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Kenneth Branagh
Actor · Crew· Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Film | |
| 2026 | Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean | David Lean (voice) | Film |
| 2026 | Atonement | Michael Reid | Film |
| 2026 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Stuart | Film |
| 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 | Oppenheimer | Niels Bohr | Film |
| 2023 | A Haunting in Venice | Hercule Poirot | Film |
| 2022 | Fireheart | Shawn Nolan (voice) | Film |
| 2022 | Death on the Nile | Hercule Poirot | Film |
| 2022 | This England | Boris Johnson | TV |
| 2020 | Tenet | Sator | Film |
| 2020 | Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’ | Self | Film |
| 2018 | All Is True | William Shakespeare | Film |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Hercule Poirot | Film |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Commander Bolton | Film |
| 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Viktor Cherevin | Film |
| 2014 | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self | 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 |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2008 | Valkyrie | Henning von Tresckow | Film |
| 2008 | Wallander | Kurt Wallander | TV |
| 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 | Walking with Monsters | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2005 | Warm Springs | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Film |
| 2004 | Five Children and It | Uncle Albert | Film |
| 2004 | Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2003 | Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence | Himself / Narrator | Film |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Gilderoy Lockhart | 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 | How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | Peter McGowan | Film |
| 2001 | Walking with Beasts | Narrator | TV |
| 2001 | Conspiracy | Reinhard Heydrich | Film |
| 2000 | Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self / Narrator | Film |
| 2000 | The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs | Narrator | Film |
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | Berowne | Film |
| 2000 | Altman on His Own Terms | Self | Film |
| 2000 | The Road to El Dorado | Miguel (voice) | 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 | Hamlet | Prince Hamlet | Film |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Self - Interviewee | 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 | Swing Kids | Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited) | Film |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | Film |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Andrew Benson | Film |
| 1991 | Dead Again | Roman Strauss / Mike Church | Film |
| 1989 | Henry V | Henry V | Film |
| 1988 | Thompson | Self | TV |
| 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 |
| Laird | Laird of Castle Drummoch | TV | |
| Goblin | (voice) | Film |
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