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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Atonement | Michael Reid | 2026-05-15 |
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Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean | David Lean (voice) | 2026-05-17 |
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Mayday | Nikolai Ustinov | 2026-09-03 |
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The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Stuart | 2026-04-29 |
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The King of Kings | Charles Dickens (voice) | 2025-04-07 |
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Tea with Judi Dench | Self | 2025-12-22 |
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Oppenheimer | Niels Bohr | 2023-07-19 |
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A Haunting in Venice | Hercule Poirot | 2023-09-13 |
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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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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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Tenet | Sator | 2020-08-22 |
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Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’ | Self | 2020-12-15 |
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Lost Lives | Narrator | 2019-10-10 |
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All Is True | William Shakespeare | 2018-12-21 |
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Avengers: Infinity War | Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited) | 2018-04-25 |
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Murder on the Orient Express | Hercule Poirot | 2017-11-03 |
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Dunkirk | Commander Bolton | 2017-07-19 |
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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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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Viktor Cherevin | 2014-01-15 |
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Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self | 2014-03-18 |
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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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Stars in Shorts | Mark Snow | 2012-09-28 |
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Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe | Self | 2012-09-25 |
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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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Discovering Hamlet | Hamlet (archive footage) | 2011-11-01 |
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My Week with Marilyn | Sir Laurence Olivier | 2011-11-23 |
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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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A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics | Self | 2009-12-20 |
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A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers | Self | 2009-10-02 |
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Narrator (voice) | 2009-07-02 |
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The Boat That Rocked | Dormandy | 2009-04-01 |
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Alien Love Triangle | Steven Chesterman | 2008-03-08 |
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Valkyrie | Henning von Tresckow | 2008-12-25 |
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Sleuth | Other Man on T.V. | 2007-10-12 |
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Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out | Self | 2007-08-11 |
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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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Das Goebbels-Experiment | Narrator (voice) | 2005-04-13 |
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Walking with Monsters | Narrator (voice) | 2005-11-05 |
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Warm Springs | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 2005-04-30 |
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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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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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Rabbit-Proof Fence | A. O. Neville | 2002-02-04 |
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How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | Peter McGowan | 2002-02-22 |
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The Beasts Within | Narrator (voice) | 2001-11-28 |
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Conspiracy | Reinhard Heydrich | 2001-05-19 |
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Triumph of the Beasts | Narrator (voice) | 2001-11-21 |
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Schneider's 2nd Stage | Joseph Barnett | 2001-03-31 |
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The Book That Wrote Itself | Kenneth Branagh | 2000-08-08 |
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The Road to El Dorado | Miguel (voice) | 2000-03-31 |
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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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Altman on His Own Terms | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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Der Perückenmacher | Periwig-maker (voice) | 1999-11-13 |
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It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West' | Self | 1999-06-29 |
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IMAX: Galapagos 3D | Narrator | 1999-10-27 |
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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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Wild Wild West | Dr. Arliss Loveless | 1999-06-30 |
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Wild Wild West: Evil Devices | Himself | 1999-11-30 |
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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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Universal Horror | Narrator | 1998-10-08 |
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Celebrity | Lee Simon | 1998-09-25 |
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The Dance of Shiva | Colonel Evans | 1998-12-18 |
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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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Shadow of a Gunman | Donal Davoren | 1995-10-07 |
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Anne Frank Remembered | Narration (voice) | 1995-06-08 |
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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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Peter's Friends | Andrew Benson | 1992-09-18 |
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Symphony for the Spire | 1992-01-01 | |
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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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Ghosts | Oswald Alving | 1987-06-14 |
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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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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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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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The Goblin | (voice) |
