1944Born, Dunfermline - Scotland - UK
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Scottish born actor Kenneth Cranham is one of the most recognisable character actors in Britain. Having trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, Cranham first came to prominence as Noah Claypole in the 1968 Carol Reed musical Oliver! In the late '70s, Cranham memorably played Sapper Salt in Euston Films' Danger UXB, before taking the title role in the popular postwar set period comedy drama Shine on Harvey Moon. His most famous film role from around this time was Dr. Philip Channard in Hellraiser II. In more recent years he has starred in the HBO series Rome, as well as the films Hot Fuzz, Layer Cake, Valkyrie, Made in Dagenham, Maleficent and Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool.…
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MaleficentKing Henry
Hot FuzzJames Reaper
ValkyrieField Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Layer CakeJimmy Price
A Good YearSir Nigel2021Finding AliceGerry Walsh · 6 episodesShow
2019Mr. JonesLloyd GeorgeMovie
2019Official SecretsJudge HyamMovie
2019Hatton GardenBrian Reader · 4 episodesShow
2019The Spanish PrincessJohn Morton · 1 episodeShow
2019Born a KingLord CurzonMovie
2018Egon Schiele: Dangerous DesiresLeopold CzihaczekMovie
2017BancroftCharlie Haverstock · 4 episodesShow
2017Film Stars Don't Die in LiverpoolJoe TurnerMovie
2017StrikeDennis Creed · 1 episodeShow
2017Dark Ditties Presents: The OfferThe HostMovie
2017The White PrincessJohn Morton · 8 episodesShow
2016Neil Gaiman's Likely StoriesDean Smith · 1 episodeShow
2016War and PeaceUncle Mikhail · 6 episodesShow
2014MaleficentKing HenryMovie
201437 DaysJohn Burns · 3 episodesShow
2014Inside No. 9Rupert · 1 episodeShow
2014The Legend of HerculesLuciusMovie
2013Closed CircuitCameron FischerMovie
2013Flying BlindVictorMovie
2013In the FleshVicar Oddie · 4 episodesShow
2012Panto!JerryMovie
2012Suspension of DisbeliefBullockMovie
2011Graffiti WarsNarrator (Voice)Movie
2011National Theatre Live: The Cherry OrchardFirsMovie
20115 Days of WarMichael StiltonMovie
2011The Night WatchHorace MundyMovie
2010Upstairs DownstairsSgt Ashworth · 1 episodeShow
2010Made in DagenhamMonty TaylorMovie
2009Spanish Flu: The Forgotten FallenMJ O'LoughlinMovie
2009Moving OnMike · 1 episodeShow
2009The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own WordsW H Auden · 1 episodeShow
2008ValkyrieField Marshal Wilhelm KeitelMovie
2008MerlinAulfric · 1 episodeShow
2007Heroes & Villains: NapoleonGeneral CarteauxMovie
2007Heroes and Villains6 episodesShow
2007The Man from MontevideoGary SolwayMovie
2007Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at SeaCaptain TurnerMovie
2007Hot FuzzJames ReaperMovie
2007LiliesHealth Inspector · 8 episodesShow
2006A Good YearSir NigelMovie
2006The Line of BeautySir Maurice Tipper · 1 episodeShow
2006Hannibal: Rome's Worst NightmareNarratorMovie
2006The Chatterley AffairOlder KeithMovie
2006The Lavender ListHarold WilsonMovie
2005RomeGnaeus Pompey Magnus · 12 episodesShow
2005Mangal Pandey - The RisingMr. KentMovie
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleRex Fortescue · 1 episodeShow
2004Layer CakeJimmy PriceMovie
2004TraumaDC JacksonMovie
2004Hannibal: The Man Who Hated RomeNarratorMovie
2004The Genius of MozartLeopold Mozart · 3 episodesShow
2004HustleFrancis Owen · 1 episodeShow
2004Man Dancin'D.I. Walter 'Pancho' VillersMovie
2004New Tricks1 episodeShow
2003Sparkling CyanideGeorge BartonMovie
2003BlackballChairman CollinsMovie
2003Murder Investigation TeamRay Morgan · 1 episodeShow
2003Killing HitlerBrigadier Sir Stewart MenziesMovie
2003PollyannaMr. PendletonMovie
2002Two Men Went To WarSgt. Peter KingMovie
2002Believe NothingDI Aldiss · 1 episodeShow
2002DickensJohn Forster · 3 episodesShow
2002Night FlightTed AtwellMovie
2002The Voynich MysteryNarratorMovie
2001Women Talking DirtyGeorgeMovie
2000Without MotiveDCS Derek Henderson · 12 episodesShow
2000ShinerGibsonMovie
2000Born RomanticBarneyMovie
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage EscapadesColonel SchmidtMovie
2000Gangster No. 1TommyMovie
2000The Most Fertile Man in IrelandDaMovie
2000Lady Audley's SecretSir Michael AudleyMovie
2000Kevin & Perry Go LargeVicarMovie
2000Justice in WonderlandGeorge CarmanMovie
1999The Murder of Stephen LawrenceMichael Mansfield QCMovie
1999The Last YellowLenMovie
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