History Creator / KennethBranagh

* ''Hercule Poirot'':

* ''Film/{{Swan Song|1992}}'' (1992)(short film)

* ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' (1996) (also starred)

** ''Film/{{Death on the Nile|2022}}'' (2022) (also starred)

* ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute'' (2006)

* YourCheatingHeart: His ex-wife Emma Thompson has spoken multiple times [[https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/emma-thompson-talks-kenneth-branagh-helena-bonham-carter-affair regarding the widely held view]] that Branagh and Bonham-Carter actually had an affair. She also said the scene in which her character in Film/LoveActually realizes her husband is cheating on her was inspired by her own experience.
-->'''Emma:''' It's all blood under the bridge. [...] You can't hold on to anything like that. It's pointless. I haven't got the energy for it. Helena and I made our peace years and years ago. [...] Being slightly mad and a bit fashion-challenged. Perhaps that's why Ken loved us both. She's a wonderful woman, Helena.

** ''Film/{{Death on the Nile|2021}}'' (2022) (also starred)

** ''Film/{{Death on the Nile|2021}}'' (2021) (also starred)

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10, 1960) is a British actor, director, producer and screenwriter.

*** Emma Thompson has [[https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/emma-thompson-talks-kenneth-branagh-helena-bonham-carter-affair confirmed]] that Branagh and Bonham-Carter actually [[YourCheatingHeart had an affair]], and that the scene in which her character in Film/LoveActually realizes her husband is cheating on her was inspired by her own experience.
-->'''Emma:''' It's all blood under the bridge. [...] You can't hold on to anything like that. It's pointless. I haven't got the energy for it. Helena and I made our peace years and years ago. [...] Being slightly mad and a bit fashion-challenged. Perhaps that's why Ken loved us both. She's a wonderful woman, Helena.

** ''Film/{{Death on the Nile|2021}}'' (2020) (also starred)

** ''Film/{{Death on the Nile|2020}}'' (2020) (also starred)

[[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Granted knighthood]] by [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] in June 2012.

He played Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the 2012 London UsefulNotes/OlympicGames opening ceremony.

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

** FakeRussian: As the BigBad in ''Film/JackRyanShadowRecruit''.

* ''Film/{{Murder on the Orient Express|2017}}'' (2017) (also starred)

The box-office failure of his return to Shakespeare with ''Love's Labours Lost'' in 2000 sent his directing career into the doldrums for several years. He continued to act, however, taking LargeHam UpToEleven with his portrayal of Gilderoy Lockhart in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', and playing occasional BritishNazis (''Conspiracy'', ''Valkyrie''). In 2011 he got a CastingGag role as Creator/LaurenceOlivier in ''My Week with Marilyn''--Branagh has often been compared to Olivier, as both of them directed themselves in filmed versions of ''Henry V'' and ''Hamlet''. He got a gig directing the 2011 film ''Film/{{Thor}}'', his biggest directing project since ''Hamlet'', and has directed several more films in the years since, including a live-action remake of Creator/{{Disney}}'s beloved ''Film/{{Cinderella|2015}}'' and an AllStarCast adaptation of ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress'' in which he stars as Creator/HerculePoirot. An adaptation of ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile'' (directed by and starring him again) followed.

The box-office failure of his return to Shakespeare with ''Love's Labours Lost'' in 2000 sent his directing career into the doldrums for several years. He continued to act, however, taking LargeHam UpToEleven with his portrayal of Gilderoy Lockhart in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', and playing occasional BritishNazis (''Conspiracy'', ''Valkyrie''). In 2011 he got a CastingGag role as Creator/LaurenceOlivier in ''My Week with Marilyn''--Branagh has often been compared to Olivier, as both of them directed themselves in filmed versions of ''Henry V'' and ''Hamlet''. He got a gig directing the 2011 film ''Film/{{Thor}}'', his biggest directing project since ''Hamlet'', and has directed several more films in the years since, including a live-action remake of Creator/{{Disney}}'s beloved ''Film/{{Cinderella|2015}}'' and an AllStarCast adaptation of ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress'' in which he stars as Hercule Poirot.

* ''Film/{{Death on the Nile|2020}}'' (2020) (also starred)

* ''Film/{{Death on the Nile|2020}}'' (2020) (also starring, his first sequel)
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Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10, 1960 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a British actor and director.

He was born in Belfast, UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland, the son of Irish Protestants. In his early 20s he began to make a name for himself in British theater. He spent much of the 1980s appearing in several well-received [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] productions, as well as a 1989 production of ''Look Back in Anger'' co-starring Creator/EmmaThompson.

* CareerResurrection: ''Film/{{Thor}}'' seems to have rejuvinated his directing career. He followed that up with ''Film/JackRyanShadowRecruit'' and ''{{Film/Cinderella 2015}}''. All three have been financial successes, and ''Cinderella'' in particular was a great critical success.
* ChewingTheScenery: You could feed a legion of starving children with Branagh's leftover scenery, especially in his more theater-based films.

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* ''Theatre/HenryV'' (1989) (also starred)