Kenneth Branagh
Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (; born 10 December 1960) is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London; in 2015 he succeeded Richard Attenborough as its president. He has both directed and starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, including Henry V (1989), for which he was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director, Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1995), Hamlet (1996), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Love's Labour's Lost (2000), and As You Like It (2006).
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| Full name at birth | Kenneth Charles Branagh
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| Claim to fame | Henry V, Dead Again
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| Date of birth | 10 December 1960
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| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland
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| Occupation | Actor, film director, producer
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| Height | 5' 9½" (177 cm)
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| Net worth | $60,000,000 USD
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| High school | Meadway Comprehensive School, Reading
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| Talent agency | William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
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- He is a strong supporter of Belfast football team Linfield, as well as Tottenham Hotspur and Glasgow Rangers.
- Ex-brother-in-law of Sophie Thompson and Richard Lumsden.
- In 1990, he received an honorary doctorate in Literature from Queen's University (located in Belfast, Northern Ireland).
- The last film he made with Emma Thompson was Much Ado About Nothing (1993). Their roles had previously been played in an earlier film by Robert Stephens and Maggie Smith, who were also a couple at the time. Branagh and Thompson appeared together in "Fortunes of War" (1987) (mini) and Henry V (1989), which also featured Stephens, and in the Harry Potter films with Smith.
- Shares two roles with Laurence Olivier: Henry V and Hamlet. He and Olivier also both directed their own performances in both films. He also directed Sleuth (2007), a remake of the 1972 film, in which Olivier starred. This time, Michael Caine played Olivier's part, while Jude Law played the second of two roles he shared with Caine--having previously appeared in Alfie (2004).
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