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Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh’s screen credits include Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Commander Bolton in Dunkirk, and director work on Cinderella.
Born December 10, 1960 Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK8 movies on MoviHero
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About Kenneth Branagh
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). He was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director for Henry V and Best Adapted Screenplay for Hamlet. …
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He directed Swan Song (1992), which earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He also directed Peter's Friends (1992), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Thor (2011), and Cinderella (2015). For his semi-autobiographical film Belfast (2021), he was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Director and won Best Original Screenplay.
Branagh directed and starred as Hercule Poirot in the Hercule Poirot film series (2017–present). He has also acted in Celebrity (1998), Wild Wild West (1999), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), and Valkyrie (2008). His portrayal of Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn (2011) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played supporting roles in Christopher Nolan's films Dunkirk (2017), Tenet (2020), and Oppenheimer (2023).
Branagh has starred in the BBC1 series Fortunes of War (1987), the Channel 4 series Shackleton (2002), the television film Warm Springs (2005), and the BBC One series Wallander (2008–2016). He received a Primetime Emmy Award and an International Emmy Award for Best Actor for portraying SS leader Reinhard Heydrich in the HBO film Conspiracy (2001).
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- 2027The Thomas Crown AffairCrime · RomanceActorUpcoming
- 2026Atonement1h 58m · Drama · WarMichael Reid
- 2026Mayday1h 50m · Action · ComedyNikolai Ustinov
- 2020Tenet2h 30m · Action · Science FictionSator
- 2017Dunkirk1h 47m · Action · DramaCommander Bolton
- 2015Cinderella1h 45m · Drama · FamilyDirector
- 2011Thor1h 55m · Action · AdventureDirector
- 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2h 41m · Adventure · FantasyGilderoy Lockhart
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- 2026Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David LeanDavid Lean (voice)
- 2026The Devil Wears Prada 2Stuart
- 2025Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth BranaghSelf
- 2025The King of KingsCharles Dickens (voice)
- 2023A Haunting in VeniceDirector · Producer · Hercule Poirot
- 2023OppenheimerNiels Bohr
- 2022Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to AqabaSelf
- 2022Denzel Washington: A Model AmericanSelf
- 2022Death on the NileDirector · Producer · Hercule Poirot
- 2022FireheartShawn Nolan (voice)
- 2021BelfastProducer · Writer · Director
- 2020Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’Self
- 2020Artemis FowlDirector · Producer
- 2019Lost LivesNarrator
- 2018All Is TrueDirector · Producer · William Shakespeare
- 2018Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years - More Than a HeroSelf
- 2018Avengers: Infinity WarAsgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)
- 2017Murder on the Orient ExpressDirector · Producer · Hercule Poirot
- 2016Branagh Theatre Live: The EntertainerArchie Rice
- 2016MindhornHimself
- 2016Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and JulietDirector
- 2015Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's TaleDirector · Leontes
- 2014Marvel Studios: Assembling a UniverseSelf
- 2014Jack Ryan: Shadow RecruitDirector · Viktor Cherevin
- 2013Thor: The Dark WorldProducer
- 2013National Theatre Live: MacbethDirector · Macbeth
- 2012Stars in ShortsMark Snow
- 2012London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of WonderIsambard Kingdom Brunel
- 2011My Week with MarilynSir Laurence Olivier
- 2011Discovering HamletHamlet (archive footage)
- 2011Thor: From Asgard to EarthSelf
- 2011Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's HopeSelf
- 2011ProdigalMark Snow
- 2010With Great Power: The Stan Lee StorySelf
- 2009A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of EpicsSelf
- 2009A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of ThrillersSelf
- 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest YearNarrator (voice)
- 2009The Boat That RockedDormandy
- 2008ValkyrieHenning von Tresckow
- 2008Alien Love TriangleSteven Chesterman
- 2007SleuthDirector · Producer · Other Man on T.V.
- 2007Stephen Fry: 50 Not OutSelf
- 2007James Ellis: An Actor's LifeHimself
- 2006The Magic FluteDirector · Writer · Producer
- 2006As You Like ItWriter · Director · Producer · Self (voice)
- 2005Walking with MonstersNarrator (voice)
- 2005Warm SpringsFranklin Delano Roosevelt
- 2005The Goebbels ExperimentNarrator (voice)
- 2004Five Children and ItUncle Albert
- 2004The Magic Touch of Harry PotterSelf
- 2004Cecil B. DeMille: American EpicNarrator (voice)
- 2003ListeningDirector · Writer
- 2003Following the Rabbit-Proof FenceHimself / Narrator
- 2002How to Kill Your Neighbor's DogPeter McGowan
- 2002The Tramp and the DictatorNarrator (voice)
- 2002Rabbit-Proof FenceA. O. Neville
- 2001The Beasts WithinNarrator (voice)
- 2001Triumph of the BeastsNarrator (voice)
- 2001ConspiracyReinhard Heydrich
- 2001Schneider's 2nd StageJoseph Barnett
- 2000Lon Chaney: A Thousand FacesSelf / Narrator
- 2000The Book That Wrote ItselfKenneth Branagh
- 2000Love's Labour's LostWriter · Director · Producer · Berowne
- 2000The Road to El DoradoMiguel (voice)
- 2000The Making of Walking with DinosaursNarrator
- 2000Altman on His Own TermsSelf
- 1999Wild Wild West: Evil DevicesHimself
- 1999Wild Wild West: Loveless's LadiesHimself
- 1999The Periwig-MakerPeriwig-maker (voice)
- 1999IMAX: Galapagos 3DNarrator
- 1999Wild Wild WestDr. Arliss Loveless
- 1999It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'Self
- 1999The Theory of FlightRichard
- 1998The Dance of ShivaColonel Evans
- 1998Universal HorrorNarrator
- 1998CelebrityLee Simon
- 1998The PropositionFather Michael McKinnon
- 1998The Gingerbread ManRick Magruder
- 1996HamletDirector · Prince Hamlet
- 1996Looking for RichardSelf - Interviewee
- 1995OthelloIago
- 1995Shadow of a GunmanDonal Davoren
- 1995In the Bleak MidwinterDirector · Writer
- 1995Anne Frank RememberedNarration (voice)
- 1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinDirector · Producer · Victor Frankenstein
- 1994It's Alive: The True Story of FrankensteinSelf
- 1993Much Ado About NothingDirector · Producer · Writer · Benedick
- 1993Swing KidsHerr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
- 1992Peter's FriendsDirector · Producer · Andrew Benson
- 1992Swan SongDirector
- 1992Symphony for the SpireActor
- 1991Dead AgainDirector · Roman Strauss / Mike Church
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