Born Dec. 10, 1960, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Kenneth Branagh joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at age 23 but soon formed a rival troupe, the Renaissance Theatre Company.Branagh debuted on the screen in A Month in the Country (1987), but it was his direction and acting in 1989's Henry V that brought Oscar nods in both categories. He teamed with then-wife Emma Thompson for Henry V and subsequently for Dead Again and Much Ado About Nothing.
In 1994, Branagh helmed and starred in Frankenstein and later continued making wide-appeal Shakespeare movies by filming the entire text of "Hamlet," earning a third Oscar nomination (for Adapted Screenplay). He won an Emmy for his turn in the 2001 TV movie Conspiracy and played the buffoon in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). Branagh also nabbed Emmy and Golden Globe nods for his roles in Warm Springs (2005) and "Wallander" (2008).
Much Ado About NothingKenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson star as Benedick and Beatrice, two marriage-phobic rivals in Florence, Italy, in a lively plot involving complications, pranks and peerless wordplay. This must be Shakespeare! Hero (Kate Beckinsale) and Claudio (Robert Sean Leonard) try to hook up the two B's... Read More
ConspiracyOn January 20, 1942, at the height of the World War II, 15 government officials and SS Commanders attended a conference on the outskirts of Berlin. It was a simple meeting, which -- by the end -- would decide the fate of 6 million lives. This BBC movie is based on the only surviving record of that... Read More
Masterpiece Mystery!: WallanderIn a picturesque and once-peaceful province of southern Sweden, disillusioned police inspector Kurt Wallander probes a shocking spate of baffling murders whose victims include a cab driver, an elderly couple and a bird watcher. Read More
Hamlet: Special EditionVeteran Shakespearean actor Kenneth Branagh delivers a brooding performance as the Danish prince driven to madness by his father's death in this four-hour production of one of the Bard's finest plays, featuring cameos by several stars. Tormented by his father's ghost and enraged by his mother's... Read More
Warm SpringsFranklin Delano Roosevelt (Kenneth Branagh) faces personal and political crises in this biopic that begins not long after the future U.S. president is paralyzed by polio. Roosevelt endures the stigma of the disease and is moved by the plight of America's disabled. As he searches for a miracle cure,... Read More
Thor (2011) | PG-13 | |
My Week with Marilyn (2011) | R | |
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Sleuth (2007) | R | |
Ultimate Dinosaur Collection (2007) | NR | |
As You Like It (2006) | PG | |
The Great Composers: Mozart (2006) | NR | |
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The Magic Flute (2006) | NR | |
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Warm Springs (2005) | TV-PG | |
World War I in Color (2005) | NR | |
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Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) | PG | |
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Conspiracy (2001) | R | |
The Road to El Dorado (2000) | PG | |
Love's Labour's Lost (2000) | PG | |
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999) | TV-G | |
Wild Wild West (1999) | PG-13 | |
Galapagos: IMAX (1999) | NR | |
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The Gingerbread Man (1998) | R | |
Celebrity (1998) | R | |
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Anne Frank Remembered (1995) | PG | |
Othello (1995) | R | |
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) | R | |
Much Ado About Nothing (1993) | PG-13 | |
Peter's Friends (1992) | R | |
Dead Again (1991) | R | |
Symphony for the Spire (1991) | NR | |
Discovering Hamlet (1990) | NR | |
Henry V (1989) | PG-13 | |
Look Back in Anger (1989) | NR | |
Twelfth Night (1988) | NR | |
High Season (1987) | R | |
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Ghosts (1986) | NR | |
Coming Through (1985) | NR | |
To the Lighthouse (1983) | NR | |
Lon Chaney: The Unknown (1927) | NR | |
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