Acting
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. 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).
Filmography
The Thomas Crown Affair
Film · 2027
Mayday
Film · 2026
Atonement
Film · 2026
The Devil Wears Prada 2
Film · 2026
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Film · 2026
The King of Kings
Film · 2025
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh
Film · 2025
The American Revolution
Series · 2025
A Haunting in Venice
Film · 2023
Oppenheimer
Film · 2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
Series · 2023
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Film · 2022
Denzel Washington: A Model American
Film · 2022
Death on the Nile
Film · 2022
Fireheart
Film · 2022
This England
Series · 2022
Remembers…
Series · 2022
Tenet
Film · 2020
Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’
Film · 2020
Lost Lives
Film · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Avengers: Infinity War
Film · 2018
All Is True
Film · 2018
Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years - More Than a Hero
Film · 2018
Dunkirk
Film · 2017
Murder on the Orient Express
Film · 2017
Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer
Film · 2016
Mindhorn
Film · 2016
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Hot Ones
Series · 2015
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Film · 2014
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Film · 2013
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
Film · 2012
Stars in Shorts
Film · 2012
My Week with Marilyn
Film · 2011
Discovering Hamlet
Film · 2011
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
Film · 2011
Prodigal
Film · 2011
Thor: From Asgard to Earth
Film · 2011
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Film · 2010
The Boat That Rocked
Film · 2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Film · 2009
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
Film · 2009
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
Film · 2009
Valkyrie
Film · 2008
Alien Love Triangle
Film · 2008
10 Days to War
Series · 2008
Wallander
Series · 2008
Sleuth
Film · 2007
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Film · 2007
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
As You Like It
Film · 2006
El hormiguero
Series · 2006
Walking with Monsters
Film · 2005
Warm Springs
Film · 2005
The Goebbels Experiment
Film · 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Series · 2005
Walking with Monsters
Series · 2005
Five Children and It
Film · 2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Film · 2004
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
Film · 2004
Parkinson
Series · 2004
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Film · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Series · 2003
World War I in Colour
Series · 2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Film · 2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Film · 2002
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
Film · 2002
The Tramp and the Dictator
Film · 2002
Shackleton
Series · 2002
Conspiracy
Film · 2001
Schneider's 2nd Stage
Film · 2001
Triumph of the Beasts
Film · 2001
The Beasts Within
Film · 2001
Walking with Beasts
Series · 2001
The Road to El Dorado
Film · 2000
Love's Labour's Lost
Film · 2000
The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs
Film · 2000
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Film · 2000
The Book That Wrote Itself
Film · 2000
Altman on His Own Terms
Film · 2000
The Ballad of Big Al
Series · 2000
Wild Wild West
Film · 1999
IMAX: Galapagos 3D
Film · 1999
The Periwig-Maker
Film · 1999
The Theory of Flight
Film · 1999
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'
Film · 1999
Wild Wild West: Loveless's Ladies
Film · 1999
Wild Wild West: Evil Devices
Film · 1999
Walking with Dinosaurs
Series · 1999
Celebrity
Film · 1998
The Gingerbread Man
Film · 1998
Universal Horror
Film · 1998
The Proposition
Film · 1998
The Dance of Shiva
Film · 1998
Cold War
Series · 1998
Parkinson
Series · 1998
The View
Series · 1997
Leute heute
Series · 1997
Hamlet
Film · 1996
Looking for Richard
Film · 1996
TFI Friday
Series · 1996
Othello
Film · 1995
Shadow of a Gunman
Film · 1995
Anne Frank Remembered
Film · 1995
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
Series · 1995
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Film · 1994
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Film · 1994
Much Ado About Nothing
Film · 1993
Swing Kids
Film · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Peter's Friends
Film · 1992
Symphony for the Spire
Film · 1992
Dead Again
Film · 1991
Performance
Series · 1991
Discovering Hamlet
Film · 1990
Henry V
Film · 1989
Look Back in Anger
Film · 1989
Thames Wallah
Film · 1988
Thompson
Series · 1988
American Experience
Series · 1988
Strange Interlude
Series · 1988
A Month in the Country
Film · 1987
High Season
Film · 1987
Ghosts
Film · 1987
The Lady's Not For Burning
Film · 1987
Lorna
Film · 1987
Fortunes of War
Series · 1987
Coming Through
Film · 1985
Theatre Night
Series · 1985
A Coming to Terms for Billy
Film · 1984
The Boy in the Bush
Series · 1984
A Matter of Choice for Billy
Film · 1983
To the Lighthouse
Film · 1983
Easter 2016
Film · 1982
Too Late to Talk to Billy
Film · 1982
Wogan
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
Chariots of Fire
Film · 1981
Film '72
Series · 1971
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Omnibus
Series · 1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Goblin
Film
Laird
Series