Kenneth Branagh

Sir Kenneth Branagh
Sir Kenneth Branagh
	Branagh in 2015
Born	Kenneth Charles Branagh; 10 December 1960 (age 65); Belfast, United Kingdom, England
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Spouse(s)	Emma Thompson; (m. 1989–1995, divorced); Lindsay Brunnock (m. 2003–present)
Awards	Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie; 2001 Conspiracy

Sir Kenneth Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a British actor, movie director and television producer. He played Hamlet. He has directed and acted in many Shakespeare adaptations. He has acted alongside popular actors including: Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton, Maggie Smith and Alan Rickman. He is also known for being the director and star of his Hercule Poirot movie adaptations.

Branagh was the president of the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts in London from 2015 to 2024.

In 2022, he won a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for screenplay writing for his movie Belfast. Branagh is known for his William Shakespeare film adaptations (1989-2006). He has also portrayed Agatha Christie's Belgian detective character, Hercule Poirot, appearing in Murder on The Orient Express, Death on The Nile, and A Haunting in Venice.

He is set to star in Mayday, Apple TV's upcoming action thriller movie, alongside Ryan Reynolds.^[1]

Filmography

Year 1989	Title Henry v	Role title character	Notes he was nominated an Oscar for best director and actor
1981	Chariots of Fire	Cambridge Student	Uncredited
1987	A Month in the Country	James Moon
1987	High Season	Rick
1989	Henry V	Henry V
1991	Dead Again	Mike Church / Roman Strauss
1992	Peter's Friends	Andrew Benson
1993	Much Ado About Nothing	Benedick
1993	Swing Kids	Herr Knopp, Gestapo	Uncredited
1994	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Victor Frankenstein
1995	Othello	Iago
1996	Hamlet	Prince Hamlet
1998	The Gingerbread Man	Rick Magruder
	The Theory of Flight	Richard
	Celebrity	Lee Simon
	The Proposition	Father Michael McKinnon
	The Dance of Shiva	Colonel Evans	Short film
1999	Alien Love Triangle	Steven Chesterman	Short film
1999	Wild Wild West	Dr. Arliss Loveless
2000	Love's Labour's Lost	Berowne
	The Road to El Dorado	Miguel (voice)
	How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog	Peter McGowen
	Periwig Maker	The Periwig Maker	Short film
2001	Schneider's 2nd Stage	Joseph Barnett	Short film
2002	Rabbit Proof Fence	A.O. Neville
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Gilderoy Lockhart
2004	Five Children & It	Uncle Albert
2007	Sleuth	Man on TV	Uncredited
2008	Valkyrie	Henning von Tresckow
2009	The Boat That Rocked	Sir Alistair Dormandy
2011	My Week with Marilyn	Laurence Olivier
2012	Stars in Shorts	Mark Snow	Short Film, episode: "Prodigal"
2014	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	Viktor Cherevin
2016	Mindhorn	Himself	Cameo
2017	Dunkirk	Commander Bolton
2017	Murder on the Orient Express	Hercule Poirot
2018	Avengers: Infinity War	Asgardian Distress Caller (voice)	Uncredited
2018	All Is True	William Shakespeare
2020	Tenet	Andrei Sator
2022	Fireheart	Shawn Nolan	Voice
2022	Death on the Nile	Hercule Poirot
2023	Oppenheimer	Niels Bohr
2023	A Haunting in Venice	Hercule Poirot
2025	The King of Kings	Charles Dickens	Voice

Other websites

Kenneth Branagh on IMDb

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References

↑ Kroll, Justin (2023-06-08). "Ryan Reynolds & Kenneth Branagh To Star In 'Mayday'; Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley Directing Action-Adventure Pic For Apple And Skydance". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-11-09.

[1] Kroll, Justin (2023-06-08). "Ryan Reynolds & Kenneth Branagh To Star In 'Mayday'; Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley Directing Action-Adventure Pic For Apple And Skydance". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-11-09.

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