Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh Brief Biography

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh ( ; born 10 December 1960) is an actor and film director from Northern Ireland. He has directed or starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays including Henry V (1989) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1995), Hamlet (1996) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), Love's Labour's Lost (2000), and As You Like It (2006).

He has also starred in numerous other films and television series including Fortunes of War (1987), Wild Wild West (1999), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Conspiracy (TV) (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Warm Springs (TV) (2005), Valkyrie (2008), Wallander (TV series) (2008"present), and My Week with Marilyn (2011) as Laurence Olivier (Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor); and directed such notable films as Dead Again (1991) (also starring), Swan Song (1992) (Academy Award nominated for Best Live Action Short Film), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) (also starring), The Magic Flute (2006), Sleuth (2007), and the blockbuster superhero film Thor (2011).

Full Kenneth Branagh Biography

Kenneth Branagh News

• John Malkovich's 'The ABC Murders' to premiere on Amazon on Feb. 1
• The Almanac for December 10, the 344th day of 2018
• Fox delays 'Alita: Battle Angel' and 'The Predator' movie releases
• Josh Gad joins cast of Disney's 'Artemis Fowl' movie

More Kenneth Branagh News

This webpage uses material from the Wikipedia article "Kenneth_Branagh" and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Reality TV World is not responsible for any errors or omissions the Wikipedia article may contain.