Kenneth Branagh

Also known as Sir Kenneth Charles "Ken" Branagh, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh

British actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

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Kenneth Charles Branagh is a United Kingdom national born in Belfast on December 10, 1960. He works as a film actor, film director, screenwriter, and stage actor. His professional career began in 1981. He is educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and holds a Doctor of Sciences degree. He resides in Reading and speaks English.

Branagh has received several awards, including a Knight Bachelor title, an Emmy Award, a European Film Award for Best Actor, and a BAFTA Award for Best Direction. He has been nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. He is recognized in the Grammy Winners collection and the Academy Award Best Original Screenplay collection.

He is married to Emma Thompson and was previously in an unmarried partnership with Helena Bonham Carter. He is left-handed. His work is represented by PRS for Music. He is associated with the category of films directed by Kenneth Branagh.

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Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Reading, Berkshire, 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 appointed a Knight Bachelor in 2012 and was given…

Known for

The Thomas Crown Affair2027
Mayday — Nikolai Ustinov2026
Atonement — Michael Reid2026
The Devil Wears Prada 2 — Stuart2026
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean — David Lean (voice)2026
The King of Kings — Charles Dickens (voice)2025
Tea with Judi Dench — Self2025
The American Revolution — (voice)2025
A Haunting in Venice — Hercule Poirot2023
Oppenheimer — Niels Bohr2023

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United Kingdom
Active from: 1960

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Listeners: 2,809
Total plays: 8,702

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Instance of: human
Given name: Charles
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Belfast
Occupation: television producer
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Languages spoken: English language
Academic degree: Doctor of Sciences
Image: Kenneth Branagh at diff 2015.jpg
Height: 1.77
Residence: Reading

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Commons category: Kenneth Branagh
date of birth: 1960-12-10
unmarried partner: Helena Bonham Carter
nominated for: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
start of work period: 1981-00-00
related category: Category:Films directed by Kenneth Branagh
different from: Kenneth Baugh
name in native language: Kenneth Branagh
birth name: Kenneth Charles Branagh
topic has template: Template:Kenneth Branagh
handedness: left-handedness
copyright representative: PRS for Music
notable role: Victor Frankenstein

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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (/ˈbrænə/ BRAN-ə; born 10 December 1960) 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.

Branagh has directed and starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, including Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1995), Hamlet (1996), and As You Like It (2006). He was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director for Henry V, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Hamlet. He directed Swan Song (1992), which earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He also directed Dead Again (1991), Peter's Friends (1992), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Thor (2011), and Cinderella (2015). For his semi-autobiographical film Belfast (2021), he was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, and won Best Original Screenplay.

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