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Biography

Kenneth is the son of William and Frances Branagh. His father was an Ulster carpenter. Educated in Northern Ireland, he joined the Royal Shakespeare…more

Born

12/10/1960, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Birth Name

Kenneth Charles Branagh

Gender

Male

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Star (6)

Role
- Wallander
  Kurt Wallander
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Fifth Woman
    1/17/10
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Man Who Smiled
    1/10/10
  - S 2: Ep 1 Faceless Killers
    1/3/10
  - S 1: Ep 3 One Step Behind
    12/14/08
  - S 1: Ep 2 Firewall
    12/7/08
  - + 1 More Credits
- Walking with Dinosaurs
  Narrator (U.K. version)
  - — Land of Giants
    1/1/03
  - — The Giant Claw
    12/30/02
  - — The Ballad of Big Al
    3/28/01
  - — Big Al Uncovered
    12/25/00
  - — Death of a Dynasty
    11/8/99
  - + 6 More Credits
- Walking with Prehistoric Beasts
  Narrator (UK version)
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Beasts Within
    11/28/01
  - S 1: Ep 7 Triumph of the Beasts
    11/21/01
- Cold War
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 24 Conclusions: 1989-1991
    5/9/99
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Wall Comes Down: 1989
    5/2/99
  - S 1: Ep 22 Star Wars: 1980-1988
    4/25/99
  - S 1: Ep 21 Spies: 1945-1990
    4/18/99
  - S 1: Ep 20 Soldiers of God: 1975-1988
    4/11/99
  - + 19 More Credits
- Thompson
  Various roles
  - S 1: Ep 6 Josette Simon, Harry Butterworth, Jim Carter, Sue Race
    12/15/88
  - S 1: Ep 5 Joan Sanderson, Prunella Scales, Joanna David, Fabia Drake, Joyce Grant, Charles Kay, Mark Kingston
    12/8/88
  - S 1: Ep 4 Richard Wilson, Peter Jeffery, Linda Lee Lewis, Rob Spendlove, Jonathan Strout
    12/1/88
  - S 1: Ep 3 Robbie Coltrane, Mark Kingston
    11/24/88
  - S 1: Ep 2 Harold Innocent, Charles Kay, Josette Simon
    11/17/88
  - + 1 More Credits
- Fortunes of War
  Guy Pringle
  - S 1: Ep 7 January 1943
    11/22/87
  - S 1: Ep 6 Autumn 1942
    11/15/87
  - S 1: Ep 5 April 1941
    11/8/87
  - S 1: Ep 4 October 1940
    11/1/87
  - S 1: Ep 3 June 1940
    10/25/87
  - + 2 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 6: Ep 49 Show #1114
    11/12/98
  - S 5: Ep 80 Show #0942
    1/15/98
  - S 4: Ep 62 Show #0711
    12/11/96
  - S 3: Ep 60 Show #0499
    12/1/95
  - S 2: Ep 38 Show #0257
    10/26/94
Guest Star (19)

Role
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 106 Kenneth Branagh/Chad Daniels
    2/7/12
  - S 8: Ep 77 Kenneth Branagh/Patton Oswalt
    12/14/11
  - S 7: Ep 158 Kenneth Branagh/Edward Conlon
    5/10/11
  - S 6: Ep 43 Kenneth Branagh
    11/11/09
  - S 5: Ep 141 Kenneth Branagh/Antony & The Johnsons
    4/29/09
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Andrew Marr Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 12 20th November, 2011
    11/20/11
  - S 4: Ep 5 28th September, 2008
    9/28/08
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 22 Tina Fey, Kenneth Branagh, Ani DiFranco
    10/3/07
- American Experience
  Narrator and voice of Goebbels
  - S 18: Ep 13 The Man Behind Hitler
    5/22/06
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 137 Kenneth Branagh/Lisa Marie Presley
    4/5/05
- American Masters
  Narrator
  - S 17: Ep 2 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
    10/30/02
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself
  - S 36: Ep 3 Robert Altman In England
    2/2/02
- This is Your Life (UK)
  Himself
  - S 41: Ep 10 James Ellis
    1/25/01
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 177 Show #801
    6/6/00
  - S 2: Ep 80 Show #322
    1/16/98
  - S 1: Ep 121 Show #121
    12/18/96
- Funny Turns
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Richard Briers: A Good Life
    4/16/00
- Parkinson (1998)
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 9 Kenneth Branagh, Bob Monkhouse, Esther Williams
    3/17/00
- The Best Of British
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Ben Elton
    11/5/99
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 69: Ep 1 The 69th Annual Academy Awards
    3/24/97
  - S 62: Ep 1 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards
    3/26/90
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 45 Show #1787
    5/4/93
  - S 10: Ep 87 Show #1515
    8/1/91
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 170 May 4, 1993
    5/4/93
  - S 4: Ep 190 June 5, 1992
    6/5/92
  - S 4: Ep 1 September 2, 1991
    9/2/91
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 29: Ep 164 Show #4394
    8/23/91
  - S 28: Ep 74 Show #4119
    2/23/90
  - S 28: Ep 61 Show #4106
    2/1/90
- Play for Today
  Billy
  - S 14: Ep 3 A Coming to Terms for Billy
    2/21/84
  - S 13: Ep 17 A Matter of Choice for Billy
    5/10/83
  - S 12: Ep 16 Too Late to Talk to Billy
    2/16/82
- Maybury
  Robert Clyde Moffat
  - S 2: Ep 2 New Gods For Old (Part 2)
    7/1/83
  - S 2: Ep 1 New Gods For Old (Part 1)
    6/24/83
- Play for Tomorrow
  Student
  - S 1: Ep 6 Easter 2016
    5/18/82
Executive Producer (1)

Role
- Wallander
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 3 One Step Behind
    12/14/08
  - S 1: Ep 2 Firewall
    12/7/08
  - S 1: Ep 1 Sidetracked
    11/30/08

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Trivia
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- Kenneth was nominated for SAG Awards in 1996 and 2006. In 1996, he was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role" for the movie Othello. In 2006, he was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries" for Warm Springs.
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- Ken is a patron of The Paul Bevan Cancer Foundation. In 2004, aspiring thespians were encouraged to bid in a charity auction for a two hour acting masterclass with Ken in aid of the charity. The winning bidder also received a copy of the Complete Works of Shakespeare, autographed by Branagh.
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- In 2006, Kenneth was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for his performance as Franklin Roosevelt in Warm Springs. Unforunately, he lost out to Jonathan Rhys Meyers who won for his performance in Elvis.
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- Kenneth Branagh: When you make a film of a subject that existed in another medium - particularly in the theatre, where it's worked as a play for four hundred years - I think one is obliged to consider what the cinema can do to reveal the story of the play that the theatre can't do in the same way.
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- Kenneth: (on the chance of directing a Harry Potter movie) The thing that really drew my interest was working with those kids. I liked them very much. I thought perhaps that their potential hadn't yet been realized, or at least I felt they were hungry and were about make huge strides as actors.
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- Kenneth Branagh: I've gotten more and more interested in directing because it's a way of looking at the acting process which I find very interesting. I like talking to actors, I like to actually see how different people arrive at trying to be truthful.
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