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Kenneth Branagh filmography
Film45
Television23
Narrating16
Theatre19

The following is the filmography for actor, director, producer and screenwriter Kenneth Branagh.

Branagh made his professional theatrical stage debut in Another Country (1982). He gained prominence acting in numerous productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his feature film debut in A Month in the Country (1987). He directed and starred in a string of successful 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 also directed Peter's Friends (1992), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Thor (2011), Cinderella (2015), and Belfast (2021).

Branagh directed and starred as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Death on the Nile (2022), and A Haunting in Venice (2023). 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), Rabbit-Proof Fence (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 has collaborated with Christopher Nolan acting in Dunkirk (2017), Tenet (2020), and Oppenheimer (2023).

As actor

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1981 Chariots of Fire Cambridge Student Uncredited
1985 Coming Through D.H. Lawrence
1987 A Month in the Country James Moon
High Season Rick
1989 Henry V Henry V
1991 Dead Again Mike Church / Roman Strauss
1992 Peter's Friends Andrew Benson
1993 Swing Kids Herr Knopp, Gestapo Uncredited
Much Ado About Nothing Benedick
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein
1995 Othello Iago
1996 Hamlet Prince Hamlet
1998 The Gingerbread Man Rick Magruder
The Proposition Father Michael McKinnon
The Theory of Flight Richard
Celebrity Lee Simon
The Dance of the Shiva Colonel Evans Short film [1]
1999 Alien Love Triangle Steven Chesterman
Wild Wild West Dr. Arliss Loveless
Periwig Maker The Periwig Maker Short film
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Berowne
The Road to El Dorado Miguel Voice
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog Peter McGowen
2001 Schneider's 2nd Stage Joseph Barnett Short film
2002 Rabbit-Proof Fence A.O. Neville
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Gilderoy Lockhart
2004 Five Children & It Uncle Albert
2007 Sleuth Man on TV Uncredited
2008 Valkyrie Henning von Tresckow
2009 The Boat That Rocked Sir Alistair Dormandy
2011 My Week with Marilyn Laurence Olivier
2012 Stars in Shorts Mark Snow Segment: "Prodigal" [2]
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Viktor Cherevin
2016 Mindhorn Himself
2017 Dunkirk Commander Bolton
Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Asgardian Distress Caller Voice; uncredited
All Is True William Shakespeare
2020 Tenet Andrei Sator
2022 Fireheart Shawn Nolan Voice [3]
Death on the Nile Hercule Poirot
2023 Oppenheimer Niels Bohr
A Haunting in Venice Hercule Poirot [4]
TBA Mayday TBA Post-production [5]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1982 Play for Tomorrow Student Episode: "Easter 2016"
Play for Today Billy Martin 3 episodes
1983 To the Lighthouse Charles Tansley Television film
Maybury Robert Clyde Moffat 2 episodes
1984 The Boy in the Bush Jack Grant Miniseries
1985 Coming Through D.H. Lawrence Television film
1987 The Lady's Not for Burning Thomas Mendip
Lorna Billy
Theatre Night Oswald Episode: "Ghosts"
Fortunes of War Guy Pringle 7 episodes
1988 Thompson Various roles 6 episodes
American Playhouse Gordan Evans Episode: "Strange Interlude"
1989 Look Back in Anger Jimmy Porter Television film
1995 The Shadow of a Gunman Donal Davoren Episode: "Shadow of a Gunman"
2001 Conspiracy Reinhard Heydrich Television film
2002 Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
2005 Warm Springs Franklin D. Roosevelt
2006 Lunar Jim Eco 92 episodes
2008 10 Days to War Colonel Tim Collins Episode: "Our Business is North"
2008–2016 Wallander Kurt Wallander 12 episodes
2018 Upstart Crow Colin / The Stranger Episode: "A Crow Christmas Carol"
2022 This England Boris Johnson Main role [6]
2023 Blue Eye Samurai Abijah Fowler Voice, series regular [7]

Theatre

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Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1982 Another Country Tommy Judd Queen's Theatre, West End [8]
1983 Henry V Henry V Royal Shakespeare Theatre, London [9]
1984–1985 Hamlet Laertes Barbican Theatre, West End [10]
1985 Love's Labour's Lost King of Navarre Royal Shakespeare Theatre, London [11]
1988 As You Like It Touchstone Phoenix Theatre, London [12]
Much Ado About Nothing Benedick
1990 A Midsummer Night's Dream Quince Dominion Theatre, London [13]
King Lear Edgar [14]
1992 Coriolanus Coriolanus Chichester Festival Theatre [15]
1992–1993 Hamlet Hamlet Barbican Theatre, West End [16]
2003 Edmond Edmond Olivier Theatre, West End [17]
2008 Ivanov Performer Wyndham's Theatre, West End [18]
2011 The Painkiller Ralph Lyric Theatre, Belfast [19]
2013 Macbeth Macbeth Campfield Market Hall, UK [20]
2014 Park Avenue Armory, Off-Broadway [21]
2016 The Winter's Tale Leontes Garrick Theatre, West End [22]
Harlequinade Arthur Gosport [23]
The Painkiller Ralph [24]
The Entertainer Archie Rice [25]
2023 King Lear King Lear Wyndham's Theatre, West End [26]
2024 The Shed, Off-Broadway [27]

Narrator

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Year Title Notes Ref.
1995 Anne Frank Remembered Documentary film
1996 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood 6 episodes
1997 Great Composers 7 episodes
1998 Cold War 24 episodes
Universal Horror Documentary film
1999 Walking with Dinosaurs 6 episodes
IMAX: Galapagos Documentary short film
2001 The Science of Walking with Beasts 2 episodes
The Ballad of Big Al 2 episodes
Walking with Beasts 6 episodes
2002 The Tramp and the Dictator Documentary film
2005 Walking with Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs 3 episodes
Das Goebbels-Experiment Documentary film [28]
World War 1 in Colour 6 episodes
2006 The American Experience Episode: "The Man Behind Hitler"
2011 A Poem is... 3 episodes

As director

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes Ref.
1989 Henry V Yes Yes No
1991 Dead Again Yes No No
1992 Swan Song Yes No No Short film
Peter's Friends Yes No Yes
1993 Much Ado About Nothing Yes Yes Yes
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Yes No No
1995 In the Bleak Midwinter Yes Yes No
1996 Hamlet Yes Yes No
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Yes Yes Yes
2003 Listening Yes Yes No Short film
2006 As You Like It Yes Yes Yes
The Magic Flute Yes Yes No
2007 Sleuth Yes No Yes
2011 Thor Yes No No
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Yes No No
2015 Cinderella Yes No No
2017 Murder on the Orient Express Yes No Yes
2018 All Is True Yes No No
2020 Artemis Fowl Yes No Yes
2021 Belfast Yes Yes Yes
2022 Death on the Nile Yes No Yes [29]
2023 A Haunting in Venice Yes No Yes
TBA The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde † Yes No Yes Filming

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Dance of Shiva". Stephanie Sinclair Art. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ^ Davis, Edward (27 January 2012). "First Look: Kenneth Branagh In Sci-Fi Short 'Prodigal'". Indie Wire. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ^ Garcia, Jose Armando (1 February 2022). "'Corazón de Fuego' invita a las niñas a seguir sus sueños". esengdlcoms.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  4. ^ "The big twist in 'A Haunting in Venice'? It's actually a great film". NPR. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Ryan Reynolds & Kenneth Branagh To Star In 'Mayday'; Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley Directing Action-Adventure Pic For Apple And Skydance". Deadline Hollywood. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  6. ^ Ravindran, Manori (25 February 2021). "See First Photo of Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson". Variety. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  7. ^ "How the 'Blue Eye Samurai' Creators Assembled a Star-Studded Ensemble Cast". Collider. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Another Country". Abouttheartist. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Henry V". Royal Shakespeare Company. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Past Productions Hamlet". Royal Shakespeare Company. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Love's Labour's Lost". Royal Shakespeare Company. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Is Renaissance Theatre's Branagh the New Olivier?". The Los Angeles Times. 16 October 1988. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  13. ^ "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Theatricalia. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  14. ^ "AN IMPRESSIVE 'KING LEAR' OUTSHINES A FLAWED, HILARIOUS 'DREAM'". The Chicago Tribune. 25 May 1990. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Hiddleston! McKellen! Olivier! Shakespeare's mighty Coriolanus – in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Past Productions Hamlet". Royal Shakespeare Company. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Review: Edmond". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Casting Complete for Donmar's Ivanov Starring Kenneth Branagh". Playbill. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  19. ^ "The Painkiller - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Manchester International Festival to Feature Kenneth Branagh, Rob Ashford, Robert Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Mikhail Baryshnikov". Playbill. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Immersive Production of Macbeth, With Kenneth Branagh, Closes at Park Avenue Armory June 22". Playbill. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  22. ^ "The Winter's Tale Garrick Theatre 2015". London Theatre. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  23. ^ "West End Review: 'The Winter's Tale' and 'Harlequinade,' with Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench". Variety. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  24. ^ "West End Review: Kenneth Branagh in 'The Painkiller'". Variety. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  25. ^ "The Entertainer". Abouttheartist. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  26. ^ "King Lear". Wyndham's Theatre. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  27. ^ "Kenneth Branagh Will Be King Lear at Off-Broadway's The Shed". Playbill. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  28. ^ "Dr. Goebbels Speaks". Top Documentary Films. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  29. ^ McNary, Dave (17 October 2018). "Film News Roundup: 1963 U.S. Naval Academy Football Team to Get Doc Treatment". Variety. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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