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Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a Northern Irish-born English actor and film director. He is best known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, but has also directed and appeared in a number of other films and television series. Early life Branagh... See full bio »

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2013 Jack Ryan (post-production)
Viktor Cherevin
 
2012 London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder (TV movie)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
 
2008-2012 Wallander (TV series)
Kurt Wallander
– Before the Frost (2012) … Kurt Wallander
– The Dogs of Riga (2012) … Kurt Wallander
– An Event in Autumn (2012) … Kurt Wallander
– The Fifth Woman (2010) … Kurt Wallander
– The Man Who Smiled (2010) … Kurt Wallander
See all 9 episodes »
 
2011 My Week with Marilyn
Sir Laurence Olivier
 
2011/III Prodigal (short)
Mark Snow
 
2011 A Poem Is... (TV series)
Narrator
 
2010 Masterpiece Mystery (TV series)
Kurt Wallander
– Wallander, Series II: Faceless Killers (2010) … Kurt Wallander
 
2009 Pirate Radio
Sir Alistair Dormandy
 
2008 Valkyrie
Major-General Henning von Tresckow
 
2008 10 Days to War (TV series)
Colonel Tim Collins
– Our Business Is North (2008) … Colonel Tim Collins
 
2007 Sleuth
Other Man on T.V. (uncredited)
 
2006 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– The Man Behind Hitler (2006) … Narrator
 
2005 Warm Springs (TV movie)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 
2004 Five Children and It
Uncle Albert
 
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Professor Gilderoy Lockhart
 
2002 Rabbit-Proof Fence
A.O. Neville
 
2002 Shackleton (TV movie)
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
 
2001 Short6
Periwig-maker (segment "The Periwig-Maker") (voice)
 
2001 Conspiracy (TV movie)
Reinhard Heydrich
 
2001 Schneider's 2nd Stage (short)
Joseph Barnett
 
2000 The Periwig-Maker (short)
Periwig-maker (voice)
 
2000 How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
Peter McGowen
 
2000 The Road to El Dorado
Miguel (voice)
 
2000 Love's Labour's Lost
Berowne
 
1999 Wild Wild West
Dr. Arliss Loveless
 
1999 Alien Love Triangle (short)
Steven Chesterman
 
1998 The Dance of Shiva (short)
Col. Evans
 
1998 The Theory of Flight
Richard
 
1998 Celebrity
Lee Simon
 
1998 The Proposition
Father Michael McKinnon
 
1998 The Gingerbread Man
Rick Magruder
 
1996 Hamlet
Hamlet
 
1995 Othello
Iago
 
1995 Performance (TV series)
Donal Davoren
– Shadow of a Gunman (1995) … Donal Davoren
 
1994 Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein
 
1993 Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick
 
1993 Swing Kids
Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
 
1992 Peter's Friends
Andrew
 
1991 Dead Again
Roman Strauss / Mike Church
 
1989 Henry V
King Henry V
 
1989 Look Back in Anger (TV movie)
Jimmy Porter
 
1988 Thompson (TV series)
Various Roles
– Episode #1.6 (1988) … Various Roles
– Episode #1.5 (1988) … Various Roles
– Episode #1.4 (1988) … Various Roles
– Episode #1.3 (1988) … Various Roles
– Episode #1.2 (1988) … Various Roles
See all 6 episodes »
 
1988 American Playhouse (TV series)
Gordon Evans
– Strange Interlude (1988) … Gordon Evans
 
1987 Fortunes of War (TV mini-series)
Guy Pringle
– The Middle East: January 1943 (1987) … Guy Pringle
– Egypt: September 1942 (1987) … Guy Pringle
– Egypt: April 1941 (1987) … Guy Pringle
– Greece: October 1940 (1987) … Guy Pringle
– Romania: June 1940 (1987) … Guy Pringle
See all 7 episodes »
 
1987 High Season
Rick
 
1987 A Month in the Country
James Moon
 
1987 Theatre Night (TV series)
Oswald
– Ghosts (1987) … Oswald
 
1987 Lorna (TV movie)
Billy
 
1987 The Lady's Not for Burning (TV movie)
Thomas Mendip
 
1985 Coming Through (TV movie)
D.H. Lawrence
 
1982-1984 Play for Today (TV series)
Billy Martin
– A Coming to Terms for Billy (1984) … Billy Martin
– A Matter of Choice for Billy (1983) … Billy Martin
– Too Late to Talk to Billy (1982) … Billy Martin
 
1984 Boy in the Bush (TV mini-series)
Jack Grant
 
1983 Maybury (TV series)
Robert Clyde Moffat
– New Gods for Old: Part 2 (1983) … Robert Clyde Moffat
– New Gods for Old: Part 1 (1983) … Robert Clyde Moffat
 
1983 To the Lighthouse (TV movie)
Charles Tansley
 
1982 Play for Tomorrow (TV series)
Student
– Easter 2016 (1982) … Student
 
1981 Chariots of Fire
Cambridge student - Society Day crowd (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (16 titles)
2014 Cinderella (pre-production)
 
2013 Jack Ryan (post-production)
 
2011 Thor
 
2007 Sleuth
 
2006 The Magic Flute
 
2006 As You Like It
 
2003 Listening (short)
 
2000 Love's Labour's Lost
 
1996 Hamlet
 
1995 A Midwinter's Tale
 
1994 Frankenstein
 
1993 Much Ado About Nothing
 
1992 Peter's Friends
 
1992 Swan Song (short)
 
1991 Dead Again
 
1989 Henry V
 
Show ShowProducer (7 titles)
2008-2012 Wallander (TV series) (executive producer - 9 episodes)
– Before the Frost (2012) (executive producer)
– The Dogs of Riga (2012) (executive producer)
– An Event in Autumn (2012) (executive producer)
– The Fifth Woman (2010) (executive producer)
– The Man Who Smiled (2010) (executive producer)
See all 9 episodes »
 
2007 Sleuth (producer)
 
2006 As You Like It (executive producer, producer)
 
2000 Love's Labour's Lost (producer)
 
1994 Frankenstein (co-producer)
 
1993 Much Ado About Nothing (producer)
 
1992 Peter's Friends (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (8 titles)
2006 The Magic Flute (adapted for the screen by / screenplay)
 
2006 As You Like It (adaptation)
 
2003 Listening (short) (writer)
 
2000 Love's Labour's Lost (screenplay)
 
1996 Hamlet (screenplay)
 
1995 A Midwinter's Tale (written by)
 
1993 Much Ado About Nothing (screenplay)
 
1989 Henry V (adapted for the screen by)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (5 titles)
2005 Warm Springs (TV movie) (performer: "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing")
 
2000 The Road to El Dorado (performer: "It's Tough to Be a God")
 
2000 Love's Labour's Lost (performer: "I'd Rather Charleston", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Cheek To Cheek", "Let's Face The Music And Dance")
 
1992 Peter's Friends (performer: "The Way You Look Tonight", "Orpheus In the Underworld")
 
1988 Thompson (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1988) (performer: "Have a Little Faith in Me" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
2000 The Periwig-Maker (short) (supporter)
 
1997 Great Composers (TV series documentary) (narrated by - 1 episode)
– Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 (1997) (narrated by)
 
1988 Forty Minutes (TV series documentary) (narrator - 1 episode)
– Thames Wallah (1988) (narrator)
 
1988 Twelfth Night, or What You Will (TV movie) (director of stage production)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2012 The Avengers (thanks)
 
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2009/I Indigo (short) (special thanks)
 
2002 Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence (TV documentary) (thanks)
 
2000 Spinning Candyfloss (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (94 titles)
2013 Richard Briers: A Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007-2012 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode #8.260 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #8.273 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #8.168 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #8.86 (2011) … Himself - Guest
– Kenneth Branagh (2011) … Himself
See all 8 episodes »
 
2012 The 84th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
2012 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Movie Talk with Peter Bart (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Michelle Williams/Kenneth Branagh (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 Talking to Billy (TV documentary)
Himself - 'Billy'
 
2012 ES.TV HD (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 31 January 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2008-2012 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself - Interviewed by Guillermo
– Episode #10.113 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #9.123 (2011) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #6.176 (2008) … Himself - Interviewed by Guillermo
 
2012 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Himself
– Kenneth Branagh/Zach Braff/Frank Skinner/Taio Cruz (2012) … Himself
 
2012 The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
2012 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993-2011 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
– Episode dated 28 December 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 24 November 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 12 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 May 2003 (2003) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 9 June 2000 (2000) … Himself - Guest
See all 9 episodes »
 
2007-2011 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 December 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 May 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 October 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2011 Chelsea Lately (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #5.189 (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 August 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 May 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Big Picture (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2011) … Himself
 
1996-2011 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 June 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1990-2011 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 1992 (1992) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 March 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
2011 Janela Indiscreta (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.61 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Daybreak (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber (TV series)
– Kenneth Branagh/Bethany Hamilton/Alan Horn (2011)
 
2011 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.26 (2011) … Himself
 
2010 With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2007-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 June 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 October 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2010 Golden Globes Red Carpet Live (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Mini - Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
 
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2009 Cinetipp (TV series documentary)
– Radio Rock Revolution (2009)
 
1992-2008 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #16.214 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 October 1998 (1998) … Himself
– Episode #3.192 (1994) … Himself
– Episode #2.119 (1993) … Himself
– Episode #1.148 (1992) … Himself
 
2008 Sunday AM (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.5 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Kenneth Branagh Films 'The Magic Flute' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000-2007 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 March 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2000-2007 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 October 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 June 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2007 Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Eigo de shabera-night (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 June 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Secrets of the Dead (TV series documentary)
Himself - Bible Readings
– Battle for the Bible (2007) … Himself - Bible Readings (voice)
 
2007 Continuarà... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 April 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 As You Like It
Himself - offscreen voice (uncredited)
 
2005 Walking with Monsters (TV series documentary)
Himself- Narrator
– Clash of Titans (2005) … Himself- Narrator
– Reptile's Beginnings (2005) … Himself- Narrator
– Water Dwellers (2005) … Himself- Narrator
 
2005 The Goebbels Experiment (documentary)
Narrator (voice: English version)
 
2005 The Royal Wedding of HRH the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 April 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 A Tribute to Joe Mantegna (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 World War 1 in Colour (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
– Victory and Despair (2003) … Narrator (voice)
– Mayhem on the Eastern Front (2003) … Narrator (voice)
– Killers of the Sea (2003) … Narrator (voice)
– Blood in the Air (2003) … Narrator (voice)
– Slaughter in the Trenches (2003) … Narrator (voice)
See all 6 episodes »
 
2003 Interviews with Professors & More (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1996-2002 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) … Himself
– The Road to Eldorado (2000) … Himself
– It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West' (1999) … Himself
– Hamlet (1996) … Himself
 
2002 The Tramp and the Dictator (documentary)
Himself/Narrator (voice)
 
2002 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Robert Altman in England (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence (TV documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
2001 Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Mammoth Journey (2001) … Narrator (voice)
– Sabre Tooth (2001) … Narrator (voice)
– Next of Kin (2001) … Narrator (voice)
– Land of Giants (2001) … Narrator (voice)
– The Beasts Within (2001) … Narrator (voice)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2001 The Beasts Within (TV documentary)
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
 
2001 Triumph of the Beasts (TV documentary)
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
 
2000 Big Al Uncovered (TV documentary short)
Narrator (UK version)
 
2000 The Ballad of Big Al (TV documentary short)
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
 
2000 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (TV documentary)
Himself/Narrator (voice)
 
1996-2000 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 June 2000 (2000) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 January 1998 (1998) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 December 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
2000 The 54th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2000 Funny Turns (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Richard Briers: A Good Life (2000) … Himself
 
2000 William Shakespeare (documentary)
Actor/Director
 
2000 Behind the Scenes: Road to El Dorado (video documentary)
 
1999 The BBC and the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Tribute to Richard Attenborough (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Will Smith Music Video Collection (video documentary)
Dr. Arliss Loveless (segment "Wild Wild West")
 
1999 Walking with Dinosaurs (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Death of a Dynasty (1999) … Narrator (voice)
– Spirits of the Ice Forest (1999) … Narrator (voice)
– Giant of the Skies (1999) … Narrator (voice)
– Cruel Sea (1999) … Narrator (voice)
– Time of the Titans (1999) … Narrator (voice)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1999 Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1999 The Making of 'Walking with Dinosaurs' (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1999 The Book That Wrote Itself
Himself
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 Cold War (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
– After Stalin (1998) … Narrator (voice)
– Backyard (1998) … Narrator (voice)
– Berlin (1998) … Narrator (voice)
– China (1998) … Narrator (voice)
– Comrades (1998) … Narrator (voice)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1997 Dennis Pennis R.I.P. (video)
Himself
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay & Presenter
 
1997 To Be on Camera: A History with Hamlet (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 Great Composers (TV series documentary)
Narrated by / Narrator
– Beethoven (1997) … Narrated by (voice)
– Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
– Johann Sebastian Bach (1997) … Narrated by (voice)
– Mahler (1997) … Narrated by (voice)
– Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 (1997) … Narrated by (voice)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1996 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Very Important Pennis (TV series)
Himself
– Very Important Pennis: Part 1 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 January 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Baron Frankenstein (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Making 'Hamlet' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Looking for Richard (documentary)
Himself (Interview)
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
– Opportunity Lost (1995) … Narrator (voice)
– The Music of Light (1995) … Narrator (voice)
– The Unchained Camera (1995) … Narrator (voice)
– Art's Promised Land (1995) … Narrator (voice)
– Where It All Began (1995) … Narrator (voice)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1995 Anne Frank Remembered (documentary)
Narration (voice)
 
1995 39 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia (TV special)
Himself
 
1994 It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Symphony for the Spire (documentary)
Himself (performing excerpts from 'Henry V')
 
1991 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 August 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1990 The European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Best Director/Co-Presenter: Best Makeup
 
1990 Discovering Hamlet (TV documentary)
Himself / Hamlet
 
1986 Wogan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 August 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2012 Stars in Shorts
Mark Snow
 
2012 The Wright Stuff (TV series)
 
2012 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
 
2011 Prophets of Science Fiction (TV series documentary)
 
2007 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
 
2006 Silenci? (TV series)
 
2003 Interviews with Students (video documentary short)
Prof. Gilderoy Lockhart (uncredited)
 
2003 Build a Scene (video documentary short)
Prof. Gilderoy Lockhart (uncredited)
 
2000 Aleph, lectures contades (TV series documentary)
 
1993 Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes (TV movie)
Himself on Wogan
 

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Co-founded the Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987. Performed in "Public Enemy" which he also wrote and directed (1987), as the title role in Shakespeare's "Hamlet", Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing", Touchstone in "As You Like It" (all 1988), Jimmy in "Look... See more »

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Alternate Names:

Ken Branagh

Height:

5' 9½" (1.77 m)
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There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them. See more »

Trivia:

Shares two film roles with Laurence Olivier: Henry V and Hamlet. He and Olivier also both directed their own performances in both films. He also directed Sleuth, a remake of the 1972 film, in which Olivier starred. This time, Michael Caine played Olivier's part, while Jude Law played the second of two roles he shared with Caine - having previously appeared in Alfie... See more »

Trademark:

Frequently gives small roles to Patrick Doyle, his composer See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Sagittarius