Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1960-12-10 (64 years)
- Place of BirthBelfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Also Known Asケネス・ブラナー케네스 브래너肯尼思·布拉纳קנת' בראנהکنت برانا
Kenneth Branagh
Biography
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2025
The King of Kings
As: Charles Dickens (voice)
- 2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
As: Abijah Fowler (voice)
- 2023
A Haunting in Venice
As: Hercule Poirot
- 2023
Oppenheimer
As: Niels Bohr
- 2022
This England
As: Boris Johnson
- 2022
Death on the Nile
As: Hercule Poirot
- 2022
Fireheart
As: Shawn Nolan (voice)
- 2020
Tenet
As: Sator
2018All Is True
As: William Shakespeare
- 2018
Avengers: Infinity War
As: Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)
2017Murder on the Orient Express
As: Hercule Poirot
- 2017
Dunkirk
As: Commander Bolton
2016Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer
As: Archie Rice
2015Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
As: Leontes
2014Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
As: Viktor Cherevin
2013National Theatre Live: Macbeth
As: Macbeth
2012Stars In Shorts
As: Mark Snow
2012London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
As: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
2011My Week with Marilyn
As: Sir Laurence Olivier
2011Prodigal
As: Mark Snow
20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
As: Narrator (voice)
2009The Boat That Rocked
As: Dormandy
2008Valkyrie
As: Henning von Tresckow
2008Wallander
As: Kurt Wallander
200810 Days to War
As: Colonel Tim Collins
2008Alien Love Triangle
As: Steven Chesterman
2007Sleuth
As: Other Man on T.V.
2005Walking with Monsters
As: Narrator (voice)
2005Walking with Monsters
As: Narrator (voice)
2005Warm Springs
As: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2004Five Children and It
As: Uncle Albert
2004Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
As: Narrator (voice)
2003World War 1 in Colour
As: Narrator
- 2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
As: Gilderoy Lockhart
2002How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
As: Peter McGowan
2002The Tramp and the Dictator
As: Narrator (voice)
2002Rabbit-Proof Fence
As: A. O. Neville
2002Shackleton
As: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
2001The Beasts Within
As: Narrator (voice)
2001Triumph of the Beasts
As: Narrator (voice)
2001Walking with Beasts
As: Narrator
2001Conspiracy
As: Reinhard Heydrich
2000Big Al
As: Narrator
2000The Book That Wrote Itself
As: Kenneth Branagh
2000The Road to El Dorado
As: Miguel (voice)
2000Love's Labour's Lost
As: Berowne
1999The Periwig-Maker
As: Periwig-maker (voice)
1999IMAX: Galapagos 3D
As: Narrator
1999Walking with Dinosaurs
As: Narrator (voice)
1999Wild Wild West
As: Dr. Arliss Loveless
1999The Theory of Flight
As: Richard
1998The Dance of Shiva
As: Colonel Evans
1998Universal Horror
As: Narrator
1998Celebrity
As: Lee Simon
1998The Proposition
As: Father Michael McKinnon
1998The Gingerbread Man
As: Rick Magruder
1996Hamlet
As: Prince Hamlet
1995Othello
As: Iago
1995Shadow of a Gunman
As: Donal Davoren
1995Anne Frank Remembered
As: Narration (voice)
1994Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
As: Victor Frankenstein
1993Much Ado About Nothing
As: Benedick
1993Swing Kids
As: Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
1992Peter's Friends
As: Andrew Benson
1991Performance
As: Donal Davoren
1991Dead Again
As: Roman Strauss / Mike Church
1989Look Back in Anger
As: Jimmy Porter
1989Henry V
As: Henry V
1988American Experience
As: Narrator (voice)
1988Strange Interlude
As: Gordon Evans
1988Thames Wallah
As: Narrator
1987Fortunes of War
As: Guy Pringle
1987A Month in the Country
As: James Moon
1987High Season
As: Rick
1987Ghosts
As: Oswald Alving
1987Lorna
As: Billy Martin
1987The Lady's Not For Burning
As: Thomas Mendip
1985Coming Through
As: D.H. Lawrence
1984A Coming to Terms for Billy
As: Billy Martin
1984The Boy in the Bush
As: Jack Grant
1983A Matter of Choice for Billy
As: Billy Martin
1983To the Lighthouse
As: Charles Tansley
1982Easter 2016
As: Student
1982Too Late to Talk to Billy
As: Billy Martin
1981Chariots of Fire
As: Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)