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Kenneth Branagh
Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh 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 2…
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Born 10 December 1960 · Q55294
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2026· 3 entries
The Guardian: The Tempest review – Kenneth Branagh returns to the RSC in this enchanting production
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Playing Prospero in The Tempest and Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Belfast (2022).
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For Belfast – his first nominations for Original Screenplay and Best Picture, winning for Original Screenplay
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2021· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for Belfast (2021).
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Branagh directed the semi-autobiographical film Belfast starring Jude Hill, Catriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, and Judi Dench
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2020· 1 entry
Was ranked in 20th place on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors
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2018· 1 entry
Directed the film All Is True, in which he starred as William Shakespeare
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2014· 1 entry
Branagh directed and acted in the action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) starring Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, and Kevin Costner
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2012· 3 entries
Awarded Knight Bachelor (2012).
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And was given Freedom of the City in his native Belfast in 2018
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“humble, elated, and incredibly lucky”
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2011· 1 entry
Branagh directed Thor, a film based on the Marvel superhero
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2006· 1 entry
Branagh directed the film version of As You Like It starring Romola Garai, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Kevin Kline
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2003· 2 entries
Married film art director Lindsay Brunnock, whom he met during the shooting of Shackleton in 2002
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Starred in the Royal National Theatre's production of David Mamet's Edmond
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2001· 4 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Conspiracy (2001).
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Awarded Emmy Award for Conspiracy (2001).
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Was appointed an honorary Doctor of Literature at the Shakespeare Institute of The University of Birmingham; the Shakespeare Institute Library keeps the archive of his Renaissance Theatre Company and Renaissance Films
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And directed a Broadway production in 2003
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2000· 1 entry
“Going from medium to medium, if you get the chance to do it, from theater to television to film, which are all distinctly different, keeps me sharp. What works in one doesn't work in the other, and you have to be looking for the truth of the performance, whatever way that medium might demand.”
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1998· 1 entry
Narrated the 24-episode documentary series Cold War
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1997· 1 entry
And he and Bonham Carter were in a well-publicised relationship until 1999
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1996· 1 entry
It is among the very few to use 65mm film cameras since 1970
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1995· 1 entry
Branagh portrayed Iago in Oliver Parker's Othello (1995) acting opposite Laurence Fishburne as Othello
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1990· 4 entries
Awarded European Film Award for Best Actor for Henry V (1990).
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Awarded Young European Film of the Year for Henry V (1990).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Henry V (1990).
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Wrote his autobiography Beginning, recounting his life and acting career up to that point
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1989· 2 entries
Branagh married English actress Emma Thompson, who appeared with him in Fortunes of War, Look Back in Anger, Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, Dead Again, and Peter's Friends
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Branagh co-starred with Emma Thompson in the Renaissance company's stage revival of Look Back in Anger
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1987· 2 entries
Following success with several productions on the London Fringe, including Branagh's full-scale production of Romeo and Juliet at the Lyric Studio, co-starring with Samantha Bond
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Branagh found his first leading film role as James Moon in the British film adaptation of J
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1984· 1 entry
Appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Henry V, directed by Adrian Noble
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1981· 1 entry
Studied at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1981).
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1980· 1 entry
RADA's principal Hugh Cruttwell asked Branagh to perform a soliloquy from Hamlet for Queen Elizabeth II during one of her visits to the academy
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-12-10.
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