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Kenneth Branagh

b. 1960 · 62 titles in the catalogue

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).

Their work

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  1. Avengers: Infinity War2018as Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002as Gilderoy Lockhart
  3. Thor2011Director
  4. Thor: The Dark World2013Producer
  5. Dunkirk2017as Commander Bolton
  6. Oppenheimer2023as Niels Bohr
  7. Tenet2020as Sator
  8. Murder on the Orient Express2017as Hercule Poirot · Director · Producer
  9. Cinderella2015Director
  10. Death on the Nile2022as Hercule Poirot · Director · Producer
  11. The Road to El Dorado2000as Miguel (voice)
  12. Valkyrie2008as Henning von Tresckow
  13. Wild Wild West1999as Dr. Arliss Loveless
  14. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit2014as Viktor Cherevin · Director
  15. A Haunting in Venice2023as Hercule Poirot · Director · Producer
  16. The Boat That Rocked2009as Dormandy
  17. Artemis Fowl2020Director · Producer
  18. The Devil Wears Prada 22026as Stuart
  19. Belfast2021Director · Producer · Writer
  20. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein1994as Victor Frankenstein · Co-Producer · Director
  21. My Week with Marilyn2011as Sir Laurence Olivier
  22. Chariots of Fire1981as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
  23. Much Ado About Nothing1993as Benedick · Director · Producer · Writer
  24. BLUE EYE SAMURAI2023as Abijah Fowler (voice)
  25. Sleuth2007as Other Man on T.V. · Director · Producer
  26. Hamlet1996as Prince Hamlet · Adaptation · Director
  27. Celebrity1998as Lee Simon
  28. Conspiracy2001as Reinhard Heydrich
  29. Dead Again1991as Roman Strauss / Mike Church · Director
  30. Henry V1989as Henry V · Director · Writer
  31. Rabbit-Proof Fence2002as A. O. Neville
  32. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015as Self
  33. Mindhorn2016as Himself
  34. Fireheart2022as Shawn Nolan (voice)
  35. The Graham Norton Show2007as Self
  36. Swing Kids1993as Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
  37. Real Time with Bill Maher2003as Self
  38. Five Children and It2004as Uncle Albert
  39. Peter's Friends1992as Andrew Benson · Director · Producer
  40. The King of Kings2025as Charles Dickens (voice)
  41. Walking with Dinosaurs1999as Self - Narrator (voice)
  42. The Gingerbread Man1998as Rick Magruder
  43. The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003as Self
  44. Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe2014as Self
  45. Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993as Self - Guest
  46. Wallander2008as Kurt Wallander · Executive Producer
  47. Othello1995as Iago
  48. Looking for Richard1996as Self - Interviewee
  49. All Is True2018as William Shakespeare · Director · Producer
  50. Late Night with Seth Meyers2014as Self
  51. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005as Self
  52. The View1997as Self
  53. As You Like It2006as Self (voice) · Director · Producer · Writer
  54. Walking with Beasts2001as Narrator
  55. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962as Self
  56. Love's Labour's Lost2000as Berowne · Director · Producer · Screenplay · Writer
  57. Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope2011as Self
  58. With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story2010as Self
  59. It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein1994as Self
  60. Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe2012as Self
  61. Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean2026as David Lean (voice)
  62. Mayday2026as Nikolai Ustinov