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Kenneth Branagh, knighted in 2012, is a British actor and filmmaker whose career spans stage, screen, and adaptations of Shakespeare’s works. Born in Belfast and trained at RADA, Branagh has directed and starred in films like "Henry V," "Hamlet," and "Belfast," earning numerous accolades including BAFTAs, Emmys, and an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Beyond Shakespeare, he has helmed blockbusters such as "Thor" and "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein," and starred in diverse projects from "Wild Wild West" to Christopher Nolan’s "Dunkirk." Branagh’s versatility extends to television, where he has received Emmy recognition for his portrayal of Reinhard Heydrich in "Conspiracy.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean | David Lean (voice) | Film |
| 2026 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Stuart | Film |
| 2026 | Atonement | Michael Reid | Film |
| 2026 | Mayday | Nikolai Ustinov | TV |
| 2025 | The King of Kings | Charles Dickens (voice) | Film |
| 2025 | Tea with Judi Dench | Self | Film |
| 2023 | BLUE EYE SAMURAI | Abijah Fowler (voice) | TV |
| 2023 | A Haunting in Venice | Hercule Poirot | Film |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Niels Bohr | Film |
| 2023 | A Haunting in Venice | Director | Film |
| 2022 | Fireheart | Shawn Nolan (voice) | Film |
| 2022 | This England | Boris Johnson | TV |
| 2022 | Death on the Nile | Hercule Poirot | Film |
| 2022 | Death on the Nile | Director | Film |
| 2021 | Belfast | Director | Film |
| 2020 | Tenet | Sator | Film |
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl | Director | Film |
| 2018 | All Is True | William Shakespeare | Film |
| 2018 | All Is True | Director | Film |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Hercule Poirot | Film |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Commander Bolton | Film |
| 2014 | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self | Film |
| 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Viktor Cherevin | Film |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: Macbeth | Macbeth | Film |
| 2012 | London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | Film |
| 2012 | Stars in Shorts | Mark Snow | Film |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Sir Laurence Olivier | Film |
| 2011 | Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope | Self | Film |
| 2010 | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Self | Film |
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked | Dormandy | Film |
| 2008 | Wallander | Kurt Wallander | TV |
| 2008 | Valkyrie | Henning von Tresckow | Film |
| 2007 | Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out | Self | Film |
| 2007 | Sleuth | Other Man on T.V. | Film |
| 2006 | As You Like It | Self (voice) | Film |
| 2006 | The Man Behind Hitler | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2005 | The Goebbels Experiment | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2005 | Warm Springs | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Film |
| 2005 | Walking with Monsters | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2004 | Five Children and It | Uncle Albert | Film |
| 2003 | Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence | Himself / Narrator | Film |
| 2002 | How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | Peter McGowan | Film |
| 2002 | The Tramp and the Dictator | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2002 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | A. O. Neville | Film |
| 2002 | Shackleton | Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton | TV |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Gilderoy Lockhart | Film |
| 2001 | Walking with Beasts | Narrator | TV |
| 2001 | Conspiracy | Reinhard Heydrich | Film |
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | Berowne | Film |
| 2000 | Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self / Narrator | Film |
| 2000 | The Road to El Dorado | Miguel (voice) | Film |
| 2000 | The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs | Narrator | Film |
| 1999 | Walking with Dinosaurs | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV |
| 1999 | IMAX: Galapagos 3D | Narrator | Film |
| 1999 | The Theory of Flight | Richard | Film |
| 1999 | The Periwig-Maker | Periwig-maker (voice) | Film |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West | Dr. Arliss Loveless | Film |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Lee Simon | Film |
| 1998 | The Proposition | Father Michael McKinnon | Film |
| 1998 | Universal Horror | Narrator | Film |
| 1998 | Cold War | TV | |
| 1998 | The Gingerbread Man | Rick Magruder | Film |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Self - Interviewee | Film |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Prince Hamlet | Film |
| 1995 | Othello | Iago | Film |
| 1995 | Anne Frank Remembered | Narration (voice) | Film |
| 1994 | It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Self | Film |
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Victor Frankenstein | Film |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | Film |
| 1993 | Swing Kids | Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited) | Film |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Andrew Benson | Film |
| 1991 | Dead Again | Roman Strauss / Mike Church | Film |
| 1989 | Henry V | Henry V | Film |
| 1987 | Lorna | Billy Martin | Film |
| 1987 | Ghosts | Oswald Alving | Film |
| 1987 | High Season | Rick | Film |
| 1987 | A Month in the Country | James Moon | Film |
| 1983 | To the Lighthouse | Charles Tansley | Film |
| The Goblin | (voice) | Film | |
| The Making of Dunkirk | Self | Film |
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