Biography
Kenneth Branagh is a British actor and filmmaker. Born in Belfast on 10 December 1960 and raised in Reading, Berkshire, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
He is known for directing and starring in film adaptations of Shakespeare plays, including Henry V (1989) and Hamlet (1996), as well as the Hercule Poirot series beginning with Murder on the Orient Express (2017). He directed and starred as Poirot in A Haunting in Venice (2023), appeared as Niels Bohr in Oppenheimer (2023) and as Sator in Tenet (2020), and is set to appear in The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026).
Branagh received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Belfast (2021). He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in 2012.
