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.

Casted

Avengers: Infinity War

Played Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)

Average Rating

8.2

31148 votes

Release Date

Apr 25, 2018

8 years ago
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Played Gilderoy Lockhart

Average Rating

7.7

22980 votes

Release Date

Nov 13, 2002

23 years ago
Dunkirk

Played Commander Bolton

Average Rating

7.4

17113 votes

Release Date

Jul 19, 2017

8 years ago
Oppenheimer

Played Niels Bohr

Average Rating

8.0

10966 votes

Release Date

Jul 19, 2023

2 years ago
Tenet

Played Sator

Average Rating

7.2

10605 votes

Release Date

Aug 22, 2020

5 years ago
Murder on the Orient Express

Played Hercule Poirot

Average Rating

6.7

10291 votes

Release Date

Nov 03, 2017

8 years ago
Death on the Nile

Played Hercule Poirot

Average Rating

6.4

3982 votes

Release Date

Feb 09, 2022

4 years ago
The Road to El Dorado

Played Miguel (voice)

Average Rating

7.3

3936 votes

Release Date

Mar 31, 2000

26 years ago
Valkyrie

Played Henning von Tresckow

Average Rating

6.9

3922 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2008

17 years ago
Wild Wild West

Played Dr. Arliss Loveless

Average Rating

5.3

3454 votes

Release Date

Jun 30, 1999

27 years ago
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Played Viktor Cherevin

Average Rating

6.1

2976 votes

Release Date

Jan 15, 2014

12 years ago
A Haunting in Venice

Played Hercule Poirot

Average Rating

6.6

2644 votes

Release Date

Sep 13, 2023

2 years ago
The Boat That Rocked

Played Dormandy

Average Rating

7.2

2214 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 2009

17 years ago
My Week with Marilyn

Played Sir Laurence Olivier

Average Rating

6.7

1321 votes

Release Date

Nov 23, 2011

14 years ago
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Played Victor Frankenstein

Average Rating

6.4

1309 votes

Release Date

Nov 04, 1994

31 years ago
Chariots of Fire

Played Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.8

985 votes

Release Date

May 15, 1981

45 years ago
Much Ado About Nothing

Played Benedick

Average Rating

6.9

770 votes

Release Date

May 07, 1993

33 years ago
Sleuth

Played Other Man on T.V.

Average Rating

6.3

564 votes

Release Date

Oct 12, 2007

18 years ago
Hamlet

Played Prince Hamlet

Average Rating

7.3

499 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 1996

29 years ago
Celebrity

Played Lee Simon

Average Rating

6.0

494 votes

Release Date

Sep 07, 1998

27 years ago
Conspiracy

Played Reinhard Heydrich

Average Rating

7.3

444 votes

Release Date

May 19, 2001

25 years ago
Henry V

Played Henry V

Average Rating

7.2

396 votes

Release Date

Oct 05, 1989

37 years ago
Dead Again

Played Roman Strauss / Mike Church

Average Rating

6.4

396 votes

Release Date

Aug 23, 1991

35 years ago
Rabbit-Proof Fence

Played A. O. Neville

Average Rating

7.0

376 votes

Release Date

Feb 04, 2002

24 years ago
Mindhorn

Played Himself

Average Rating

6.1

309 votes

Release Date

Oct 09, 2016

9 years ago
Fireheart

Played Shawn Nolan (voice)

Average Rating

7.2

283 votes

Release Date

Jan 16, 2022

4 years ago
Swing Kids

Played Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.7

238 votes

Release Date

Mar 05, 1993

33 years ago
Five Children and It

Played Uncle Albert

Average Rating

5.6

225 votes

Release Date

Oct 15, 2004

21 years ago
Peter's Friends

Played Andrew Benson

Average Rating

6.6

206 votes

Release Date

Sep 18, 1992

34 years ago
The Gingerbread Man

Played Rick Magruder

Average Rating

5.6

169 votes

Release Date

Jan 23, 1998

28 years ago
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Played Self

Average Rating

6.9

166 votes

Release Date

Mar 18, 2014

12 years ago
Othello

Played Iago

Average Rating

6.3

148 votes

Release Date

Dec 15, 1995

30 years ago
Looking for Richard

Played Self - Interviewee

Average Rating

6.8

141 votes

Release Date

Oct 11, 1996

29 years ago
All Is True

Played William Shakespeare

Average Rating

6.0

137 votes

Release Date

Dec 21, 2018

7 years ago
The King of Kings

Played Charles Dickens (voice)

Average Rating

8.5

110 votes

Release Date

Apr 07, 2025

1 year ago
As You Like It

Played Self (voice)

Average Rating

5.7

95 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 2006

19 years ago
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder

Played Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Average Rating

7.8

75 votes

Release Date

Jul 27, 2012

13 years ago
Love's Labour's Lost

Played Berowne

Average Rating

5.5

73 votes

Release Date

Mar 31, 2000

26 years ago
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

Played Self

Average Rating

6.9

62 votes

Release Date

Sep 10, 2011

14 years ago
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

Played Peter McGowan

Average Rating

5.9

57 votes

Release Date

Feb 22, 2002

24 years ago
The Theory of Flight

Played Richard

Average Rating

6.2

43 votes

Release Date

Jan 22, 1999

27 years ago
The Proposition

Played Father Michael McKinnon

Average Rating

6.1

37 votes

Release Date

Mar 26, 1998

28 years ago
A Month in the Country

Played James Moon

Average Rating

6.3

31 votes

Release Date

Sep 27, 1987

39 years ago
Walking with Monsters

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.3

30 votes

Release Date

Nov 05, 2005

20 years ago
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Played Self

Average Rating

6.8

29 votes

Release Date

Jul 24, 2010

15 years ago
The Tramp and the Dictator

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.0

25 votes

Release Date

Feb 14, 2002

24 years ago
Warm Springs

Played Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Average Rating

6.6

24 votes

Release Date

Apr 30, 2005

21 years ago
Thor: From Asgard to Earth

Played Self

Average Rating

7.0

24 votes

Release Date

Sep 13, 2011

14 years ago
Anne Frank Remembered

Played Narration (voice)

Average Rating

7.7

23 votes

Release Date

Jun 08, 1995

31 years ago
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Played Self

Average Rating

7.7

20 votes

Release Date

Jun 11, 2004

22 years ago
Universal Horror

Played Narrator

Average Rating

7.1

19 votes

Release Date

Oct 08, 1998

27 years ago
The Periwig-Maker

Played Periwig-maker (voice)

Average Rating

7.5

15 votes

Release Date

Nov 13, 1999

26 years ago
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.5

12 votes

Release Date

Jul 02, 2009

17 years ago
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Played Self / Narrator

Average Rating

6.5

12 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 2000

25 years ago
High Season

Played Rick

Average Rating

5.0

11 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 1987

39 years ago
Denzel Washington: A Model American

Played Self

Average Rating

7.2

10 votes

Release Date

Oct 15, 2022

3 years ago
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

Played Self

Average Rating

6.7

10 votes

Release Date

Oct 02, 2009

16 years ago
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'

Played Self

Average Rating

5.0

9 votes

Release Date

Jun 29, 1999

27 years ago
To the Lighthouse

Played Charles Tansley

Average Rating

4.8

8 votes

Release Date

Mar 22, 1983

43 years ago
National Theatre Live: Macbeth

Played Macbeth

Average Rating

7.0

7 votes

Release Date

Jul 19, 2013

12 years ago
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

Played Leontes

Average Rating

7.7

7 votes

Release Date

Nov 30, 2015

10 years ago
IMAX: Galapagos 3D

Played Narrator

Average Rating

6.5

6 votes

Release Date

Oct 27, 1999

26 years ago
Discovering Hamlet

Played Himself / Hamlet

Average Rating

5.7

6 votes

Release Date

Jan 07, 1990

36 years ago
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Played Self

Average Rating

7.6

5 votes

Release Date

Nov 26, 2022

3 years ago
Coming Through

Played D.H. Lawrence

Average Rating

4.0

5 votes

Release Date

Dec 27, 1985

40 years ago
Prodigal

Played Mark Snow

Average Rating

5.6

5 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 2011

14 years ago
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

Played Self

Average Rating

8.5

4 votes

Release Date

Oct 25, 1994

31 years ago
The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs

Played Narrator

Average Rating

6.5

4 votes

Release Date

Mar 12, 2000

26 years ago
Stars In Shorts

Played Mark Snow

Average Rating

4.7

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 28, 2012

13 years ago
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence

Played Himself / Narrator

Average Rating

8.0

2 votes

Release Date

Apr 15, 2003

23 years ago
Look Back in Anger

Played Jimmy Porter

Average Rating

9.0

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 28, 1989

36 years ago
Alien Love Triangle

Played Steven Chesterman

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Mar 08, 2008

18 years ago
Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer

Played Archie Rice

Average Rating

3.5

2 votes

Release Date

Oct 27, 2016

9 years ago
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

Played Self

Average Rating

8.0

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 20, 2009

16 years ago
Wild Wild West: Evil Devices

Played Himself

Average Rating

4.0

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 30, 1999

26 years ago
Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’

Played Self

Average Rating

4.5

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 15, 2020

5 years ago
Strange Interlude

Played Gordon Evans

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jul 13, 1988

38 years ago
Discovering Hamlet

Played Hamlet (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 2011

14 years ago
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Apr 05, 2004

22 years ago
A Matter of Choice for Billy

Played Billy Martin

Average Rating

4.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 10, 1983

43 years ago
The Book That Wrote Itself

Played Kenneth Branagh

Average Rating

4.0

1 votes

Release Date

Aug 08, 2000

26 years ago
Lost Lives

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 10, 2019

6 years ago
Wild Wild West: Loveless's Ladies

Played Himself

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 30, 1999

26 years ago
Symphony for the Spire

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1992

34 years ago
Mayday

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes
Ghosts

Played Oswald Alving

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 14, 1987

39 years ago
Shadow of a Gunman

Played Donal Davoren

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 07, 1995

30 years ago
Easter 2016

Played Student

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 18, 1982

44 years ago
Schneider's 2nd Stage

Played Joseph Barnett

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 31, 2001

25 years ago
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 11, 2007

18 years ago
The Dance of Shiva

Played Colonel Evans

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 18, 1998

27 years ago
A Coming to Terms for Billy

Played Billy Martin

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 21, 1984

42 years ago
The Lady's Not For Burning

Played Thomas Mendip

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1987

39 years ago
The Beasts Within

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 28, 2001

24 years ago
Triumph of the Beasts

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 21, 2001

24 years ago
Too Late to Talk to Billy

Played Billy Martin

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 16, 1982

44 years ago
Lorna

Played Billy Martin

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 02, 1987

39 years ago
James Ellis: An Actor's Life

Played Himself

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 02, 2007

19 years ago
Thames Wallah

Played Narrator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 04, 1988

38 years ago
Altman on His Own Terms

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2000

26 years ago

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