Actor

Kenneth Branagh

December 10, 1960 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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), Othello (1995), Hamlet (1996), and As You Like It (2006).

Notable work

8.2
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
as Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)
7.7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
as Gilderoy Lockhart
6.8
Thor (2011)
Director
7.5
Dunkirk (2017)
as Commander Bolton
8
Oppenheimer (2023)
as Niels Bohr
7.2
Tenet (2020)
as Sator
6.7
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
as Hercule Poirot and Director
6.8
Cinderella (2015)
Director
6.4
Death on the Nile (2022)
as Hercule Poirot and Director
7.3
The Road to El Dorado (2000)
as Miguel (voice)
7
Valkyrie (2008)
as Henning von Tresckow
5.3
Wild Wild West (1999)
as Dr. Arliss Loveless

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