Kenneth Branagh biography
Kenneth Branagh is a British actor and filmmaker (born 1960), born on 10 December 1960 in Belfast.
Kenneth Branagh's screen career began in 1981 with Chariots of Fire, playing Cambridge Student.
Kenneth Branagh has appeared in 82 films and 22 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Mayday (2026), Atonement (2026), The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026).
Honours include Knight Bachelor, Emmy Award and Young European Film of the Year.
Coming up next: The Thomas Crown Affair (2027), The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde.
- Also known as
- Sir Kenneth Charles "Ken" Branagh, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh
- Born
- 10 December 1960 (age 65)
- Birthplace
- Belfast
- Work
- Film actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Stage actor, Film producer
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1981 to present
- Awards
- Knight Bachelor
- Emmy Award
- Young European Film of the Year
- European Film Award for Best Actor
- BAFTA Award for Best Direction
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Kenneth Branagh filmography
84 films and 22 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde | Upcoming | |||
| 2027 | The Thomas Crown Affair | TBA | Post-production | |
| 2026 | Mayday | Nikolai Ustinov | ||
| 2026 | Atonement | Michael Reid | ||
| 2026 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Stuart Simmons | ||
| 2025 | The King of Kings | Charles Dickens | Voice | |
| 2023 | A Haunting in Venice | Hercule Poirot | ||
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Niels Bohr | ||
| 2022 | Death on the Nile | Hercule Poirot | ||
| 2022 | Fireheart | Shawn Nolan | Voice | |
| 2021 | Belfast | |||
| 2020 | Tenet | Andrei Sator | ||
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl | |||
| 2018 | All Is True | William Shakespeare | ||
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Asgardian Distress Caller | Voice; uncredited | |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Hercule Poirot | ||
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Commander Bolton | ||
| 2016 | Mindhorn | English | ||
| 2016 | Wallander - The Troubled Man | |||
| 2015 | Cinderella | |||
| 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Viktor Cherevin | ||
| 2012 | An Event in Autumn | English | ||
| 2012 | Stars in Shorts | Mark Snow | Segment: "Prodigal" | |
| 2011 | Prodigal | |||
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Laurence Olivier |
Show all 84 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope | English | ||
| 2011 | Thor | |||
| 2011 | A Poem is | 3 episodes | ||
| 2010 | Wallander: The fifth Woman | English | ||
| 2009 | Wallander: Sidetracked | |||
| 2009 | Pirate Radio | English | ||
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked | Sir Alistair Dormandy | ||
| 2008 | Valkyrie | Henning von Tresckow | ||
| 2007 | Sleuth | Man on TV | Uncredited | |
| 2006 | The Magic Flute | |||
| 2006 | The American Experience | Episode: "The Man Behind Hitler" | ||
| 2006 | As You Like It | |||
| 2005 | World War 1 in Colour | 6 episodes | ||
| 2005 | Walking with Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs | 3 episodes | ||
| 2005 | Das Goebbels-Experiment | Documentary film | ||
| 2004 | Five Children and It | English | ||
| 2004 | Five Children & It | Uncle Albert | ||
| 2003 | Listening | Short film | ||
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Gilderoy Lockhart | ||
| 2002 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | A.O. Neville | ||
| 2002 | The Tramp and the Dictator | Documentary film | ||
| 2001 | Walking with Beasts | 6 episodes | ||
| 2001 | The Science of Walking with Beasts | 2 episodes | ||
| 2001 | The Ballad of Big Al | 2 episodes | ||
| 2001 | Schneider's 2nd Stage | Joseph Barnett | Short film | |
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | Berowne | ||
| 2000 | How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | Peter McGowen | ||
| 2000 | The Road to El Dorado | Miguel | Voice | |
| 1999 | Alien Love Triangle | Steven Chesterman | Short film | |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West | Dr. Arliss Loveless | ||
| 1999 | The Book That Wrote Itself | English | ||
| 1999 | Walking with Dinosaurs | 6 episodes | ||
| 1999 | Periwig Maker | The Periwig Maker | Short film | |
| 1999 | IMAX: Galapagos | Documentary short film | ||
| 1998 | Celebrity | Lee Simon | ||
| 1998 | The Theory of Flight | Richard | ||
| 1998 | The Proposition | Father Michael McKinnon | ||
| 1998 | The Gingerbread Man | Rick Magruder | ||
| 1998 | Universal Horror | Documentary film | ||
| 1998 | The Dance of the Shiva | Colonel Evans | Short film | |
| 1998 | Cold War | 24 episodes | ||
| 1997 | Great Composers | 7 episodes | ||
| 1996 | Hamlet | Prince Hamlet | ||
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | English | ||
| 1996 | Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood | 6 episodes | ||
| 1995 | Othello | Iago | ||
| 1995 | In the Bleak Midwinter | |||
| 1995 | Anne Frank Remembered | Documentary film | ||
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Victor Frankenstein | ||
| 1993 | Swing Kids | Herr Knopp, Gestapo | Uncredited | |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | ||
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Andrew Benson | ||
| 1992 | Swan Song | Short film | ||
| 1991 | Dead Again | Mike Church / Roman Strauss | ||
| 1989 | Henry V | Henry V | ||
| 1987 | High Season | Rick | ||
| 1987 | A Month in the Country | James Moon | ||
| 1985 | Coming Through | D.H. Lawrence | ||
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Cambridge Student | Uncredited |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The American Revolution | Thomas Gage & Richard Howe | Voice; docuseries | |
| 2023 | Blue Eye Samurai | Abijah Fowler | Voice, series regular | |
| 2022 | This England | Boris Johnson | Main role | |
| 2018 | Upstart Crow | Colin / The Stranger | Episode: "A Crow Christmas Carol" | |
| 2012 | The Dogs of Riga | |||
| 2008 | 10 Days to War | Colonel Tim Collins | Episode: "Our Business is North" | |
| 2008 | Wallander | Kurt Wallander | 12 episodes | |
| 2005 | Warm Springs | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Television film | |
| 2002 | Shackleton | Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton | Television film | |
| 2001 | Conspiracy | Reinhard Heydrich | Television film | |
| 1995 | The Shadow of a Gunman | Donal Davoren | Episode: "Shadow of a Gunman" | |
| 1989 | Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter | Television film | |
| 1988 | American Playhouse | Gordan Evans | Episode: "Strange Interlude" | |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War | Guy Pringle | 7 episodes | |
| 1987 | Theatre Night | Oswald | Episode: "Ghosts" | |
| 1987 | The Lady's Not for Burning | Thomas Mendip | Television film | |
| 1987 | Lorna | Billy | Television film | |
| 1984 | The Boy in the Bush | Jack Grant | Miniseries | |
| 1983 | To the Lighthouse | Charles Tansley | Television film | |
| 1983 | Maybury | Robert Clyde Moffat | 2 episodes | |
| 1982 | Play for Tomorrow | Student | Episode: "Easter 2016" | |
| 1982 | Play for Today | Billy Martin | 3 episodes |