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 actor1981Chariots of FireCambridge StudentUncredited1987A Month in the CountryJames MoonHigh SeasonRick1989Henry VHenry V1991Dead AgainMike Church / Roman Strauss1992Peter's FriendsAndrew Benson1993Much Ado About NothingBenedickSwing KidsHerr Knopp, GestapoUncredited1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinVictor Frankenstein1995OthelloIago1996HamletPrince Hamlet1998The Gingerbread ManRick MagruderThe Theory of FlightRichardCelebrityLee SimonThe PropositionFather Michael McKinnonThe Dance of ShivaColonel EvansShort film1999Alien Love TriangleSteven ChestermanWild Wild WestDr. Arliss Loveless2000Love's Labour's LostBerowneThe Road to El DoradoMiguel (voice)How to Kill Your Neighbor's DogPeter McGowenPeriwig MakerThe Periwig MakerShort film 2001Schneider's 2nd StageJoseph Barnett2002Rabbit Proof FenceA.O. NevilleHarry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsGilderoy Lockhart2004Five Children & ItUncle Albert2007SleuthMan on TVUncredited 2008ValkyrieHenning von Tresckow2009The Boat That RockedSir Alistair Dormandy2011My Week with MarilynLaurence Olivier2012Stars in ShortsMark SnowShort Film, episode: "Prodigal"2014Jack Ryan: Shadow RecruitViktor Cherevin2016MindhornHimselfCameo2017DunkirkCommander BoltonMurder on the Orient ExpressHercule Poirot2018Avengers: Infinity WarAsgardian Distress Caller (voice)UncreditedAll Is TrueWilliam Shakespeare2020 TenetAndrei Sator 2022FireheartShawn NolanVoiceDeath on the NileHercule Poirot2023Oppenheimer Niels BohrA Haunting in VeniceHercule Poirot2025The King of KingsCharles DickensVoice

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