abijah Fowler (voice)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self
Denzel Washington: A Model American
2022
as Self
Death on the Nile
2022
as Hercule Poirot
Fireheart
2022
as Shawn Nolan (voice)
This England
2022
as Boris Johnson
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Tenet
2020
as Sator
Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’
2020
as Self
Lost Lives
2019
as Narrator
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)
All Is True
2018
as William Shakespeare
Dunkirk
2017
as Commander Bolton
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Hercule Poirot
Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer
2016
as Archie Rice
Mindhorn
2016
as Himself
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015
as Leontes
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014
as Viktor Cherevin
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2013
as Macbeth
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
2012
as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Stars in Shorts
2012
as Mark Snow
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Sir Laurence Olivier
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Hamlet (archive footage)
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
2011
as Self
Prodigal
2011
as Mark Snow
Thor: From Asgard to Earth
2011
as Self
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010
as Self
The Boat That Rocked
2009
as Dormandy
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Narrator (voice)
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
2009
as Self
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
2009
as Self
Valkyrie
2008
as Henning von Tresckow
Alien Love Triangle
2008
as Steven Chesterman
10 Days to War
2008
as Colonel Tim Collins
Wallander
2008
as Kurt Wallander
Sleuth
2007
as Other Man on T.V.
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
as Self
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
2007
as Himself
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
As You Like It
2006
as Self (voice)
El hormiguero
2006
as Self
Walking with Monsters
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Warm Springs
2005
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Goebbels Experiment
2005
as Narrator (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Walking with Monsters
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Five Children and It
2004
as Uncle Albert
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
as Self
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
2003
as Himself / Narrator
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
World War I in Colour
2003
as Narrator
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Gilderoy Lockhart
Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002
as A. O. Neville
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
2002
as Peter McGowan
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Shackleton
2002
as Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Conspiracy
2001
as Reinhard Heydrich
Schneider's 2nd Stage
2001
as Joseph Barnett
Triumph of the Beasts
2001
as Narrator (voice)
The Beasts Within
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Walking with Beasts
2001
as Narrator
The Road to El Dorado
2000
as Miguel (voice)
Love's Labour's Lost
2000
as Berowne
The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs
2000
as Narrator
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
as Self / Narrator
The Book That Wrote Itself
2000
as Kenneth Branagh
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self
Big Al
2000
as Narrator
Wild Wild West
1999
as Dr. Arliss Loveless
IMAX: Galapagos 3D
1999
as Narrator
The Periwig-Maker
1999
as Periwig-maker (voice)
The Theory of Flight
1999
as Richard
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'
1999
as Self
Wild Wild West: Loveless's Ladies
1999
as Himself
Wild Wild West: Evil Devices
1999
as Himself
Walking with Dinosaurs
1999
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Celebrity
1998
as Lee Simon
The Gingerbread Man
1998
as Rick Magruder
Universal Horror
1998
as Narrator
The Proposition
1998
as Father Michael McKinnon
The Dance of Shiva
1998
as Colonel Evans
Cold War
1998
Parkinson
1998
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
Hamlet
1996
as Prince Hamlet
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
TFI Friday
1996
Othello
1995
as Iago
Shadow of a Gunman
1995
as Donal Davoren
Anne Frank Remembered
1995
as Narration (voice)
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
1995
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Victor Frankenstein
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994
as Self
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Benedick
Swing Kids
1993
as Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Peter's Friends
1992
as Andrew Benson
Symphony for the Spire
1992
Dead Again
1991
as Roman Strauss / Mike Church
Performance
1991
as Donal Davoren
Discovering Hamlet
1990
as Himself / Hamlet
Henry V
1989
as Henry V
Look Back in Anger
1989
as Jimmy Porter
Thames Wallah
1988
as Narrator
Thompson
1988
as Self
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Strange Interlude
1988
as Gordon Evans
A Month in the Country
1987
as James Moon
High Season
1987
as Rick
Ghosts
1987
as Oswald Alving
The Lady's Not For Burning
1987
as Thomas Mendip
Lorna
1987
as Billy Martin
Fortunes of War
1987
as Guy Pringle
Coming Through
1985
as D.H. Lawrence
Theatre Night
1985
as Oswald Alving
A Coming to Terms for Billy
1984
as Billy Martin
The Boy in the Bush
1984
as Jack Grant
A Matter of Choice for Billy
1983
as Billy Martin
To the Lighthouse
1983
as Charles Tansley
Easter 2016
1982
as Student
Too Late to Talk to Billy
1982
as Billy Martin
Wogan
1982
as Self
American Playhouse
1982
as Gordon Evans
Chariots of Fire
1981
as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
Film '72
1971
as Self
Play for Today
1970
Omnibus
1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee