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Kenneth Branagh


Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a Northern Irish-born English actor and film director. He is best known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, but has also directed and appeared in a number of other films and television series. Early life Branagh... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (56 titles)
2013 Jack Ryan (filming)
Viktor Cherevin
 
2008-2012 Wallander (TV series)
Kurt Wallander
 
2011/III Prodigal (short)
Mark Snow
 
2011 A Poem Is... (TV series)
Narrator
 
2010 Masterpiece Mystery (TV series)
Kurt Wallander
Wallander, Series II: Faceless Killers (2010) … Kurt Wallander
 
2008 10 Days to War (TV series)
Colonel Tim Collins
Our Business Is North (2008) … Colonel Tim Collins
 
2007 Sleuth
Other Man on T.V. (uncredited)
 
2006 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Narrator
The Man Behind Hitler (2006) … Narrator
 
2004 Five Children and It
Uncle Albert
 
2001 Short6
Periwig-maker (segment "The Periwig-Maker") (voice)
 
2001 Conspiracy (TV movie)
Reinhard Heydrich
 
2001 Schneider's 2nd Stage (short)
Joseph Barnett
 
2000 The Periwig-Maker (short)
Periwig-maker (voice)
 
2000 How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
Peter McGowen
 
2000 The Road to El Dorado
Miguel (voice)
 
1999 Alien Love Triangle (short)
Steven Chesterman
 
1998 The Dance of Shiva (short)
Col. Evans
 
1998 The Theory of Flight
Richard
 
1996 Hamlet
Hamlet
 
1995 Othello
Iago
 
1995 Performance (TV series)
Donal Davoren
 
1993 Swing Kids
Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
 
1992 Peter's Friends
Andrew
 
1989 Look Back in Anger (TV movie)
Jimmy Porter
 
1988 Thompson (TV series)
Various Roles
Episode #1.6 (1988) … Various Roles
Episode #1.5 (1988) … Various Roles
Episode #1.4 (1988) … Various Roles
Episode #1.3 (1988) … Various Roles
Episode #1.2 (1988) … Various Roles
 
1988 American Playhouse (TV series)
Gordon Evans
 
1987 Fortunes of War (TV mini-series)
Guy Pringle
 
1987 High Season
Rick
 
1987 A Month in the Country
James Moon
 
1987 Theatre Night (TV series)
Oswald
Ghosts (1987) … Oswald
 
1987 Lorna (TV movie)
Billy
 
1985 Coming Through (TV movie)
D.H. Lawrence
 
1982-1984 Play for Today (TV series)
Billy Martin
 
1984 Boy in the Bush (TV mini-series)
Jack Grant
 
1983 Maybury (TV series)
Robert Clyde Moffat
 
1983 To the Lighthouse (TV movie)
Charles Tansley
 
1982 Play for Tomorrow (TV series)
Student
Easter 2016 (1982) … Student
 
1981 Chariots of Fire
Cambridge student - Society Day crowd (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (16 titles)
2013 Jack Ryan (filming)
 
2011 Thor
 
2007 Sleuth
 
2006 The Magic Flute
 
2006 As You Like It
 
2003 Listening (short)
 
1996 Hamlet
 
1994 Frankenstein
 
1992 Peter's Friends
 
1992 Swan Song (short)
 
1991 Dead Again
 
1989 Henry V
 
Show ShowProducer (8 titles)
2013 Thor: The Dark World (producer) (filming)
 
2008-2012 Wallander (TV series) (executive producer - 9 episodes)
Before the Frost (2012) (executive producer)
The Dogs of Riga (2012) (executive producer)
An Event in Autumn (2012) (executive producer)
The Fifth Woman (2010) (executive producer)
The Man Who Smiled (2010) (executive producer)
 
2007 Sleuth (producer)
 
2006 As You Like It (executive producer, producer)
 
2000 Love's Labour's Lost (producer)
 
1994 Frankenstein (co-producer)
 
1993 Much Ado About Nothing (producer)
 
1992 Peter's Friends (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (8 titles)
2006 The Magic Flute (adapted for the screen by / screenplay)
 
2006 As You Like It (adaptation)
 
2003 Listening (short) (writer)
 
2000 Love's Labour's Lost (screenplay)
 
1996 Hamlet (screenplay)
 
1995 A Midwinter's Tale (written by)
 
1993 Much Ado About Nothing (screenplay)
 
1989 Henry V (adapted for the screen by)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
2000 The Periwig-Maker (short) (supporter)
 
1997 Great Composers (TV series documentary) (narrated by - 1 episode)
Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 (1997) (narrated by)
 
1988 Forty Minutes (TV series documentary) (narrator - 1 episode)
Thames Wallah (1988) (narrator)
 
1988 Twelfth Night, or What You Will (TV movie) (director of stage production)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
2005 Warm Springs (TV movie) (performer: "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing")
 
2000 The Road to El Dorado (performer: "It's Tough to Be a God")
 
1992 Peter's Friends (performer: "The Way You Look Tonight", "Orpheus In the Underworld")
 
Show ShowThanks (5 titles)
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2009/I Indigo (short) (special thanks)
 
2002 Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence (TV documentary) (thanks)
 
2000 Spinning Candyfloss (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (92 titles)
2007-2012 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 19 July 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode #8.273 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode #8.168 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode #8.86 (2011) … Himself - Guest
Kenneth Branagh (2011) … Himself
 
2012 The 84th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
2012 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Movie Talk with Peter Bart (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Michelle Williams/Kenneth Branagh (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 Talking to Billy (TV documentary)
Himself - 'Billy'
 
2012 ES.TV HD (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 31 January 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2008-2012 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself - Interviewed by Guillermo
Episode #10.113 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode #9.123 (2011) … Himself - Guest
Episode #6.176 (2008) … Himself - Interviewed by Guillermo
 
2012 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Himself
 
2012 The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
2012 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993-2011 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
Episode dated 28 December 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 24 November 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 12 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 22 May 2003 (2003) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 9 June 2000 (2000) … Himself - Guest
 
2007-2011 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 December 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 4 May 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 10 October 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2011 Chelsea Lately (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode #5.189 (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 August 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 5 May 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Big Picture (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.2 (2011) … Himself
 
1996-2011 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 28 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 14 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 7 June 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1990-2011 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 28 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 26 February 1992 (1992) … Himself
Episode dated 7 March 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
2011 Janela Indiscreta (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.61 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Daybreak (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode #6.26 (2011) … Himself
 
2010 With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2007-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 June 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 3 October 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2010 Golden Globes Red Carpet Live (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Mini - Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
 
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1992-2008 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
Episode #16.214 (2008) … Himself
Episode dated 28 October 1998 (1998) … Himself
Episode #3.192 (1994) … Himself
Episode #2.119 (1993) … Himself
Episode #1.148 (1992) … Himself
 
2008 Sunday AM (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.5 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Kenneth Branagh Films 'The Magic Flute' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000-2007 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 11 March 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2000-2007 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 October 2007 (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 7 June 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2007 Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Eigo de shabera-night (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 June 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Secrets of the Dead (TV series documentary)
Himself - Bible Readings
Battle for the Bible (2007) … Himself - Bible Readings (voice)
 
2007 Continuarà... (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 April 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 As You Like It
Himself - offscreen voice (uncredited)
 
2005 Walking with Monsters (TV series documentary)
Himself- Narrator
Clash of Titans (2005) … Himself- Narrator
Reptile's Beginnings (2005) … Himself- Narrator
Water Dwellers (2005) … Himself- Narrator
 
2005 The Goebbels Experiment (documentary)
Narrator (voice: English version)
 
2005 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 April 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 A Tribute to Joe Mantegna (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 World War 1 in Colour (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
Victory and Despair (2003) … Narrator (voice)
Mayhem on the Eastern Front (2003) … Narrator (voice)
Killers of the Sea (2003) … Narrator (voice)
Blood in the Air (2003) … Narrator (voice)
Slaughter in the Trenches (2003) … Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Interviews with Professors & More (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1996-2002 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Road to Eldorado (2000) … Himself
Hamlet (1996) … Himself
 
2002 The Tramp and the Dictator (documentary)
Himself/Narrator (voice)
 
2002 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
Robert Altman in England (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence (TV documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
2001 Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (TV series documentary)
Narrator
Mammoth Journey (2001) … Narrator
Sabre Tooth (2001) … Narrator
Next of Kin (2001) … Narrator
Land of Giants (2001) … Narrator
The Beasts Within (2001) … Narrator
 
2001 The Beasts Within (TV documentary)
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
 
2001 Triumph of the Beasts (TV documentary)
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
 
2000 Big Al Uncovered (TV documentary short)
Narrator (UK version)
 
2000 The Ballad of Big Al (TV documentary short)
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
 
2000 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (TV documentary)
Himself/Narrator (voice)
 
1996-2000 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 June 2000 (2000) … Himself
Episode dated 16 January 1998 (1998) … Himself
Episode dated 18 December 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
2000 The 54th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2000 Funny Turns (TV series documentary)
Himself
Richard Briers: A Good Life (2000) … Himself
 
2000 William Shakespeare (documentary)
Actor/Director
 
2000 Behind the Scenes: Road to El Dorado (video documentary)
 
1999 Walking with Dinosaurs (TV series documentary)
Narrator
Death of a Dynasty (1999) … Narrator
Spirits of the Ice Forest (1999) … Narrator
Giant of the Skies (1999) … Narrator
Cruel Sea (1999) … Narrator
Time of the Titans (1999) … Narrator
 
1999 Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1999 The Making of 'Walking with Dinosaurs' (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1999 The Book That Wrote Itself
Himself
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 Cold War (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
After Stalin (1998) … Narrator (voice)
Backyard (1998) … Narrator (voice)
Berlin (1998) … Narrator (voice)
China (1998) … Narrator (voice)
Comrades (1998) … Narrator (voice)
 
1997 Dennis Pennis R.I.P. (video)
Himself
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay & Presenter
 
1997 To Be on Camera: A History with Hamlet (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 Great Composers (TV series documentary)
Narrated by / Narrator
Beethoven (1997) … Narrated by (voice)
Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924 (1997) … Narrator (voice)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1997) … Narrated by (voice)
Mahler (1997) … Narrated by (voice)
Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 (1997) … Narrated by (voice)
 
1996 Very Important Pennis (TV series)
Himself
Very Important Pennis: Part 1 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 January 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Baron Frankenstein (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Making 'Hamlet' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Looking for Richard (documentary)
Himself (Interview)
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
Opportunity Lost (1995) … Narrator (voice)
The Music of Light (1995) … Narrator (voice)
The Unchained Camera (1995) … Narrator (voice)
Art's Promised Land (1995) … Narrator (voice)
Where It All Began (1995) … Narrator (voice)
 
1995 Anne Frank Remembered (documentary)
Narration (voice)
 
1995 39 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia (TV special)
Himself
 
1994 It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Symphony for the Spire (documentary)
Himself (performing excerpts from 'Henry V')
 
1991 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 August 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1990 The European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Best Director/Co-Presenter: Best Makeup
 
1990 Discovering Hamlet (TV documentary)
Himself / Hamlet
 
1986 Wogan (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 August 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2012 Stars in Shorts
Mark Snow
 
2012 The Wright Stuff (TV series)
 
2012 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
 
2011 Prophets of Science Fiction (TV series documentary)
 
2007 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
 
2006 Silenci? (TV series)
 
2003 Interviews with Students (video documentary short)
Prof. Gilderoy Lockhart (uncredited)
 
2003 Build a Scene (video documentary short)
Prof. Gilderoy Lockhart (uncredited)
 
2000 Aleph, lectures contades (TV series documentary)
 
1993 Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes (TV movie)
Himself on Wogan
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Co-founded the Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987. Performed in "Public Enemy" which he also wrote and directed (1987), as the title role in Shakespeare's "Hamlet", Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing", Touchstone in "As You Like It" (all 1988), Jimmy in "Look... See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 10 Interviews  | 12 Articles  | 7 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Ken Branagh

Height:

5' 9½" (1.77 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I'm just a foul-mouthed Brit. See more »

Trivia:

Was one of the directors considered for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He had appeared in the previous film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently casts Richard Briers, Brian Blessed, Jimmy Yuill and Derek Jacobi. See more »

Nickname:

Ken See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius
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