1960-12-10 Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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 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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The Thomas Crown Affair | 2027-03-04 | |
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The Devil Wears Prada 2 | 2026-04-29 | |
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The King of Kings | Charles Dickens (voice) | 2025-04-07 |
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A Haunting in Venice | Hercule Poirot | 2023-09-13 |
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Oppenheimer | Niels Bohr | 2023-07-19 |
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Death on the Nile | Hercule Poirot | 2022-02-09 |
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba | Self | 2022-11-26 |
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Fireheart | Shawn Nolan (voice) | 2022-01-16 |
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Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain | Self | 2022-10-15 |
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Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’ | Self | 2020-12-15 |
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Tenet | Sator | 2020-08-22 |
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Lost Lives | 2019-10-10 | |
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Avengers: Infinity War | Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited) | 2018-04-25 |
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All Is True | William Shakespeare | 2018-12-21 |
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Dunkirk | Commander Bolton | 2017-07-19 |
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Murder on the Orient Express | Hercule Poirot | 2017-11-03 |
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Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer | Archie Rice | 2016-10-27 |
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Mindhorn | Himself | 2016-10-09 |
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Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale | Leontes | 2015-11-30 |
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Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self | 2014-03-18 |
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Viktor Cherevin | 2014-01-15 |
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National Theatre Live: Macbeth | Macbeth | 2013-07-19 |
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London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | 2012-07-27 |
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Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe | Self | 2012-09-25 |
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Stars In Shorts | Mark Snow | 2012-09-28 |
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Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope | Self | 2011-09-10 |
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Thor: From Asgard to Earth | Self | 2011-09-13 |
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My Week with Marilyn | Sir Laurence Olivier | 2011-11-23 |
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Discovering Hamlet | Hamlet (archive footage) | 2011-11-01 |
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Prodigal | Mark Snow | 2011-09-01 |
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With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Self | 2010-07-24 |
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The Boat That Rocked | Dormandy | 2009-04-01 |
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Narrator (voice) | 2009-07-02 |
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A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers | Self | 2009-10-02 |
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A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics | Self | 2009-12-20 |
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Valkyrie | Henning von Tresckow | 2008-12-25 |
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Alien Love Triangle | Steven Chesterman | 2008-03-08 |
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Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out | Self | 2007-08-11 |
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Sleuth | Other Man on T.V. | 2007-10-12 |
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James Ellis: An Actor's Life | Himself | 2007-07-02 |
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As You Like It | Self (voice) | 2006-09-01 |
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Warm Springs | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 2005-04-30 |
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Walking with Monsters | Narrator (voice) | 2005-11-05 |
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Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic | Narrator (voice) | 2004-04-05 |
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Five Children and It | Uncle Albert | 2004-10-15 |
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The Magic Touch of Harry Potter | Self | 2004-06-11 |
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Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence | Himself / Narrator | 2003-04-15 |
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Rabbit-Proof Fence | A. O. Neville | 2002-02-04 |
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Gilderoy Lockhart | 2002-11-13 |
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The Tramp and the Dictator | Narrator (voice) | 2002-02-14 |
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How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | Peter McGowan | 2002-02-22 |
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Conspiracy | Reinhard Heydrich | 2001-05-19 |
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Schneider's 2nd Stage | Joseph Barnett | 2001-03-31 |
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The Beasts Within | Narrator (voice) | 2001-11-28 |
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Triumph of the Beasts | Narrator (voice) | 2001-11-21 |
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Altman on His Own Terms | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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The Book That Wrote Itself | Kenneth Branagh | 2000-08-08 |
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Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self / Narrator | 2000-10-24 |
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The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs | Narrator | 2000-03-12 |
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Love's Labour's Lost | Berowne | 2000-03-31 |
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The Road to El Dorado | Miguel (voice) | 2000-03-31 |
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IMAX: Galapagos 3D | Narrator | 1999-10-27 |
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Wild Wild West | Dr. Arliss Loveless | 1999-06-30 |
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It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West' | Self | 1999-06-29 |
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Wild Wild West: Evil Devices | Himself | 1999-11-30 |
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Wild Wild West: Loveless's Ladies | Himself | 1999-11-30 |
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The Theory of Flight | Richard | 1999-01-22 |
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Der Perückenmacher | Periwig-maker (voice) | 1999-11-13 |
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Universal Horror | Narrator | 1998-10-08 |
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Celebrity | Lee Simon | 1998-09-07 |
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The Dance of Shiva | Colonel Evans | 1998-12-18 |
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The Proposition | Father Michael McKinnon | 1998-03-26 |
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The Gingerbread Man | Rick Magruder | 1998-01-23 |
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Looking for Richard | Self - Interviewee | 1996-10-11 |
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Hamlet | Prince Hamlet | 1996-12-25 |
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Othello | Iago | 1995-12-15 |
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Anne Frank Remembered | Narration (voice) | 1995-06-08 |
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Shadow of a Gunman | Donal Davoren | 1995-10-07 |
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Victor Frankenstein | 1994-11-04 |
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It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Self | 1994-10-25 |
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Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 1993-05-07 |
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Swing Kids | Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited) | 1993-03-05 |
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Symphony for the Spire | 1992-01-01 | |
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Peter's Friends | Andrew Benson | 1992-09-18 |
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Dead Again | Roman Strauss / Mike Church | 1991-08-23 |
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Discovering Hamlet | Himself / Hamlet | 1990-01-07 |
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Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter | 1989-12-28 |
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Henry V | Henry V | 1989-10-05 |
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Thames Wallah | Narrator | 1988-02-04 |
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Strange Interlude | Gordon Evans | 1988-07-13 |
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Ghosts | Oswald Alving | 1987-06-14 |
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High Season | Rick | 1987-09-01 |
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The Lady's Not For Burning | Thomas Mendip | 1987-01-01 |
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A Month in the Country | James Moon | 1987-09-27 |
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Lorna | Billy Martin | 1987-06-02 |
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Coming Through | D.H. Lawrence | 1985-12-27 |
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A Coming to Terms for Billy | Billy Martin | 1984-02-21 |
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To the Lighthouse | Charles Tansley | 1983-03-22 |
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A Matter of Choice for Billy | Billy Martin | 1983-05-10 |
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Too Late to Talk to Billy | Billy Martin | 1982-02-16 |
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Easter 2016 | Student | 1982-05-18 |
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Chariots of Fire | Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited) | 1981-05-15 |
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Mayday | ||
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Atonement | Michael Reid |
