Kenneth Branagh

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AKA: Kenneth Charles Branagh
Nationality: Irish
Birthdate: 12/10/1960
Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

biography

Once hailed as the “new Laurence Olivier,” Shakespearean-trained actor and director Kenneth Branagh struggled throughout his career to balance his near-obsessive drive to work with the need for a somewhat normal, settled life. After his directorial breakthrough with his excellent interpretation of The Bard’s “Henry V” (1989), Branagh had what appeared to many to be the picture-perfect life – a beautiful wife in Emma Thompson, a thriving career – thanks to his deft thriller “Dead Again” (1991) – and a reputation replete with an air of seriousness and unerring artistic credibility. But on the Continued

Credits

Sir Alistair Dormandy
2009
(TV Show)
2009-2009
Executive Producer
2009
Kurt Wallander
2009
Executive Producer
2009
Kurt Wallander
2009
Executive Producer
2009
Kurt Wallander
2009
+(1 More)
Major-General Henning von Tresckow
2008
Producer
2007
Director
2007
(TV Show)
2007-2007
Bible Readings
2007
Narrator
2005
Mr. Neville
2002
Peter McGowan
2002
Producer
2000
Director
2000
Berowne
2000
Screenplay
2000
screenplay
2000
of Miguel
2000
Dr Arliss Loveless
1999
Richard
1998
Lee Simon
1998
Father Michael McKinnon
1998
Rick Magruder
1998
Screenplay
1996
Director
1996
screenplay
1996
Producer
Producer
Director
(uncredited) SS Official
Rick Lamb
Hamlet
Iago
Producer
Charles Moon
Benedick--of Padua
Victor Frankenstein
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Roman Strauss
Henry V
Steven Chesterman
screenplay
Screenplay
adaptation
screenplay
Screenplay

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1970 
Relocated with his family to Reading, England
1982 
Made West End stage debut in "Another Country"
1982 
Played the title role in the BBC trilogy, "Play for Today"
1984 
Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at age 23; was the youngest "Henry V" in the company's history
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