
Kenneth Branagh
Born
1960-12-10
Place of birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Biography
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 ada...
Known for

Avengers: Infinity War
Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Gilderoy Lockhart

Dunkirk
Commander Bolton

Oppenheimer
Niels Bohr

Tenet
Sator

Murder on the Orient Express
Hercule Poirot

Death on the Nile
Hercule Poirot

Valkyrie
Henning von Tresckow

The Road to El Dorado
Miguel (voice)

Wild Wild West
Dr. Arliss Loveless

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Viktor Cherevin

A Haunting in Venice
Hercule Poirot

The Boat That Rocked
Dormandy

My Week with Marilyn
Sir Laurence Olivier

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein