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Award | Wins | Nominations |
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1 | 8 | |
5 | 13 | |
2 | 5 | |
1 | 8 | |
0 | 1 | |
2 | 7 | |
1 | 3 | |
This is a List of awards and nominations received by Sir Kenneth Branagh.
Sir Kenneth Branagh is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer and screenwriter Having trained Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he became known for his stage and screen adaptations of William Shakespeare. In 2012 he was appointed a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II. He was made a Freeman of his native city of Belfast in January 2018. [1] In 2020, he was listed at number 20 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. [2]
Branagh is known for his films as a director including the William Shakespeare film adaptations Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), as well as the murder mystery Dead Again (1991), the drama Peter's Friends (1992) and the horror adaptation Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994). He also directed Thor (2011), the live action adaptation of Cinderella (2015), Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and the drama Belfast (2021).
He has received many accolades for his work including eight Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and Best Live Action Short Film. He also earned ten BAFTA Award nominations, five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, five Golden Globe Award nominations, a Grammy Award nomination, and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. For his work on the West End stage he has earned seven Laurence Olivier Award nominations and two wins for Best Newcomer in 1982 and the Society of London Theatre Award in 2017.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1989 | Best Director | Henry V | Nominated | [3] |
Best Actor | Nominated | |||
1992 | Best Live Action Short Film | Swan Song | Nominated | [4] |
1996 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Hamlet | Nominated | [5] |
2011 | Best Supporting Actor | My Week with Marilyn | Nominated | [6] |
2021 | Best Picture | Belfast | Nominated | [7] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Won | |||
British Academy Film Awards | ||||
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Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
1990 | Best Direction | Henry V | Won | [8] |
Best Leading Actor | Nominated | |||
1994 | Michael Balcon Award | — | Recipient | [9] |
2012 | Best Supporting Actor | My Week with Marilyn | Nominated | [10] |
2022 | Best Film | Belfast | Nominated | [11] |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |||
Outstanding British Film | Won | |||
British Academy Television Awards | ||||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
1988 | Best Actor | Fortunes of War | Nominated | [12] |
2003 | Conspiracy | Nominated | [13] | |
Shackleton | Nominated | |||
2009 | Best Drama Series | Wallander | Won | [14] |
2010 | Best Actor | Won | [15] | |
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards | ||||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
2017 | Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment | Recipient | [16] | |
Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
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Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
2001 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Conspiracy | Won | [17] |
2002 | Shackleton | Nominated | [18] | |
2005 | Warm Springs | Nominated | [19] | |
2009 | Wallander | Nominated | [20] | |
International Emmy Awards | ||||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
2017 | Best Performance by an Actor | Wallander | Won | [21] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Much Ado About Nothing | Nominated | [22] |
2001 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Conspiracy | Nominated | [23] |
2005 | Warm Springs | Nominated | [24] | |
2009 | Wallander | Nominated | [25] | |
2011 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | My Week with Marilyn | Nominated | [26] |
2021 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Belfast | Nominated | [27] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
Best Screenplay | Won | |||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | Best Spoken Word Album | Hamlet | Nominated | [28] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1982 | Best Newcomer | Another Country | Won | [29] |
1985 | Best Actor | Henry V | Nominated | [30] |
1988 | Best Comedy Performance | As You Like It | Nominated | [31] |
2004 | Best Actor | Edmond | Nominated | [32] |
2016 | The Winter's Tale | Nominated | [33] | |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
2017 | Society of London Theatre Special Award | Recipient | [34] | |
Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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Directors Guild of America Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Belfast | Nominated | |
Producers Guild of America Awards | 2022 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Belfast | Nominated | |
Screen Actors Guild Awards | 1996 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | Othello | Nominated | [35] |
2006 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Warm Springs | Nominated | [36] | |
2012 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | My Week with Marilyn | Nominated | [37] | |
2024 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Oppenheimer | Won | [38] |
Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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Berlin International Film Festival | 1992 | Golden Bear | Dead Again | Nominated | |
Cannes Film Festival | 1993 | Palme d'Or | Much Ado About Nothing | Nominated | |
Toronto International Film Festival | 2021 | People's Choice Award | Belfast | Won | |
Venice Film Festival | 1995 | Golden Lion | In the Bleak Midwinter | Nominated | |
Golden Osella | Won | ||||
2007 | Golden Lion | Sleuth | Nominated | ||
Queer Lion | Nominated | ||||
Queer Lion - Special Mention | Won |