About

Known credits:
174
Birthday:
1960-12-10
Place of birth:
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Kenneth Branagh

Overview

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (/ˈbrænə/ BRAN-ə; 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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Known for

Acting
2027 The Thomas Crown Affair Actor N/A
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2026 The Devil Wears Prada 2 Actor N/A
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2025 The King of Kings Actor Charles Dickens (voice) 62
Fair
2023 BLUE EYE SAMURAI Actor Abijah Fowler (voice) 83
Very good
2023 A Haunting in Venice Actor Hercule Poirot 64
Fair
2023 Oppenheimer Actor Niels Bohr 79
Good
2022 Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba Actor Self 58
Average
2022 Denzel Washington: A Model American Actor Self 58
Average
2022 This England Actor Boris Johnson 66
Fair
2022 Death on the Nile Actor Hercule Poirot 63
Fair
2022 Fireheart Actor Shawn Nolan (voice) 63
Fair
2020 Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’ Actor Self N/A
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2020 Tenet Actor Sator 71
Good
2019 Lost Lives Actor 59
Average
2018 All Is True Actor William Shakespeare 59
Average
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Actor Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited) 81
Very good
2017 Murder on the Orient Express Actor Hercule Poirot 66
Fair
2017 Dunkirk Actor Commander Bolton 74
Good
2016 Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer Actor Archie Rice 59
Average
2016 Mindhorn Actor Himself 59
Average
2015 Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale Actor Leontes 58
Average
2014 Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe Actor Self 61
Fair
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Actor Viktor Cherevin 60
Fair
2013 National Theatre Live: Macbeth Actor Macbeth, Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, general in the King's army 58
Average
2012 Stars In Shorts Actor Mark Snow N/A
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2012 London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder Actor Isambard Kingdom Brunel 61
Fair
2011 My Week with Marilyn Actor Sir Laurence Olivier 64
Fair
2011 Discovering Hamlet Actor Hamlet (archive footage) 59
Average
2011 Thor: From Asgard to Earth Actor Self 59
Average
2011 Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope Actor Self 59
Average
2011 Prodigal Actor Mark Snow 58
Average
2010 With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story Actor Self 59
Average
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics Actor Self 59
Average
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers Actor Self 59
Average
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
2009 The Boat That Rocked Actor Dormandy 69
Fair
2008 Valkyrie Actor Henning von Tresckow 67
Fair
2008 Wallander Actor Kurt Wallander 71
Good
2008 Alien Love Triangle Actor Steven Chesterman 58
Average
2007 Sleuth Actor Other Man on T.V. 60
Fair
2007 Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out Actor Self N/A
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2007 James Ellis: An Actor's Life Actor Himself N/A
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2006 As You Like It Actor Self (voice) 58
Average
2005 Walking with Monsters Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
2005 Walking with Monsters Actor Narrator (voice) 74
Good
2005 Warm Springs Actor Franklin Delano Roosevelt 59
Average
2004 Five Children and It Actor Uncle Albert 57
Average
2004 The Magic Touch of Harry Potter Actor Self 59
Average
2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
2003 World War 1 in Colour Actor Narrator 68
Fair
2003 Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence Actor Himself / Narrator 58
Average
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Actor Gilderoy Lockhart 76
Good
2002 How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog Actor Peter McGowan 59
Average
2002 The Tramp and the Dictator Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
2002 Rabbit-Proof Fence Actor A. O. Neville 63
Fair
2002 Shackleton Actor Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton 69
Fair
2001 The Beasts Within Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2001 Triumph of the Beasts Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2001 Walking with Beasts Actor Narrator 73
Good
2001 Conspiracy Actor Reinhard Heydrich 65
Fair
2001 Schneider's 2nd Stage Actor Joseph Barnett N/A
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2000 Big Al Actor Narrator 71
Good
2000 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces Actor Self / Narrator 59
Average
2000 The Book That Wrote Itself Actor Kenneth Branagh 58
Average
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Actor Berowne 58
Average
2000 The Road to El Dorado Actor Miguel (voice) 70
Good
2000 The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs Actor Narrator 58
Average
2000 Altman on His Own Terms Actor Self N/A
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1999 Wild Wild West: Evil Devices Actor Himself 58
Average
1999 Wild Wild West: Loveless's Ladies Actor Himself 59
Average
1999 The Periwig-Maker Actor Periwig-maker (voice) 59
Average
1999 IMAX: Galapagos 3D Actor Narrator 58
Average
1999 Walking with Dinosaurs Actor Narrator (voice) 78
Good
1999 Wild Wild West Actor Dr. Arliss Loveless 53
Average
1999 It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West' Actor Self 59
Average
1999 The Theory of Flight Actor Richard 58
Average
1998 The Dance of Shiva Actor Colonel Evans N/A
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1998 Universal Horror Actor Narrator 59
Average
1998 Cold War Actor 69
Fair
1998 Celebrity Actor Lee Simon 59
Average
1998 The Proposition Actor Father Michael McKinnon 58
Average
1998 The Gingerbread Man Actor Rick Magruder 58
Average
1996 Hamlet Actor Prince Hamlet 65
Fair
1996 Looking for Richard Actor Self - Interviewee 60
Fair
1995 Othello Actor Iago 59
Average
1995 Shadow of a Gunman Actor Donal Davoren N/A
N/A
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood Actor 70
Good
1995 Anne Frank Remembered Actor Narration (voice) 59
Average
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Actor Victor Frankenstein 62
Fair
1994 It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein Actor Self 58
Average
1993 Much Ado About Nothing Actor Benedick 65
Fair
1993 Swing Kids Actor Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited) 61
Fair
1992 Peter's Friends Actor Andrew Benson 60
Fair
1991 Dead Again Actor Roman Strauss / Mike Church 60
Fair
1990 Discovering Hamlet Actor Himself / Hamlet 59
Average
1989 Look Back in Anger Actor Jimmy Porter 58
Average
1989 Henry V Actor Henry V 64
Fair
1988 Thompson Actor Self 68
Fair
1988 Strange Interlude Actor Gordon Evans 58
Average
1988 Thames Wallah Actor Narrator N/A
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1987 Fortunes of War Actor Guy Pringle 68
Fair
1987 A Month in the Country Actor James Soon 58
Average
1987 High Season Actor Rick 58
Average
1987 Ghosts Actor Oswald Alving N/A
N/A
1987 Lorna Actor Billy Martin N/A
N/A
1987 The Lady's Not For Burning Actor Thomas Mendip N/A
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1985 Coming Through Actor D.H. Lawrence 58
Average
1984 The Boy in the Bush Actor Jack Grant N/A
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1984 A Coming to Terms for Billy Actor Billy Martin N/A
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1984 The Boy in the Bush Actor Jack Grant N/A
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1983 A Matter of Choice for Billy Actor Billy Martin 59
Average
1983 To the Lighthouse Actor Charles Tansley 58
Average
1982 Easter 2016 Actor Student N/A
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1982 Too Late to Talk to Billy Actor Billy Martin N/A
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1981 Chariots of Fire Actor Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited) 64
Fair
Shackleton - The Greatest Survival Story of All Time Actor Shackleton N/A
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Mayday Actor N/A
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Atonement Actor N/A
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Directing
2023 A Haunting in Venice Directing Director 64
Fair
2022 Death on the Nile Directing Director 63
Fair
2021 Belfast Directing Director 67
Fair
2020 Artemis Fowl Directing Director 56
Average
2018 All Is True Directing Director 59
Average
2017 Murder on the Orient Express Directing Director 66
Fair
2016 Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet Directing Director 59
Average
2015 Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale Directing Director 58
Average
2015 Cinderella Directing Director 67
Fair
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Directing Director 60
Fair
2013 National Theatre Live: Macbeth Directing Stage Director 58
Average
2011 Thor Directing Director 67
Fair
2007 Sleuth Directing Director 60
Fair
2006 The Magic Flute Directing Director 58
Average
2006 As You Like It Directing Director 58
Average
2003 Listening Directing Director 58
Average
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Directing Director 58
Average
1996 Hamlet Directing Director 65
Fair
1995 In the Bleak Midwinter Directing Director 59
Average
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Directing Director 62
Fair
1993 Much Ado About Nothing Directing Director 65
Fair
1992 Peter's Friends Directing Director 60
Fair
1992 Swan Song Directing Director 58
Average
1991 Dead Again Directing Director 60
Fair
1989 Henry V Directing Director 64
Fair
1988 Twelfth Night, or What You Will Directing Director 59
Average
1988 Twelfth Night, or What You Will Directing Stage Director 59
Average
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
2021 Belfast Writing Writer 67
Fair
2006 The Magic Flute Writing Screenplay 58
Average
2006 The Magic Flute Writing Adaptation 58
Average
2006 As You Like It Writing Writer 58
Average
2003 Listening Writing Writer 58
Average
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Writing Screenplay 58
Average
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Writing Writer 58
Average
1996 Hamlet Writing Adaptation 65
Fair
1995 In the Bleak Midwinter Writing Writer 59
Average
1993 Much Ado About Nothing Writing Writer 65
Fair
1989 Henry V Writing Writer 64
Fair
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde Writing Screenplay N/A
N/A

Production
2023 A Haunting in Venice Production Producer 64
Fair
2022 Death on the Nile Production Producer 63
Fair
2021 Belfast Production Producer 67
Fair
2020 Artemis Fowl Production Producer 56
Average
2018 All Is True Production Producer 59
Average
2017 Murder on the Orient Express Production Producer 66
Fair
2013 Thor: The Dark World Production Producer 64
Fair
2008 Wallander Production Executive Producer 71
Good
2007 Sleuth Production Producer 60
Fair
2006 The Magic Flute Production Producer 58
Average
2006 As You Like It Production Producer 58
Average
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Production Producer 58
Average
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Production Co-Producer 62
Fair
1993 Much Ado About Nothing Production Producer 65
Fair
1992 Peter's Friends Production Producer 60
Fair

Crew
2005 Walking with Monsters Crew Acting Double 74
Good