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Kenneth Branagh

Acting · Born December 10, 1960 · 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 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.

Movies with Kenneth Branagh

• Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited)
• Mayday (2026) — Nikolai Ustinov
• Oppenheimer (2023) — Niels Bohr
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) — Gilderoy Lockhart
• The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) — Stuart
• Death on the Nile (2022) — Hercule Poirot
• Tenet (2020) — Sator
• Dunkirk (2017) — Commander Bolton
• A Haunting in Venice (2023) — Hercule Poirot
• Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — Hercule Poirot
• The Road to El Dorado (2000) — Miguel (voice)
• Valkyrie (2008) — Henning von Tresckow

TV shows with Kenneth Branagh

• BLUE EYE SAMURAI (2023) — Abijah Fowler (voice)
• Wallander (2008) — Kurt Wallander
• The American Revolution (2025) — (voice)
• Fortunes of War (1987) — Guy Pringle
• This England (2022) — Boris Johnson
• Walking with Dinosaurs (1999) — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Walking with Beasts (2001) — Narrator
• Cold War (1998)