---
name: "Kenneth Branagh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kenneth-branagh"
fi1m_id: "kenneth-branagh"
imdb_id: "nm0000110"
tmdb_id: 11181
wikidata_id: "Q55294"
roles: ["Actor","Director","Producer"]
born: "10 December 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 26
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-07T14:54:44.709852+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kenneth Branagh

## Identity

Kenneth Branagh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kenneth-branagh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kenneth-branagh
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000110
- **TMDB ID:** 11181
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55294
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55294, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000110/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11181

Actor and director. Born 10 December 1960 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director, Producer
- **Born:** 10 December 1960, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Active:** 1983–present
- **Also known as:** ケネス・ブラナー, 케네스 브래너, 肯尼思·布拉纳, קנת' בראנה, کنت برانا, Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 26: 11 acting, 12 directing, 1 producing, 2 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Emma Thompson](https://film.one/person/emma-thompson.md), [Christopher Nolan](https://film.one/person/christopher-nolan.md), [Emma Thomas](https://film.one/person/emma-thomas.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Anthony Hopkins](https://film.one/person/anthony-hopkins.md), [Chris Hemsworth](https://film.one/person/chris-hemsworth.md), [Cillian Murphy](https://film.one/person/cillian-murphy.md), [David Barron](https://film.one/person/david-barron.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 7 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 11 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 81 (2), 1990s 66 (6), 2000s 76 (4), 2010s 68 (7), 2020s 65 (7)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 68 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 11 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Action 3, Adventure 3, History 3, Comedy 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,708m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55294, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000110/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11181

## Coming up

- *The Thomas Crown Affair* (2027-03-04)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dunkirk*](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md) (86), [*Dead Again*](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md) (78), [*Wallander*](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md) (76), [*Peter's Friends*](https://film.one/film/peters-friends.md) (72)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Henry V*](https://film.one/film/henry-v.md) (84), [*Hamlet*](https://film.one/film/hamlet.md) (81), [*Belfast*](https://film.one/film/belfast.md) (66)
- **Peacock:** [*Oppenheimer*](https://film.one/film/oppenheimer.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*Conspiracy*](https://film.one/film/conspiracy.md) (83)
- **Netflix:** [*BLUE EYE SAMURAI*](https://film.one/tv/blue-eye-samurai.md) (79)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Much Ado About Nothing*](https://film.one/film/much-ado-about-nothing.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Cinderella*](https://film.one/film/cinderella.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Kenneth Branagh

> Branagh is an actor who wants every line to arrive, and will give it a shove if it has not. That eagerness makes his Shakespeare clear and his comedy strenuous; he is at his best when someone, usually Emma Thompson, makes him ease off.

Watch his Hamlet in the middle of a long speech. The thought arrives, we have it, and then Branagh finishes it with an extra push, as if he did not quite trust us to catch it. That is him in one gesture: forceful, eager, unwilling to let a word go unnoticed. It is why the full text of *Hamlet* (1996) can be followed for 242 minutes without effort, which is a rarer gift than it sounds. It is also why he so seldom does less than he could.

The career divides fairly neatly. After *Henry V* (1989), which he directed and starred in, came a run of films with Emma Thompson: *Dead Again* (1991), *Peter's Friends* (1992) and *Much Ado About Nothing* (1993), with *Hamlet* (1996) as the summit. Then Hollywood, first as a villain in *Wild Wild West* (1999), later as director of *Thor* (2011) and of three Poirot films between 2017 and 2023 in which he also wore the moustache. Alongside those, he has become a reliable supporting presence in other people's large films: *Dunkirk* (2017), *Tenet* (2020), *Oppenheimer* (2023) and *The Devil Wears Prada 2* (2026).

Thompson is the key. In *Much Ado* her Beatrice answers back so quickly that Branagh's Benedick has to listen, and when they stop working at the comedy the affection between them is persuasive. In *Dead Again* the two of them have enough warmth to carry a plot about hypnosis and reincarnation that would otherwise be a dry puzzle. Denzel Washington, in *Much Ado*, shows the other route: he does almost nothing and the film gains weight around him, which tells you what Branagh's flourishes cost. And yet in *Hamlet* we felt the prince's frustration as our own, all that energy in the speaking and no decision at the end of it, and for once the pushing was the point.

The pushing is the problem elsewhere, and critics have been saying so for years, usually with the word ham. His Loveless in *Wild Wild West* is broad enough to belong in that overbuilt film, and occasionally supplies the silliness the leads cannot. The first two Poirots were long, crowded and lit like adverts, and the performance matched them. *A Haunting in Venice* (2023) trimmed the moustache and the acting with it: this Poirot is tired and quiet, and for once the accent is not the loudest thing in the film. It is the best of the three, and it is the one in which he does least.

The supporting parts in *Dunkirk* and *Oppenheimer* did not need singling out in our reviews, and that is a compliment: he fits the frame and leaves it to Nolan. In *The Devil Wears Prada 2* he is given less to do than his billing suggests. Start with *Hamlet*, then *Much Ado* and *Dead Again* for the Thompson years, and the Venice Poirot for the quieter man he can be when he chooses. Somebody should ask him to choose it more often.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (26)

### Performed in (11) — the average rests on these

- *The Devil Wears Prada 2* (2026), Fi1m 64, as Stuart — [page](https://film.one/film/the-devil-wears-prada-2.md)
- *BLUE EYE SAMURAI* (2023), Fi1m 79, as Abijah Fowler (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-eye-samurai.md)
- *Oppenheimer* (2023), Fi1m 84, as Niels Bohr — [page](https://film.one/film/oppenheimer.md)
- *Tenet* (2020), Fi1m 65, as Sator — [page](https://film.one/film/tenet.md)
- *Dunkirk* (2017), Fi1m 86, as Commander Bolton — [page](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md)
- *My Week with Marilyn* (2011), Fi1m 62, as Sir Laurence Olivier — [page](https://film.one/film/my-week-with-marilyn.md)
- *Wallander* (2008), Fi1m 76, as Kurt Wallander — [page](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002), Fi1m 65, as Gilderoy Lockhart — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.md)
- *Rabbit-Proof Fence* (2002), Fi1m 80, as A. O. Neville — [page](https://film.one/film/rabbit-proof-fence.md)
- *Conspiracy* (2001), Fi1m 83, as Reinhard Heydrich — [page](https://film.one/film/conspiracy.md)
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), Fi1m 34, as Dr. Arliss Loveless — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)

### Directed (12)

- *A Haunting in Venice* (2023), Fi1m 65, as Hercule Poirot — [page](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md)
- *Belfast* (2021), Fi1m 66, Producer, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/belfast.md)
- *Artemis Fowl* (2020), Fi1m 32, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/artemis-fowl.md)
- *All Is True* (2018), Fi1m 58, as William Shakespeare — [page](https://film.one/film/all-is-true.md)
- *Cinderella* (2015), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/cinderella.md)
- *Thor* (2011), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/thor.md)
- *Hamlet* (1996), Fi1m 81, as Prince Hamlet — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet.md)
- *Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* (1994), Fi1m 54, as Victor Frankenstein — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-shelleys-frankenstein.md)
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (1993), Fi1m 78, as Benedick — [page](https://film.one/film/much-ado-about-nothing.md)
- *Peter's Friends* (1992), Fi1m 72, as Andrew Benson — [page](https://film.one/film/peters-friends.md)
- *Dead Again* (1991), Fi1m 78, as Roman Strauss / Mike Church — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md)
- *Henry V* (1989), Fi1m 84, as Henry V — [page](https://film.one/film/henry-v.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/thor-the-dark-world.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Fi1m 77, as Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Chariots of Fire* (1981), Fi1m 78, as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/chariots-of-fire.md)

## Complete filmography (119)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Thomas Crown Affair* (2027), Actor
- *Atonement* (2026), as Michael Reid
- *Mayday* (2026), as Nikolai Ustinov
- *Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean* (2026), as David Lean (voice)
- *The Devil Wears Prada 2* (2026), as Stuart — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-devil-wears-prada-2.md)
- *The American Revolution* (2025), series, as (voice)
- *The King of Kings* (2025), as Charles Dickens (voice)
- *BLUE EYE SAMURAI* (2023), series, as Abijah Fowler (voice) — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-eye-samurai.md)
- *A Haunting in Venice* (2023), as Hercule Poirot · Director, Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md)
- *Oppenheimer* (2023), as Niels Bohr — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/oppenheimer.md)
- *This England* (2022), series, as Boris Johnson
- *Death on the Nile* (2022), as Hercule Poirot · Director, Producer
- *Fireheart* (2022), as Shawn Nolan (voice)
- *Belfast* (2021), Producer, Writer, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/belfast.md)
- *Tenet* (2020), as Sator — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/tenet.md)
- *Artemis Fowl* (2020), Director, Producer — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/artemis-fowl.md)
- *Lost Lives* (2019), as Narrator
- *All Is True* (2018), as William Shakespeare · Director, Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/all-is-true.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), as Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Murder on the Orient Express* (2017), as Hercule Poirot · Director, Producer
- *Dunkirk* (2017), as Commander Bolton — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md)
- *Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer* (2016), as Archie Rice
- *Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet* (2016), Director
- *Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale* (2015), as Leontes · Director
- *Cinderella* (2015), Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/cinderella.md)
- *Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit* (2014), as Viktor Cherevin · Director
- *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/thor-the-dark-world.md)
- *National Theatre Live: Macbeth* (2013), as Macbeth · Stage Director
- *Stars in Shorts* (2012), as Mark Snow
- *London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder* (2012), as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- *My Week with Marilyn* (2011), as Sir Laurence Olivier — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/my-week-with-marilyn.md)
- *Discovering Hamlet* (2011), as Hamlet (archive footage)
- *Prodigal* (2011), as Mark Snow
- *Thor* (2011), Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/thor.md)
- *1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year* (2009), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Boat That Rocked* (2009), as Dormandy
- *Valkyrie* (2008), as Henning von Tresckow
- *Wallander* (2008), series, as Kurt Wallander · Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md)
- *10 Days to War* (2008), series, as Colonel Tim Collins
- *Alien Love Triangle* (2008), as Steven Chesterman
- *Sleuth* (2007), as Other Man on T.V. · Director, Producer
- *The Magic Flute* (2006), Screenplay, Director, Adaptation, Producer
- *As You Like It* (2006), Writer, Director, Producer
- *Walking with Monsters* (2005), series, as Narrator (voice), Acting Double
- *Walking with Monsters* (2005), as Narrator (voice)
- *Warm Springs* (2005), as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- *The Goebbels Experiment* (2005), as Narrator (voice)
- *Five Children and It* (2004), as Uncle Albert
- *Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic* (2004), as Narrator (voice)
- *Listening* (2003), Writer, Director
- *World War I in Colour* (2003), series, as Narrator
- *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002), as Gilderoy Lockhart — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.md)
- *How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog* (2002), as Peter McGowan
- *The Tramp and the Dictator* (2002), as Narrator (voice)
- *Rabbit-Proof Fence* (2002), as A. O. Neville — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/rabbit-proof-fence.md)
- *Shackleton* (2002), series, as Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
- *The Beasts Within* (2001), as Narrator (voice)
- *Triumph of the Beasts* (2001), as Narrator (voice)
- *Walking with Beasts* (2001), series, as Narrator
- *Conspiracy* (2001), as Reinhard Heydrich — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/conspiracy.md)
- *Schneider's 2nd Stage* (2001), as Joseph Barnett
- *Big Al* (2000), series, as Narrator
- *The Book That Wrote Itself* (2000), as Kenneth Branagh
- *The Road to El Dorado* (2000), as Miguel  (voice)
- *Love's Labour's Lost* (2000), as Berowne · Writer, Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs* (2000), as Narrator
- *The Periwig-Maker* (1999), as Periwig-maker (voice)
- *IMAX: Galapagos 3D* (1999), as Narrator
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), as Dr. Arliss Loveless — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)
- *The Theory of Flight* (1999), as Richard
- *The Dance of Shiva* (1998), as Colonel Evans
- *Universal Horror* (1998), as Narrator
- *Celebrity* (1998), as Lee Simon
- *Cold War* (1998), series, Actor
- *The Proposition* (1998), as Father Michael McKinnon
- *The Gingerbread Man* (1998), as Rick Magruder
- *Hamlet* (1996), as Prince Hamlet · Director, Adaptation — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet.md)
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *Othello* (1995), as Iago
- *Shadow of a Gunman* (1995), as Donal Davoren
- *Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood* (1995), series, Actor
- *In the Bleak Midwinter* (1995), Director, Writer
- *Anne Frank Remembered* (1995), as Narration (voice)
- *Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* (1994), as Victor Frankenstein · Director, Co-Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-shelleys-frankenstein.md)
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (1993), as Benedick · Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/much-ado-about-nothing.md)
- *Swing Kids* (1993), as Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
- *Peter's Friends* (1992), as Andrew Benson · Director, Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/peters-friends.md)
- *Swan Song* (1992), Director
- *Symphony for the Spire* (1992), Actor
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Donal Davoren
- *Dead Again* (1991), as Roman Strauss / Mike Church · Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md)
- *Look Back in Anger* (1989), as Jimmy Porter
- *Henry V* (1989), as Henry V · Director, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/henry-v.md)
- *Twelfth Night, or What You Will* (1988), Stage Director, Director
- *American Experience* (1988), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Thames Wallah* (1988), as Narrator
- *Strange Interlude* (1988), series, as Gordon Evans
- *Fortunes of War* (1987), series, as Guy Pringle
- *A Month in the Country* (1987), as James Moon
- *High Season* (1987), as Rick
- *Ghosts* (1987), as Oswald Alving
- *Lorna* (1987), as Billy Martin
- *The Lady's Not For Burning* (1987), as Thomas Mendip
- *Coming Through* (1985), as D.H. Lawrence
- *Theatre Night* (1985), series, as Oswald Alving
- *A Coming to Terms for Billy* (1984), as Billy Martin
- *The Boy in the Bush* (1984), series, as Jack Grant
- *A Matter of Choice for Billy* (1983), as Billy Martin
- *To the Lighthouse* (1983), as Charles Tansley
- *Easter 2016* (1982), as Student
- *Too Late to Talk to Billy* (1982), as Billy Martin
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Gordon Evans
- *Chariots of Fire* (1981), as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/chariots-of-fire.md)
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Actor
- *Omnibus* (1967), series, Actor
- *Allosaurus A Walking With Dinosaurs Special*, as Narrator
- *Laird*, series, as Laird of Castle Drummoch · Executive Producer
- *The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde*, Director, Screenplay
- *Goblin*, as (voice)

## Gallery

- ![Kenneth Branagh as Prince Hamlet in Hamlet (1996)](https://film.one/media/title/4461/still-3cb8e84cea0d.jpg) Kenneth Branagh as Prince Hamlet in *Hamlet* (1996) — Image via TMDB
- ![Kenneth Branagh as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (1993)](https://film.one/media/title/1477/still-73f8a09ffcae.jpg) Kenneth Branagh as Benedick in *Much Ado About Nothing* (1993) — Image via TMDB
- ![Kenneth Branagh as Roman Strauss in Dead Again (1991)](https://film.one/media/title/4061/still-f36bb813dc62.jpg) Kenneth Branagh as Roman Strauss in *Dead Again* (1991) — Image via TMDB
- ![Kenneth Branagh as Andrew Benson in Peter's Friends (1992)](https://film.one/media/title/4147/still-eae79c53abdd.jpg) Kenneth Branagh as Andrew Benson in *Peter's Friends* (1992) — Image via TMDB
- ![Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/media/person/384/gallery-3ba391c8d018.jpg) Kenneth Branagh — K6ka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Kenneth_Branagh_portrait_at_TIFF_2026.jpg/1280px-Kenneth_Branagh_portrait_at_TIFF_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kenneth Branagh at a press conference for Thor in London in April 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/384/gallery-e84e4a623d10.jpg) Kenneth Branagh at a press conference for Thor in London in April 2011. — Melinda Seckington at https://www.flickr.com/photos/8413322@N06, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/KennethBranaghApr2011.jpg/1280px-KennethBranaghApr2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kenneth Branagh at the 2009 Roma Fiction Fest.](https://film.one/media/person/384/gallery-95493933d4b3.jpg) Kenneth Branagh at the 2009 Roma Fiction Fest. — Giorgia Meschini at http://www.giorgiameschini.com/, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/KennethBranaghJuly09.jpg/1280px-KennethBranaghJuly09.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kenneth Branagh at the 2010 San Deigo Comic-Con International. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/384/gallery-d2ee22742e54.jpg) Kenneth Branagh at the 2010 San Deigo Comic-Con International. (2011) — Kenneth_Branagh_2010_Comic-Con.jpg: rwoan (Ronald Woan)
derivative work: TriiipleThreat (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Kenneth_Branagh_2010_Comic-Con_cropped.jpg/1280px-Kenneth_Branagh_2010_Comic-Con_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/media/person/384/gallery-713823830706.jpg) Kenneth Branagh — Image via TMDB
- ![Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/media/person/384/gallery-4b568f52d306.jpg) Kenneth Branagh — Image via TMDB
- ![Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/media/person/384/gallery-7520ada3da6d.jpg) Kenneth Branagh — Image via TMDB
- ![Roma Fiction Fest 2009 - Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/media/person/384/gallery-8e7e967122d1.jpg) Roma Fiction Fest 2009 - Kenneth Branagh — Giorgia Meschini, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Kenneth_Branagh_at_the_Roma_Fiction_Fest_2009_by_Giorgia_Meschini.jpg/1280px-Kenneth_Branagh_at_the_Roma_Fiction_Fest_2009_by_Giorgia_Meschini.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 7 nominated

- 2022: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Belfast*
- 2022: Best Picture (nominated), for *Belfast*
- 2022: Best Director (nominated), for *Belfast*
- 2012: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *My Week with Marilyn*
- 1997: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Hamlet*
- 1993: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *Swan Song*
- 1990: Best Director (nominated), for *Henry V*
- 1990: Best Actor (nominated), for *Henry V*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 1990: Best Direction (won), for *Henry V*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2021: Best Screenplay (won), for *Belfast*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2001: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (won), for *Conspiracy*

### Other awards — 4 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2022: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *Belfast*
- Knight Bachelor 2012: Knight Bachelor (won)
- Emmy Award 2001: Emmy Award (won), for *Conspiracy*
- European Film Award for Best Actor 1990: European Film Award for Best Actor (won), for *Henry V*
- Young European Film of the Year 1990: Young European Film of the Year (won), for *Henry V*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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