Kenneth Branagh filmography

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

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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

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1981 Chariots of Fire Cambridge StudentUncredited
1987 A Month in the Country James Moon
1987 High Season Rick
1989 Henry V Henry V
1991 Dead Again Mike Church / Roman Strauss
1992 Peter's Friends Andrew Benson
1993 Much Ado About Nothing Benedick
1993 Swing Kids Herr Knopp, GestapoUncredited
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein
1995 Othello Iago
1996 Hamlet Prince Hamlet
1998 The Gingerbread Man Rick Magruder
1998 The Theory of Flight Richard
1998 Celebrity Lee Simon
1998 The Proposition Father Michael McKinnon
1998The Dance of the ShivaColonel EvansShort film [1]
1999 Alien Love Triangle Steven ChestermanShort film
1999 Wild Wild West Dr. Arliss Loveless
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Berowne
2000 The Road to El Dorado MiguelVoice
2000 How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog Peter McGowen
2000 Periwig Maker The Periwig MakerShort film
2001Schneider's 2nd StageJoseph BarnettShort film
2002 Rabbit-Proof Fence A.O. Neville
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Gilderoy Lockhart
2004 Five Children & It Uncle Albert
2007 Sleuth Man on TVUncredited
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 SnowSegment: "Prodigal" [2]
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Viktor Cherevin
2016 Mindhorn Himself
2017 Dunkirk Commander Bolton
2017 Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Asgardian Distress CallerVoice; uncredited
2018 All Is True William Shakespeare
2020 Tenet Andrei Sator
2022 Fireheart Shawn NolanVoice [3]
2022 Death on the Nile Hercule Poirot
2023 Oppenheimer Niels Bohr
2023 A Haunting in Venice Hercule Poirot [4]
TBA Mayday TBAFilming [5]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1982 Play for Tomorrow StudentEpisode: "Easter 2016"
1982 Play for Today Billy Martin3 episodes
1983 To the Lighthouse Charles Tansley Television film
1983MayburyRobert Clyde Moffat2 episodes
1984 The Boy in the Bush Jack GrantMiniseries
1985Coming Through D.H. Lawrence Television film
1987 The Lady's Not for Burning Thomas MendipTelevision film
1987LornaBillyTelevision film
1987 Theatre Night OswaldEpisode: "Ghosts"
1987 Fortunes of War Guy Pringle7 episodes
1988 Thompson Various roles6 episodes
1988 American Playhouse Gordan EvansEpisode: "Strange Interlude"
1989 Look Back in Anger Jimmy PorterTelevision film
1995 The Shadow of a Gunman Donal DavorenEpisode: "Shadow of a Gunman"
2001 Conspiracy Reinhard Heydrich Television film
2002 Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton Television film
2005 Warm Springs Franklin D. Roosevelt Television film
2006 Lunar Jim Eco92 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 StrangerEpisode: "A Crow Christmas Carol"
2022 This England Boris Johnson Main role [6]
2023 Blue Eye Samurai Abijah FowlerVoice, series regular, web series [7]

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
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 PainkillerRalph [24]
The Entertainer Archie Rice [25]
2023 King Lear King Lear Wyndham's Theatre, West End [26]
2024 The Shed, Off-Broadway [27]

Narrator

YearTitleNotesRef.
1995 Anne Frank Remembered Documentary film
1996 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood 6 episodes
1997Great Composers7 episodes
1998 Cold War 24 episodes
1998Universal HorrorDocumentary film
1999 Walking with Dinosaurs 6 episodes
2001 The Science of Walking with Beasts 2 episodes
2001 The Ballad of Big Al 2 episodes
2001 Walking with Beasts 6 episodes
2002The Tramp and the DictatorDocumentary film
2005 Walking with Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs 3 episodes
2005Das Goebbels-ExperimentDocumentary film [28]
2005IMAX: GalapagosDocumentary short film
2005 World War 1 in Colour 6 episodes
2006 The American Experience Episode: "The Man Behind Hitler"
2011A Poem is...3 episodes

As director

Film
YearTitle Director Writer Producer NotesRef.
1989 Henry V YesYesNo
1991 Dead Again YesNoNo
1992 Peter's Friends YesNoYes
1992 Swan Song YesNoNoShort film
1993 Much Ado About Nothing YesYesYes
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein YesNoNo
1995 In the Bleak Midwinter YesYesNo
1996 Hamlet YesYesNo
2000 Love's Labour's Lost YesYesYes
2003 Listening YesYesNoShort film
2006 As You Like It YesYesYes
2006 The Magic Flute YesYesNo
2007 Sleuth YesNoYes
2011 Thor YesNoNo
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit YesNoNo
2015 Cinderella YesNoNo
2017 Murder on the Orient Express YesNoYes
2018 All Is True YesNoNo
2020 Artemis Fowl YesNoYes
2021 Belfast YesYesYes
2022 Death on the Nile YesNoYes [29]
2023 A Haunting in Venice YesNoYes

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