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Kenneth Branagh

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1960Born, Belfast

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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),…

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Known for

Avengers: Infinity WarAsgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsGilderoy Lockhart

ThorDirector

Thor: The Dark WorldProducer

DunkirkCommander Bolton

Filmography

All Acting Directing Writing Producing

2027The Thomas Crown AffairMovie

2026Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David LeanDavid Lean (voice)Movie

2026AtonementMichael ReidMovie

2026MaydayNikolai UstinovMovie

2026The Devil Wears Prada 2StuartMovie

2025The American Revolution(voice) · 6 episodesShow

2025The King of KingsCharles Dickens (voice)Movie

2023BLUE EYE SAMURAIAbijah Fowler (voice) · 8 episodesShow

2023A Haunting in VeniceHercule PoirotMovie

2023OppenheimerNiels BohrMovie

2022This EnglandBoris Johnson · 6 episodesShow

2022Death on the NileHercule PoirotMovie

2022FireheartShawn Nolan (voice)Movie

2020TenetSatorMovie

2019Lost LivesNarratorMovie

2018All Is TrueWilliam ShakespeareMovie

2018Avengers: Infinity WarAsgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)Movie

2017Murder on the Orient ExpressHercule PoirotMovie

2017DunkirkCommander BoltonMovie

2016Branagh Theatre Live: The EntertainerArchie RiceMovie

2015Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's TaleLeontesMovie

2014Jack Ryan: Shadow RecruitViktor CherevinMovie

2013National Theatre Live: MacbethMacbethMovie

2012Stars in ShortsMark SnowMovie

2012London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of WonderIsambard Kingdom BrunelMovie

2011My Week with MarilynSir Laurence OlivierMovie

2011Discovering HamletHamlet (archive footage)Movie

2011ProdigalMark SnowMovie

20091939: Hollywood's Greatest YearNarrator (voice)Movie

2009The Boat That RockedDormandyMovie

2008ValkyrieHenning von TresckowMovie

2008WallanderKurt Wallander · 12 episodesShow

200810 Days to WarColonel Tim Collins · 1 episodeShow

2008Alien Love TriangleSteven ChestermanMovie

2007SleuthOther Man on T.V.Movie

2005Walking with MonstersNarrator (voice)Movie

2005Walking with MonstersNarrator (voice) · 3 episodesShow

2005Warm SpringsFranklin Delano RooseveltMovie

2005The Goebbels ExperimentNarrator (voice)Movie

2004Five Children and ItUncle AlbertMovie

2004Cecil B. DeMille: American EpicNarrator (voice)Movie

2003World War I in ColourNarrator · 6 episodesShow

2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsGilderoy LockhartMovie

2002How to Kill Your Neighbor's DogPeter McGowanMovie

2002The Tramp and the DictatorNarrator (voice)Movie

2002Rabbit-Proof FenceA. O. NevilleMovie

2002ShackletonSir Ernest Henry Shackleton · 2 episodesShow

2001The Beasts WithinNarrator (voice)Movie

2001Triumph of the BeastsNarrator (voice)Movie

2001Walking with BeastsNarrator · 6 episodesShow

2001ConspiracyReinhard HeydrichMovie

2001Schneider's 2nd StageJoseph BarnettMovie

2000The Ballad of Big AlNarrator · 2 episodesShow

2000The Book That Wrote ItselfKenneth BranaghMovie

2000The Road to El DoradoMiguel (voice)Movie

2000Love's Labour's LostBerowneMovie

2000The Making of Walking with DinosaursNarratorMovie

1999The Periwig-MakerPeriwig-maker (voice)Movie

1999IMAX: Galapagos 3DNarratorMovie

1999Wild Wild WestDr. Arliss LovelessMovie

1999The Theory of FlightRichardMovie

1998The Dance of ShivaColonel EvansMovie

1998Universal HorrorNarratorMovie

1998CelebrityLee SimonMovie

1998Cold War24 episodesShow

1998The PropositionFather Michael McKinnonMovie

1998The Gingerbread ManRick MagruderMovie

1996HamletPrince HamletMovie

1996TFI Friday1 episodeShow

1995OthelloIagoMovie

1995Shadow of a GunmanDonal DavorenMovie

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