Acting
Kenneth Branagh
- Titles
- 118movies42TV shows
- Career
Active from 1982 to 2025, busiest in 1987 and 1998 with 6 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 72top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.4average 2.6
- Wonder4.7average 3.4
- Politics3.8average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
- Wholesome3.7average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.8, average 5.2
- Dark Humor1.9, average 2.9
- Physical Comedy1.5, average 2.5
- Cringe Humor1.3, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 9
- Family-Friendly 7
- Character-Driven 6
- Social Commentary 5
- Ensemble Cast 5
- Visual Spectacle 5
- Shakespearean Adaptation 5
- Historical Documentary 3
- Nostalgic 3
- Psychological Thriller 3
- Character Study 3
- Psychological Drama 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Patrick DoyleComposerThor, Death on the Nile, Cinderella, Murder on the Orient Express, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, +14 more
Haris ZambarloukosCinematographerThor, Death on the Nile, Cinderella, A Haunting in Venice, Murder on the Orient Express, +4 more
Judi DenchActorMurder on the Orient Express, Artemis Fowl, Belfast, Henry V, All Is True, +3 more
Emma ThompsonActorMuch Ado About Nothing, The Boat That Rocked, Fortunes of War, Dead Again, Henry V, +2 more
Richard BriersActorMary Shelley's Frankenstein, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, In the Bleak Midwinter, +2 more
Derek JacobiActorCinderella, Murder on the Orient Express, My Week with Marilyn, Dead Again, Hamlet, +2 more- RRoger LanserCinematographerMuch Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, In the Bleak Midwinter, Peter's Friends, The Magic Flute, +1 more
- NNeil FarrellEditorHamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, As You Like It, Sleuth, In the Bleak Midwinter, +1 more
James EllisActorShadow of a Gunman, A Coming to Terms for Billy, Lorna, A Matter of Choice for Billy, Too Late to Talk to Billy
Jimmy YuillActorAs You Like It, In the Bleak Midwinter, National Theatre Live: Macbeth, Schneider's 2nd Stage, Swan Song- GGraham ReidWriterEaster 2016, A Coming to Terms for Billy, Lorna, A Matter of Choice for Billy, Too Late to Talk to Billy
Tim HainesDirectorWalking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts, Big Al, Walking with Monsters, Walking with Monsters
Movies and TV shows
113Upcoming
5 titles
as Shackleton
as (voice)
TV show · as Laird of Castle Drummoch
Screenplay, Director
Director
2020s
11 titles · average score 69
75
as Charles Dickens (voice)
as Charles Dickens (Voice)
65
as Hercule Poirot
81
as Niels Bohr
85
TV show · as Abijah Fowler (voice)
63
as Hercule Poirot
67
as Shawn Nolan (voice)
62
TV show · as Boris Johnson
71
Producer, Director
49
Producer, Director
72
as Sator
2010s
18 titles · average score 72
61
as William Shakespeare
66
as Hercule Poirot
76
as Commander Bolton
68
Director
61
as Viktor Cherevin
66
Producer
74
as Macbeth, Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, general in the King's army
80
as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
68
Director
67
as Sir Laurence Olivier
2000s
32 titles · average score 68
70
as Henning von Tresckow
75
TV show · as Kurt Wallander
63
as Other Man on T.V.
71
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
83
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
76
as Gilderoy Lockhart
73
TV show · as Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
80
TV show · as Narrator
74
as Reinhard Heydrich
70
as Miguel (voice)
56
as Berowne
79
TV show · as Narrator
1990s
24 titles · average score 68
51
as Dr. Arliss Loveless
83
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
63
as Richard
61
as Lee Simon
77
TV show
62
as Father Michael McKinnon
56
as Rick Magruder
75
as Prince Hamlet
71
Writer, Director
63
as Victor Frankenstein
71
as Benedick
66
as Roman Strauss / Mike Church
1980s
22 titles · average score 66
73
as Henry V
69
Director, Stage Director
70
TV show · as Guy Pringle
66
as James Moon
as Oswald Alving
as Billy Martin
51
as Rick
TV show · as Jack Grant
as Billy Martin
57
as Charles Tansley
as Billy Martin
as Billy Martin
1970s
1 title · average score 70
70
TV show