Kenneth Branagh



First NameKenneth
Last NameBranagh
Full Name at BirthKenneth Charles Branagh
Age51
Date of BirthDecember 10, 1960
BirthplaceBelfast, Northern Ireland
Height5' 9½" (177 cm)
BuildAverage
Eye ColorBrown - Dark
Hair ColorBrown - Light
Star SignSagittarius
ReligionProtestant
EthnicityWhite
NationalityNorthern Irish
High SchoolMeadway Comprehensive School, Reading
UniversityQueen`s University Belfast
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameHenry V, Dead Again

Kenneth Charles Branagh (pronounced 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 appeared in a number of films and television series.


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Filmography

Selected Kenneth Branagh film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2011
Sir Laurence Olivier

2011
Prodigal
Mark Snow

2009
Sir Alistair Dormandy

2008
Major-General Henning von Tresckow

2008
Kurt Wallander

2008
10 Days to War
Colonel Tim Collins

2007
Other Man on T.V.

2004
Uncle Albert

2002
Professor Gilderoy Lockhart

2002
A.O. Neville

2002
Alien Love Triangle
Steven Chesterman

2002
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

2001
Schneider's 2nd Stage
Joseph Barnett

2001
Reinhard Heydrich

2001
Short6
Periwig-maker

2000
Peter McGowen

2000
Berowne

2000
Miguel

2000
The Periwig-Maker
Periwig-maker

1999
Dr. Arliss Loveless

1998
Lee Simon

1998
Rick Magruder

1998
Father Michael McKinnon

1998
Richard

1998
The Dance of Shiva
Col. Evans

1996

1995
Iago

1993
Herr Knopp, Gestapo

1992
Andrew Benson

1992
Performance
Donal Davoren

1989
King Henry V

1989
Jimmy Porter

1988
Strange Interlude
Gordon Evans

1988
Narrator

1988
Thompson
Various Roles

1987
James Moon

1987
High Season
Rick

1987
Guy Pringle

1987
The Lady's Not for Burning
Thomas Mendip

1987
Lorna
Billy

1985
Coming Through
D.H. Lawrence

1984
Boy in the Bush
Jack Grant

1983
To the Lighthouse
Charles Tansley

1982
Play for Tomorrow
Student

1981
Artist

1981
Maybury
Robert Clyde Moffat

1970
Play for Today
Billy, Billy Martin

Theatre Night
Oswald

Director Credits

2011
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2007
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2003
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1996
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1994
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1992
Swan Song
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1991
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1989
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Producer Credits

2008
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2007
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1994
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
Kenneth Branagh
BAFTA Award for Best Direction
Kenneth Branagh
Films directed by Kenneth Branagh
Dead Again (1991)
Frankenstein (1994)
Hamlet (1996)
Henry V (1989)
Kenneth Branagh
Sleuth (2007)
Thor (2011)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie (2001–2025)
Kenneth Branagh