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Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10, 1960) is a versatile British actor and film director.

Biography

He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but when he was nine his family moved to England. Branagh received a honorary doctorate in Literature from Queen's University, Belfast in 1990.

Branagh has worked on both stage and screen. He is probably best known for his popular film adaptations of the works of William Shakespeare, beginning with Henry V in 1989, and including versions of Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Hamlet (1996). He has starred in a number of other successful films unrelated to Shakespeare.

He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including two for directing and acting in Henry V and another for the screenplay of Hamlet. He has also won an Emmy Award for his performance in the 2001 TV film Conspiracy.

He starred several times with his then wife, Emma Thompson, whom he married in 1989 and divorced in 1996. He married again in 2003, to film art director Lindsay Brunnock.

In 1994 Branagh declined becoming a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

Filmography

Actor

  • Five Children And It (2004)
  • Shackleton (2002)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
  • How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2002)
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
  • Conspiracy (2001)
  • Galapagos (2001)
  • Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
  • The Road to El Dorado (2000)
  • Wild Wild West (1999)
  • Celebrity (1998)
  • The Gingerbread Man (1998)
  • The Proposition (1998)
  • Theory of Flight (1998)
  • Hamlet (1996)
  • Othello (1995)
  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
  • Coming Through (1993)
  • Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  • Peter's Friends (1992)
  • Dead Again (1991)
  • Henry V (1989)
  • Look Back in Anger (1989)
  • A Month in the Country (1988)
  • Fortunes of War (1987)

Director

  • Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
  • Hamlet (1996)
  • A Midwinter's Tale (1996)
  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
  • Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  • Peter's Friends (1992)
  • Dead Again (1991)
  • Henry V (1989)

Narrator

  • Walking with Dinosaurs (UK version) (TV series) (1999)
    • The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs (UK version) (TV series) (1999)
    • The Ballad of Big Al (UK version) (TV special) (2001)
  • Walking with Beasts (UK version) (TV series) (2001)
    • The Science of Walking with Beasts (Australia) (Two-part TV special) (2001)

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In 1994 Branagh declined becoming a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Carroll is best known for his novel The Basketball Diaries, which was made into a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. He married again in 2003, to film art director Lindsay Brunnock. Jim Carroll (born August 1, 1950) is an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. He starred several times with his then wife, Emma Thompson, whom he married in 1989 and divorced in 1996. Put Your Tongue to the Rail, various artists (1999). He has also won an Emmy Award for his performance in the 2001 TV film Conspiracy. Viva Zapata, 7 Year Bitch (1994).

He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including two for directing and acting in Henry V and another for the screenplay of Hamlet. WCBN Naked 2000 (2000). He has starred in a number of other successful films unrelated to Shakespeare. The Basketball Diaries Soundtrack (1995). He is probably best known for his popular film adaptations of the works of William Shakespeare, beginning with Henry V in 1989, and including versions of Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Hamlet (1996). 6 (1994). Branagh has worked on both stage and screen. New Wave Dance Hits: Just Can't Get Enough, Vol.

Branagh received a honorary doctorate in Literature from Queen's University, Belfast in 1990. Sedated In The Eighties (1993). He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but when he was nine his family moved to England. Back to the Streets: Celebrating the Music of Don Covay (1993). Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10, 1960) is a versatile British actor and film director. Tuff Turf Soundtrack (1985). The Science of Walking with Beasts (Australia) (Two-part TV special) (2001). Yes I Ram, Jon Tiven Group (1999).

Walking with Beasts (UK version) (TV series) (2001)

    . Feeling You Up, Truly (1997). The Ballad of Big Al (UK version) (TV special) (2001). And Out Come the Wolves, Rancid (1995). The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs (UK version) (TV series) (1999). Between Thought and Expression, Lou Reed (1992). Walking with Dinosaurs (UK version) (TV series) (1999)
      . Other Roads, Boz Scaggs (1988).

      Henry V (1989). Club Ninja, Blue Öyster Cult (1986). Dead Again (1991). Live at Max's, Kansas City, Velvet Underground (1972). Peter's Friends (1992). Pools of Mercury (1998). Much Ado About Nothing (1993). Curtis's Charm (1996).

      Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994). The Basketball Diaries (1994). A Midwinter's Tale (1996). Praying Mantis (1991). Hamlet (1996). Naropa Institute (1986). Love's Labour's Lost (2000). Rimbaud Lectures (1978).

      Fortunes of War (1987). Best of The JC Band (1993). A Month in the Country (1988). I Write Your Name (1983). Look Back in Anger (1989). Dry Dreams (1982). Henry V (1989). Catholic Boy (1980).

      Dead Again (1991). Pools of Mercury (1998). Peter's Friends (1992). Runaway EP (2000). Much Ado About Nothing (1993). The Acid House, Irvine Welsh (1994) ISBN 0393312801. Coming Through (1993). Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh (1993).

      Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994). The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Sherman Alexie (1993). Othello (1995). Wonderland Avenue, Danny Sugerman (1989). Hamlet (1996). The Crow, James O'Barr (1981). Theory of Flight (1998). Only Skin Deep, George Kimball (date unknown).

      The Proposition (1998). Forced Entries (1987). The Gingerbread Man (1998). The Basketball Diaries (1978). Celebrity (1998). Void of Course: Poems 1994-1997 (1998) ISBN 0140589090. Wild Wild West (1999). Fear of Dreaming (1993).

      The Road to El Dorado (2000). The Book of Nods (1986). Love's Labour's Lost (2000). Living at the Movies (1972). Galapagos (2001). 4 Ups and 1 Down (1970). Conspiracy (2001). Organic Trains (1967).

      Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002). How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2002). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). Shackleton (2002).

      Five Children And It (2004).