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Kenneth Branagh
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn December 10, 1960 (64 years)
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).
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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Kenneth Branagh Filmography
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| 2026 | |
| 2025 | The American Revolution (2025) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2025 | The King of Kings · as Charles Dickens (voice) |
| 2024 | A Gentleman in Moscow (TV Series) · as Count Alexander Rostov |
| 2023 | Blue Eye Samurai (TV Series) · as Abijah Fowler (voice) |
| 2023 | A Haunting in Venice · as Hercule Poirot |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer · as Niels Bohr |
| 2022 | This England (TV Series) · as Boris Johnson |
| 2022 | Death on the Nile · as Hercule Poirot |
| 2022 | Fireheart · as Shawn Nolan (voice) |
| 2020 | Tenet · as Sator |
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| 2018 | All Is True · as William Shakespeare |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War · as Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express · as Hercule Poirot |
| 2017 | Dunkirk · as Commander Bolton |
| 2016 | Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer · as Archie Rice |
| 2016 | Upstart Crow (TV Series) · as Colin |
| 2015 | Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale · as Leontes |
| 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit · as Viktor Cherevin |
| 2013 | Macbeth · as Macbeth |
| 2012 | Stars in Shorts · as Mark Snow |
| 2012 | London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder · as Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn · as Sir Laurence Olivier |
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet · as Hamlet (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Prodigal · as Mark Snow |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked · as Dormandy |
| 2008 | Valkyrie · as Henning Von Tresckow |
| 2008 | Wallander (UK) (TV Series) · as Kurt Wallander |
| 2008 | 10 Days to War (TV Series) · as Colonel Tim Collins |
| 2008 | Alien Love Triangle · as Steven Chesterman |
| 2007 | Sleuth · as Other Man On T.v. |
| 2005 | Walking with Monsters · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | Walking with Monsters (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | Warm Springs · as Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 2005 | The Goebbels Experiment · as Narrator |
| 2004 | Five Children and It · as Uncle Albert |
| 2004 | Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | World War I in Colour (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2003 | Build a Scene · as Prof. Gilderoy Lockhart |
| 2003 | Interviews with Students · as Prof. Gilderoy Lockhart |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets · as Gilderoy Lockhart |
| 2002 | Rabbit-Proof Fence · as A. O. Neville |
| 2002 | The Tramp and the Dictator · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2002 | Shackleton (TV Series) · as Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton |
| 2001 | The Beasts Within · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 | Triumph of the Beasts · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 | Walking with Beasts (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2001 | Conspiracy · as Reinhard Heydrich |
| 2001 | Short6 · as Periwig-Maker (segment "the Periwig-Maker") |
| 2000 | How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog · as Peter Mcgowan |
| 2000 | Big Al Uncovered · as Narrator (uk Version) |
| 2000 | The Ballad of Big Al (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2000 | The Road to El Dorado · as Miguel (voice) |
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost · as Berowne |
| 1999 | The Will Smith Music Video Collection · as Dr. Arliss Loveless (segment: Wild Wild West) |
| 1999 | The Periwig-Maker · as Periwig-Maker (voice) |
| 1999 | Galapagos · as Narrator |
| 1999 | Walking with Dinosaurs: The Making Of · as Narrator |
| 1999 | Walking with Dinosaurs (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West · as Dr. Arliss Loveless |
| 1998 | The Theory of Flight · as Richard |
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| 1998 | Universal Horror · as Narrator |
| 1998 | Cold War (TV Series) |
| 1998 | The Proposition · as Father Michael Mckinnon |
| 1998 | The Gingerbread Man · as Rick Magruder |
| 1997 | The Great Composers (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1996 | Hamlet · as Prince Hamlet |
| 1995 | Othello · as Iago |
| 1995 | Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Anne Frank Remembered · as Narration (voice) |
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein · as Victor Frankenstein |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing · as Benedick |
| 1993 | Swing Kids · as Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends · as Andrew Benson |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Donal Davoren |
| 1991 | Dead Again · as Roman Strauss / Mike Church |
| 1989 | Look Back in Anger · as Jimmy Porter |
| 1989 | Henry V · as Henry V |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | The Lady's Not for Burning · as Thomas Mendip |
| 1987 | A Month in the Country · as James Moon |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War (TV Series) · as Guy Pringle |
| 1987 | High Season · as Rick |
| 1985 | Coming Through · as D.h. Lawrence |
| 1985 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Oswald Alving |
| 1983 | To the Lighthouse · as Charles Tansley |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire · as Cambridge Student At Society Day (uncredited) |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Gordon Evans |
| 1980 | Mystery! (TV Series) · as Kurt Wallander |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Narrator |
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| 2008 | Wallander (UK) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein · as Co-Producer |
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| 2024 | The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2023 | Stan Lee · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Denzel Washington: An American Model · as Self |
| 2022 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2022 | 2022 EE BAFTA Film Awards · as Self - Winner And Presenter |
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| 2021 | Daniel Day Lewis - The Heir · as Self |
| 2021 | Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime · as Self - 'hercule Poirot', Murder On The Orient Express, A Haunting In Venice & Death On The Nile |
| 2021 | Leonardo DiCaprio: Most Wanted! · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | The EE British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2017 | The Making of Dunkirk · as Self |
| 2017 | Front Row Late (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2016 | Mindhorn · as Himself |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | The 68th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2014 | Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self - Winner |
| 2014 | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2012 | The 84th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2012 | 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2012 | 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope · as Self |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Daybreak (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
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| 2009 | Hollywood's Best Film Directors (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2009 | Skavlan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | Sleuth: On Set · as Self - Director |
| 2007 | DP/30: Conversations About Movies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out · as Self |
| 2007 | Chelsea Lately (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Morning Joe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | El Hormiguero 3.0 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | As You Like It · as Self (voice) |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | CBeebies Bedtime Stories (TV Series) · as Self - Storyteller |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Sunday Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Match of the Day 2 (TV Series) · as Self - Spectator |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The 57th Annual Tony Awards · as Self |
| 2003 | Interviews with Professors & More · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence · as Himself / Narrator |
| 2002 | Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute · as Self |
| 2002 | Rabbit-Proof Fence: Cast and Crew Interviews · as Self - Actor |
| 2001 | Lorraine (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2000 | Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces · as Self / Narrator |
| 2000 | The 54th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2000 | Secrets of the Dead (TV Series) · as Self - Bible Readings |
| 2000 | William Shakespeare · as Self |
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| 1999 | The Book That Wrote Itself · as Kenneth Branagh |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Talking Movies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | The 11 O'Clock Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Dennis Pennis R.I.P. · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Leute heute (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The 69th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
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| 1996 | 100 Years of Horror (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Very Important Pennis: Uncut · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | TFI Friday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | The Real Frankenstein: An Untold Story · as Self |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The Big Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Gomorron (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | The Movie Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | The 62nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 1990 | Discovering Hamlet · as Himself / Hamlet |
| 1989 | Clive Anderson Talks Back (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Troldspejlet (TV Series) · as Self - Director |
| 1988 | Thompson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1986 | At The Movies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | SAG Foundation Conversations (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee |
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| 2006 | The Magic Flute · as Screenplay |
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| 2013 | Macbeth · as Stage Director |
| 1996 | Hamlet · as Adaptation |
| 1988 | Twelfth Night, or What You Will · as Stage Director |