Kenneth Branagh

**Sir Kenneth Branagh** (born 10 December 1960) is a British actor, movie director and television producer. He played Hamlet. He has directed and acted in many Shakespeare adaptations. He has acted alongside popular actors including: Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton, Maggie Smith and Alan Rickman. He is also known for being the director and star of his Hercule Poirot movie adaptations.

Branagh was the president of the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts in London from 2015 to 2024.

In 2022, he won a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for screenplay writing for his movie _Belfast_. Branagh is known for his William Shakespeare film adaptations (1989-2006). He has also portrayed Agatha Christie's Belgian detective character, Hercule Poirot, appearing in _Murder on The Orient Express_, _Death on The Nile_, and _A Haunting in Venice._

He is set to star in _Mayday,_ Apple TV's upcoming action thriller movie_,_ alongside Ryan Reynolds.

## Filmography

|Year 1989|Title Henry v|Role title character|Notes he was nominated an Oscar for best director and actor||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1981|_Chariots of Fire_|Cambridge Student|Uncredited||
|rowspan="2"|1987|_A Month in the Country_|James Moon||
|_High Season_|Rick||||
|1989|_Henry V_|Henry V|||
|1991|_Dead Again_|Mike Church / Roman Strauss|||
|1992|_Peter's Friends_|Andrew Benson|||
|rowspan="2"|1993|_Much Ado About Nothing_|Benedick||
|_Swing Kids_|Herr Knopp, Gestapo|Uncredited|||
|1994|_Mary Shelley's Frankenstein_|Victor Frankenstein|||
|1995|_Othello_|Iago|||
|1996|_Hamlet_|Prince Hamlet|||
|rowspan="5"|1998|_The Gingerbread Man_|Rick Magruder||
|_The Theory of Flight_|Richard||||
|_Celebrity_|Lee Simon||||
|_The Proposition_|Father Michael McKinnon||||
|_The Dance of Shiva_|Colonel Evans|rowspan=2|Short film||
|rowspan="2"|1999|_Alien Love Triangle_|Steven Chesterman||
|_Wild Wild West_|Dr. Arliss Loveless||||
|rowspan="4"|2000|_Love's Labour's Lost_|Berowne||
|_The Road to El Dorado_|Miguel (voice)||||
|_How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog_|Peter McGowen||||
|_Periwig Maker_|The Periwig Maker|rowspan=2|Short film||
|2001|_Schneider's 2nd Stage_|Joseph Barnett|||
|rowspan="2"|2002|_Rabbit Proof Fence_|A.O. Neville||
|_Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets_|Gilderoy Lockhart||||
|2004|_Five Children & It_|Uncle Albert|||
|2007|_Sleuth_|Man on TV|Uncredited||
|2008|_Valkyrie_|Henning von Tresckow|||
|2009|_The Boat That Rocked_|Sir Alistair Dormandy|||
|2011|_My Week with Marilyn_|Laurence Olivier|||
|2012|_Stars in Shorts_|Mark Snow|Short Film, episode: "Prodigal"||
|2014|_Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit_|Viktor Cherevin|||
|2016|_Mindhorn_|Himself|Cameo||
|rowspan="2"|2017|_Dunkirk_|Commander Bolton||
|_Murder on the Orient Express_|Hercule Poirot||||
|rowspan="2"|2018|_Avengers: Infinity War_|Asgardian Distress Caller (voice)|Uncredited|
|_All Is True_|William Shakespeare||||
|2020|_Tenet_|Andrei Sator|||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_Fireheart_|Shawn Nolan|Voice|
|_Death on the Nile_|Hercule Poirot||||
|rowspan="2"|2023|_Oppenheimer_|Niels Bohr||
|_A Haunting in Venice_|Hercule Poirot||||
|2025|_The King of Kings_|Charles Dickens|Voice||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Sir Kenneth Branagh
- **image**: Kenneth Branagh at diff 2015.jpg
- **caption**: Branagh in 2015
- **birth name**: Kenneth Charles Branagh
- **birth place**: Belfast, United Kingdom, England
- **height**: 177 cm
- **spouse**: Emma Thompson
(m. 1989–1995, divorced)
Lindsay Brunnock (m. 2003–present)
- **awards**: **Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie**
2001 in film, 2001 _Conspiracy (movie), Conspiracy_