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Kenneth Branagh

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Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh is an actor born on December 10, 1960 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He is known for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Dunkirk and Tenet. GloboWatch shows where to watch 5 of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
December 10, 1960
Place of birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Also known as
Sir Kenneth Charles 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 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).

Filmography

  1. 2026Maydayas Nikolai Ustinov
  2. 2026The Devil Wears Prada 2as Stuart
  3. 2025The American Revolutionas (voice) · 6 episodes
  4. 2025The King of Kingsas Charles Dickens (voice)
  5. 2023BLUE EYE SAMURAIas Abijah Fowler (voice) · 8 episodes
  6. 2023A Haunting in Veniceas Hercule Poirot · Director · Producer
  7. 2023Oppenheimeras Niels Bohr
  8. 2022Death on the Nileas Hercule Poirot · Director · Producer
  9. 2022Fireheartas Shawn Nolan (voice)
  10. 2021BelfastProducer · Writer · Director
  11. 2020Tenetas Sator
  12. 2020Artemis FowlDirector · Producer
  13. 2018All Is Trueas William Shakespeare · Director · Producer
  14. 2018Avengers: Infinity Waras Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)
  15. 2017Murder on the Orient Expressas Hercule Poirot · Director · Producer
  16. 2017Dunkirkas Commander Bolton
  17. 2016Mindhornas Himself
  18. 2015CinderellaDirector
  19. 2014Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universeas Self
  20. 2014Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruitas Viktor Cherevin · Director
  21. 2013Thor: The Dark WorldProducer
  22. 2012London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonderas Isambard Kingdom Brunel
  23. 2011My Week with Marilynas Sir Laurence Olivier
  24. 2011Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hopeas Self
  25. 2011ThorDirector
  26. 2009The Boat That Rockedas Dormandy
  27. 2008Valkyrieas Henning von Tresckow
  28. 2008Wallanderas Kurt Wallander · 12 episodes · Executive producer
  29. 2007Sleuthas Other Man on T.V. · Director · Producer
  30. 2006As You Like Itas Self (voice) · Writer · Director · Producer
  31. 2005Walking with Monstersas Narrator (voice) · 3 episodes
  32. 2004Five Children and Itas Uncle Albert
  33. 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsas Gilderoy Lockhart
  34. 2002How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dogas Peter McGowan
  35. 2002Rabbit-Proof Fenceas A. O. Neville
  36. 2002Shackletonas Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton · 2 episodes
  37. 2001Walking with Beastsas Narrator · 6 episodes
  38. 2001Conspiracyas Reinhard Heydrich
  39. 2000The Road to El Doradoas Miguel (voice)
  40. 2000Love's Labour's Lostas Berowne · Writer · Director · Producer · Screenplay
  41. 1999Walking with Dinosaursas Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 episodes
  42. 1999Wild Wild Westas Dr. Arliss Loveless
  43. 1999The Theory of Flightas Richard
  44. 1998Celebrityas Lee Simon
  45. 1998The Propositionas Father Michael McKinnon
  46. 1998The Gingerbread Manas Rick Magruder
  47. 1996Hamletas Prince Hamlet · Director
  48. 1996Looking for Richardas Self - Interviewee
  49. 1995Othelloas Iago
  50. 1995In the Bleak MidwinterDirector · Writer
  51. 1994Mary Shelley's Frankensteinas Victor Frankenstein · Director
  52. 1993Much Ado About Nothingas Benedick · Director · Producer · Writer
  53. 1993Swing Kidsas Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
  54. 1992Peter's Friendsas Andrew Benson · Director · Producer
  55. 1991Dead Againas Roman Strauss / Mike Church · Director
  56. 1989Henry Vas Henry V · Director · Writer
  57. 1988American Experienceas Narrator (voice) · 1 episode
  58. 1987A Month in the Countryas James Moon
  59. 1981Chariots of Fireas Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
  60. 1953The Oscarsas Self · 2 episodes