Kenneth Branagh
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Sir Kenneth Branagh | |
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 Branagh in 2015 | |
| Born | Kenneth Charles Branagh 10 December 1960 |
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Spouse(s) | Emma Thompson (m. 1989–1995, divorced) Lindsay Brunnock (m. 2003–present) |
| Awards | Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie 2001 Conspiracy |
Sir Kenneth Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a British actor, movie director and television producer. He played Hamlet. He has directed and acted in many Shakespeare adaptations. He has acted alongside popular actors including: Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton, Maggie Smith and Alan Rickman. He is also known as Director and star for his Hercule Poirt film adaptations.
Since Richard Attenborough's death in August 2014, Branagh has been the president of the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts in London.
In 2022, he won a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for screenplay writing for his movie Belfast. He is also Portrayed Agatha Christie's Belgium Detective Hercule Poirot appearaning in Murder on The Orient Express, Death on The Nile and A Haunting in Venice, he is Set To Star in Apple TV's Upcoming Action Thriller Mayday alongside Ryan Reynolds. He is also Known for his William Shakespeare film adaptations (1989-2006). He is also Set To Provided his Voice as English Novelist Charles Dickens for The Upcoming Christian Animated Film, The King Of Kings.
Filmography
[change | change source]| Year 1989 | Title Henry v | Role title character | Notes he was nominated a Oscar for best director and actor |
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| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Cambridge Student | Uncredited |
| 1987 | A Month in the Country | James Moon | |
| High Season | Rick | ||
| 1989 | Henry V | Henry V | |
| 1991 | Dead Again | Mike Church / Roman Strauss | |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Andrew Benson | |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | |
| Swing Kids | Herr Knopp, Gestapo | Uncredited | |
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Victor Frankenstein | |
| 1995 | Othello | Iago | |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Prince Hamlet | |
| 1998 | The Gingerbread Man | Rick Magruder | |
| The Theory of Flight | Richard | ||
| Celebrity | Lee Simon | ||
| The Proposition | Father Michael McKinnon | ||
| The Dance of Shiva | Colonel Evans | Short film | |
| 1999 | Alien Love Triangle | Steven Chesterman | |
| Wild Wild West | Dr. Arliss Loveless | ||
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | Berowne | |
| The Road to El Dorado | Miguel (voice) | ||
| How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | Peter McGowen | ||
| Periwig Maker | The Periwig Maker | Short film | |
| 2001 | Schneider's 2nd Stage | Joseph Barnett | |
| 2002 | Rabbit Proof Fence | A.O. Neville | |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Gilderoy Lockhart | ||
| 2004 | Five Children & It | Uncle Albert | |
| 2007 | Sleuth | Man on TV | Uncredited |
| 2008 | Valkyrie | Henning von Tresckow | |
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked | Sir Alistair Dormandy | |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Laurence Olivier | |
| 2012 | Stars in Shorts | Mark Snow | Short Film, episode: "Prodigal" |
| 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Viktor Cherevin | |
| 2016 | Mindhorn | Himself | Cameo |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Commander Bolton | |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Hercule Poirot | ||
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Asgardian Distress Caller (voice) | Uncredited |
| All Is True | William Shakespeare | ||
| 2020 | Tenet | ||
| Death on the Nile | Hercule Poirot | ||
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Niels Bohr |
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