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Kenneth Cranham

ActorBorn December 12, 1944 (80 years)
Scottish born actor Kenneth Cranham is one of the most recognisable character actors in Britain. Having trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, Cranham first came to prominence as Noah Claypole in the 1968 Carol Reed musical Oliver! In the late '70s, Cranham memorably played Sapper Salt in Euston Films' Danger UXB, before taking the title role in the popular postwar set period comedy drama Shine on Harvey Moon. His most famous film role from around this time was Dr. Philip Channard in Hellraiser II. In more recent years he has starred in the HBO series Rome, as well as the films Hot Fuzz, Layer Cake, Valkyrie, Made in Dagenham, Maleficent and Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool. Among many stage credits are West End productions of Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot, An Inspector Calls (both transferring to Broadway), The Ruffian on the Stair, The Birthday Party and Gaslight (at the Old Vic). For his role as Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. In 2016, Cranham won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Andre in Florian Zeller's The Father. The play originated at the Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio in the Autumn of 2014, before touring the country and transferring to the West End in the Summer of 2015, and returning to the Duke of York's Theatre in Spring 2016. The play received an unprecedented five star review from every leading national press publication, and Cranham's performance was described as "the performance of his life" His first wife was actress Diana Quick. He has two daughters: Nancy Cranham with actress Charlotte Cornwell, and Kathleen Cranham with his second wife, actress Fiona Victory, whom he met on the set of Shine on Harvey Moon.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Hellbound: Hellraiser II
  • Midsomer Murders
  • Doc Martin
  • Mr. Jones
  • 5 Days of War
  • Mangal Pandey
  • Bed of Roses
  • Brideshead Revisited
  • Coronation Street
  • Heartbeat
  • The Last Detective
  • Up Pompeii
  • Kavanagh Q.C.
  • Boon
  • Two Men Went to War
  • Women Talking Dirty
  • Jimmy McGovern's Moving On
  • Midnight Man

Known For

  • Maleficent
  • Hellbound: Hellraiser II
  • The Legend of Hercules
  • Closed Circuit
  • The White Princess
  • Mr. Jones
  • Gangster No. 1
  • Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
  • Under Suspicion
  • Brother Sun, Sister Moon
  • Bed of Roses
  • Two Men Went to War
  • Prospero's Books
  • Lilies
  • Hatton Garden
  • Our Mutual Friend
  • Pollyanna
  • Chocolat
  • Tale of a Vampire
  • Dead Man's Folly
  • The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
  • Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
  • Chimera
  • Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

Filmography

2021
Finding Alice (TV Series) · as Gerry
2020
Trying (TV Series) · as Barry
2019
Mr. Jones · as Lloyd George
2019
Born a King · as Lord Curzon
2019
Scarborough (TV Series) · as Mr. Ferris
2019
Official Secrets · as Judge Hyam
2019
Hatton Garden (TV Series) · as Brian Reader
2019
The Spanish Princess (TV Series) · as John Morton
2017
In The Long Run (TV Series) · as Malcolm
2017
Bancroft (TV Series) · as Charlie Haverstock
2017
2017
Strike (TV Series) · as Dennis Creed
2017
2017
The White Princess (TV Series) · as John Morton
2017
The Good Karma Hospital (TV Series) · as Edmund Dalrymple
2016
2016
War & Peace (2016) (TV Series) · as Uncle Mikhail
2015
A.D. The Bible Continues (TV Series) · as Tiberius
2014
Maleficent · as King Henry
2014
37 Days (TV Series) · as John Burns
2014
Inside No. 9 (TV Series) · as Rupert
2014
2014
2013
Closed Circuit · as Cameron Fischer
2013
In the Flesh (TV Series) · as Vicar Oddie
2012
Flying Blind · as Victor
2012
Panto! · as Jerry
2012
2012
Falcón (UK) (TV Series) · as Alberto Montes
2011
Death in Paradise (TV Series) · as Father John
2011
Graffiti Wars · as Narrator (voice)
2011
The Night Watch · as Horace Mundy
2011
2011
5 Days of War · as Michael Stilton
2010
Upstairs Downstairs (2010) (TV Series) · as Sergeant Ashworth
2010
Made in Dagenham · as Monty Taylor
2009
Running in Traffic · as Bill Cullen
2009
2009
2008
Valkyrie · as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
2008
Merlin (TV Series) · as Aulfric
2008
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (TV Series) · as Mr Clare
2007
2007
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon · as General Carteaux
2007
2007
Hot Fuzz · as James Reaper
2007
Lilies (TV Series) · as Health Inspector
2006
Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures (TV Series) · as Tom Cardwell
2006
A Good Year · as Sir Nigel
2006
The Line of Beauty (TV Series) · as Sir Maurice Tipper
2006
2006
The Chatterley Affair · as Older Keith
2005
Rome (TV Series) · as Gnaeus Pompey Magnus
2005
Afterlife (TV Series) · as Stan Mundy
2005
2005
Genghis Khan · as Genghis Khan
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Rex Fortescue
2004
Layer Cake · as Jimmy Price
2004
Trauma · as Dc Jackson
2004
2004
The Genius of Mozart (TV Series) · as Leopold Mozart
2004
Hustle (TV Series) · as Francis Owen
2004
Bible Mysteries (TV Series) · as Cast
2004
Doc Martin (TV Series) · as Terry Glasson
2003
Man Dancin' · as D.i. Walter 'pancho' Villers
2003
Sparkling Cyanide · as George Barton
2003
Blackball · as Chairman Collins
2003
Murder Investigation Team (TV Series) · as Ray Morgan
2003
2003
Killing Hitler · as Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
2003
The Last Detective (TV Series) · as Gary Solway
2003
New Tricks (TV Series)
2003
Pollyanna · as Mr. Pendleton
2002
Two Men Went to War · as Sgt. Peter King
2002
Believe Nothing (TV Series) · as Di Aldiss
2002
Dickens (TV Series)
2002
Night Flight · as Ted Atwell
2001
NCS: Manhunt · as Ricky Valesi
2000
Animated Tales of the World (TV Series) · as King
2000
The Sins (TV Series) · as Gilbert
2000
Without Motive (TV Series) · as Dcs Derek Henderson
2000
Shiner · as Gibson
2000
Born Romantic · as Barney
2000
2000
Gangster No. 1 · as Tommy
2000
2000
Lady Audley's Secret · as Sir Michael Audley
2000
1999
1999
The Last Yellow · as Len
1999
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence · as Michael Mansfield Qc
1998
Vigo · as The Producer
1998
Our Mutual Friend (TV Series)
1997
RPM · as Biggerman
1997
The Boxer · as Matt Maguire
1997
Get Well Soon (TV Series) · as Inspector Trussler
1997
Midnight Man · as Brigadier Charles Ferguson
1997
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Jude Langham
1996
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (TV Series) · as Reverend Millward
1996
On Dangerous Ground · as Brigadier Charles Ferguson
1996
Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) · as Tommy Collingwood
1996
1995
Kavanagh Q.C. (TV Series) · as Roy Lawrence
1994
Requiem Apache · as Tony
1993
Royal Celebration · as Douglas
1992
Between the Lines (TV Series)
1992
Heartbeat (TV Series) · as Charlie Wallace
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) · as Colonel Schmidt
1992
Tale of a Vampire · as Edgar
1991
Murder Most Horrid (TV Series) · as Inspector Salford
1991
Under Suspicion · as Frank Vance
1991
Prospero's Books · as Sebastian
1991
Chimera (TV Series) · as Hennessey
1990
El C.I.D. (TV Series) · as Gus Mercer
1989
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (TV Series) · as Pastor Finch
1989
Just Another Secret · as Brosch
1989
Rules of Engagement (TV Series) · as Martin Goodman
1988
Hellbound: Hellraiser II · as Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
1988
Stealing Heaven · as Vice Chancellor Suger
1988
Chocolat · as Boothby
1988
The Play on One (TV Series) · as Joe Shawcross
1987
Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Cedric Downes
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as James Lawrence
1986
Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Dick Naughton
1986
Boon (TV Series) · as Aiden Curtis
1986
Lovejoy (TV Series) · as Litvak
1986
Dead Man's Folly · as Insp. Bland
1985
Screen One (TV Series) · as Douglas
1985
Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Stanley
1983
Natural World (TV Series)
1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies (TV Series) · as Lenin
1982
Shine on Harvey Moon (TV Series) · as Harvey Moon
1981
Bergerac (TV Series) · as Gascoigne
1981
Brideshead Revisited (TV Series) · as Sergeant Block
1980
The Merchant of Venice · as Gratiano
1980
Cribb (TV Series) · as Francis Mostyn-Smith
1980
Therese Raquin (TV Series) · as Camille Raquin
1979
Minder (TV Series) · as Walter
1979
Danger UXB (TV Series) · as Sapper Salt
1978
BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Gratiano
1978
Strangers (TV Series) · as Det. Chief Insp. Jim Lennard
1978
Enemy at the Door (TV Series) · as Jack Foster
1977
Joseph Andrews · as The Wicked Squire
1976
Robin and Marian · as Jack's Apprentice
1974
Old Dracula · as Paddy
1972
Crown Court (TV Series) · as John Tucker
1972
Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Dirk Boutsen
1972
New Scotland Yard (TV Series) · as David Collins
1972
1971
Budgie (TV Series) · as Inky Ballantine
1971
Up Pompeii · as Christian
1970
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) · as Alan Grieves
1970
All the Way Up · as Tom Midway
1970
A Family At War (TV Series) · as Charlie Collins
1969
Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Ashley
1969
Hadleigh (TV Series) · as Andrew Matlock
1969
Otley · as Kid
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Terry
1968
Oliver! · as Noah Claypole
1967
Omnibus (TV Series) · as Soutine
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Gilbert Woollacott
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Antonio
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Barry
1964
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Roland
1962
Z Cars (TV Series) · as Togo Millington
1960
Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Roy

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