Biography
Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2022
- Golden Globe Award — Best Screenplay · 2021
- Knight Bachelor · 2012
- Emmy Award · 2001
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2001
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- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 1990
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 1990
- Young European Film of the Year · 1990
- Society of London Theatre Special Award
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2022 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2022 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2022 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2022 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2012 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1997 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1993 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1990 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 1990 · nominated
- Young European Film of the Year · 1990 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Blue Eye Samurai
The King of Kings
Avengers: Infinity War
Walking with Dinosaurs
Oppenheimer
Big Al
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Anne Frank Remembered
Dunkirk
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Wallander
Conspiracy
The Road to El Dorado
Hamlet
Denzel Washington: A Model American
Fireheart
Tenet
Pirate Radio
The Graham Norton Show
The Devil Wears Prada 2
A Midwinter's Tale
Henry V
Belfast
Valkyrie
Rabbit-Proof Fence
The Tramp and the Dictator
The Book That Wrote Itself
Much Ado About Nothing
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
Cinderella
Thor
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Looking for Richard
Chariots of Fire
Murder on the Orient Express
My Week with Marilyn
Swing Kids
A Haunting in Venice
Warm Springs
Peter's Friends
A Month in the Country
Thor: The Dark World
American Experience
Death on the Nile
Othello
Frankenstein
Dead Again