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Kenneth Branagh

British actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

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Kenneth Branagh is a British actor and filmmaker born in 1960 who has worked in film, television, and theater. He is notable for his contributions to both acting and directing across multiple entertainment mediums.

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Born: 1960-12-10

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Acting · 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…

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The Thomas Crown Affair2027
Mayday — Nikolai Ustinov2026
Atonement — Michael Reid2026
The Devil Wears Prada 2 — Stuart2026
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean — David Lean (voice)2026
The King of Kings — Charles Dickens (voice)2025
Tea with Judi Dench — Self2025
The American Revolution — (voice)2025
A Haunting in Venice — Hercule Poirot2023
Oppenheimer — Niels Bohr2023

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Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (/ˈbrænə/ BRAN-ə; born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Reading, 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 knighted 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 Dead Again (1991), 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 Best Director, and won Best Original Screenplay.