Claim: Wallander starred a Northern Irish actor.
Evidence: Wallander is a British television series adapted from the Swedish novelist Henning Mankell 's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Kenneth Branagh as the eponymous police inspector.
Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh -LRB- -LSB- ˈbrænə -RSB- born 10 December 1960 -RRB- is a Northern Irish actor , director , producer , and screenwriter originally from Belfast.