Kenneth Branagh

British actor and filmmaker (born 1960) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kenneth Branagh
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Sir Kenneth Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a British actor, movie director and television producer. He played Hamlet. He has directed and acted in many Shakespeare adaptations. He has acted alongside popular actors including: Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton, Maggie Smith and Alan Rickman. He is also known for being the director and star of his Hercule Poirot movie adaptations.

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Branagh was the president of the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts in London from 2015 to 2024.

In 2022, he won a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for screenplay writing for his movie Belfast. Branagh is known for his William Shakespeare film adaptations (1989-2006). He has also portrayed Agatha Christie's Belgian detective character, Hercule Poirot, appearing in Murder on The Orient Express, Death on The Nile, and A Haunting in Venice.

He is set to star in Mayday, Apple TV's upcoming action thriller movie, alongside Ryan Reynolds.[1]

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