Mayday2026
As Nikolai Ustinov
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Kenneth Branagh
Born
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 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 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 Director and won Best Original Screenplay. Branagh directed and starred as Hercule Poirot in the Hercule Poirot film series (2017–present). He has also acted in Celebrity (1998), Wild Wild West (1999), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), and Valkyrie (2008). His portrayal of Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn (2011) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played supporting roles in Christopher Nolan's films Dunkirk (2017), Tenet (2020), and Oppenheimer (2023). Branagh has starred in the BBC1 series Fortunes of War (1987), the Channel 4 series Shackleton (2002), the television film Warm Springs (2005), and the BBC One series Wallander (2008–2016). He received a Primetime Emmy Award and an International Emmy Award for Best Actor for portraying SS leader Reinhard Heydrich in the HBO film Conspiracy (2001).
Filmography (107)
Avengers: Infinity War2018
As Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 8.2 / 10
The Devil Wears Prada 22026
As Stuart
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Oppenheimer2023
As Niels Bohr
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002
As Gilderoy Lockhart
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Tenet2020
As Sator
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Hamlet1996
As Prince Hamlet
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Dunkirk2017
As Commander Bolton
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Death on the Nile2022
As Hercule Poirot
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Murder on the Orient Express2017
As Hercule Poirot
TMDb 6.7 / 10
A Haunting in Venice2023
As Hercule Poirot
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit2014
As Viktor Cherevin
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Road to El Dorado2000
As Miguel (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Valkyrie2008
As Henning von Tresckow
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Wild Wild West1999
As Dr. Arliss Loveless
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The King of Kings2025
As Charles Dickens (voice)
TMDb 8.3 / 10
The Boat That Rocked2009
As Dormandy
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Chariots of Fire1981
As Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Celebrity1998
As Lee Simon
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Fireheart2022
As Shawn Nolan (voice)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Conspiracy2001
As Reinhard Heydrich
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein1994
As Victor Frankenstein
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Thomas Crown Affair2027
Much Ado About Nothing1993
As Benedick
TMDb 7.0 / 10
My Week with Marilyn2011
As Sir Laurence Olivier
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Sleuth2007
As Other Man on T.V.
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Dead Again1991
As Roman Strauss / Mike Church
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Proposition1998
As Father Michael McKinnon
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Rabbit-Proof Fence2002
As A. O. Neville
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Henry V1989
As Henry V
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Gingerbread Man1998
As Rick Magruder
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Swing Kids1993
As Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
As You Like It2006
As Self (voice)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Warm Springs2005
As Franklin Delano Roosevelt
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe2014
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
All Is True2018
As William Shakespeare
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Five Children and It2004
As Uncle Albert
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Looking for Richard1996
As Self - Interviewee
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Peter's Friends1992
As Andrew Benson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Goblin
GoblinRelease date TBA
As (voice)
The Periwig-Maker1999
As Periwig-maker (voice)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Love's Labour's Lost2000
As Berowne
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean2026
As David Lean (voice)
A Month in the Country1987
As James Moon
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Atonement2026
As Michael Reid
Othello1995
As Iago
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Lorna1987
As Billy Martin
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Denzel Washington: A Model American2022
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mindhorn2016
As Himself
TMDb 6.1 / 10
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog2002
As Peter McGowan
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Altman on His Own Terms2000
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder2012
As Isambard Kingdom Brunel
TMDb 7.7 / 10
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story2010
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic2004
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Theory of Flight1999
As Richard
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Thames Wallah1988
As Narrator
Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer2016
As Archie Rice
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Prodigal2011
As Mark Snow
TMDb 5.7 / 10
High Season1987
As Rick
TMDb 5.1 / 10
National Theatre Live: Macbeth2013
As Macbeth
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Anne Frank Remembered1995
As Narration (voice)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Stars in Shorts2012
As Mark Snow
TMDb 6.0 / 10
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year2009
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope2011
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Lost Lives2019
As Narrator
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Alien Love Triangle2008
As Steven Chesterman
TMDb 6.7 / 10
IMAX: Galapagos 3D1999
As Narrator
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Universal Horror1998
As Narrator
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Easter 20161982
As Student
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics2009
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces2000
As Self / Narrator
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Walking with Monsters2005
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Goebbels Experiment2005
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh2025
As Self
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale2015
As Leontes
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Symphony for the Spire1992
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba2022
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein1994
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Book That Wrote Itself2000
As Kenneth Branagh
TMDb 7.0 / 10
To the Lighthouse1983
As Charles Tansley
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Coming Through1985
As D.H. Lawrence
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Shadow of a Gunman1995
As Donal Davoren
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Tramp and the Dictator2002
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Thor: From Asgard to Earth2011
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’2020
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Wild Wild West: Evil Devices1999
As Himself
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter2004
As Self
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Beasts Within2001
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Matter of Choice for Billy1983
As Billy Martin
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Ghosts1987
As Oswald Alving
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Look Back in Anger1989
As Jimmy Porter
TMDb 9.3 / 10
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out2007
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'1999
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Discovering Hamlet2011
As Hamlet (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Allosaurus A Walking With Dinosaurs Special
Allosaurus A Walking With Dinosaurs SpecialRelease date TBA
As Narrator
The Dance of Shiva1998
As Colonel Evans
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers2009
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence2003
As Himself / Narrator
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Lady's Not For Burning1987
As Thomas Mendip
TMDb 10.0 / 10
James Ellis: An Actor's Life2007
As Himself
Discovering Hamlet1990
As Himself / Hamlet
TMDb 5.9 / 10
A Coming to Terms for Billy1984
As Billy Martin
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Triumph of the Beasts2001
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Wild Wild West: Loveless's Ladies
Wild Wild West: Loveless's Ladies1999
As Himself
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Too Late to Talk to Billy1982
As Billy Martin
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs2000
As Narrator
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Schneider's 2nd Stage
Schneider's 2nd Stage2001
As Joseph Barnett
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb