Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss Loveless in Warner Brother's Wild Wild West - 1999

Biography

Born 12/10/1960

Once hailed as the “new Laurence Olivier,” Shakespearean-trained actor and director Kenneth Branagh struggled throughout his career to balance his near-obsessive drive to work with the need for a somewhat normal, settled life. After his directorial breakthrough with his excellent interpretation...
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Awards

  • In 2001, received Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
  • In 1995, received Venice Film Festival Award for Silver Lion for Best Director
  • In 1990, received BAFTA Award for Director
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Highlights

  • In 2009, Nominated for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
  • In 2008, Cast as a Swedish detective in three feature-length adaptations of Henning Mankell's best-selling "Wallander" crime novels for the BBC; also executive produced; earned an Emmy nomination for Best Actor in a Television Movie
  • In 2008, Co-starred with Tom Cruise in Bryan Singer's historical thriller, "Valkyrie"
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Family & Companions

  • Lindsay Brunnock: wife (Met on the set of the Channel 4 drama "Shackleton" in 2001; married in May 2003)
  • Helena Bonham Carter: together from c. 1994 to summer 1999; acted together in "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" (1994) and "Theory of Flight" (1998)
  • William Branagh: father (Married Branagh's mother on Aug. 28, 1954 in Belfast)
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