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Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham CBE (born 12 December 1944) is a versatile Scottish actor, influential in film, television, radio and stage. Cranham honed his acting skills at the National Youth Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1966 with a RADA Diploma. His most notable screen roles were in films such as Oliver!, Up Pompeii, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Chocolat, Layer Cake, Gangster No. 1, Hot Fuzz, Maleficent, and Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool. Known for his talent on stage, he has twice been nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor, winning it in 2016, for his performance in The Father. His performance was described as 'the performance of his life' by Michael Coveney of WhatsOnStage.com.
In addition to his film and stage roles, Cranham has had considerable success in television, featuring in series such as Budgie, Boon, Minder, Merlin, Rome, Death in Paradise, War & Peace, and The White Princess. He also starred in the title role in the popular 1980s comedy drama Shine on Harvey Moon. For BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play, he has played DS Max Matthews in The Interrogation, and starred as Thomas Gradgrind in BBC Radio's 2007 adaptation of Dickens' Hard Times. An active figure in the acting world from 1963 to the present, Cranham was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2023 for his services to drama.
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Given Name: Kenneth Cranham
Born: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Citizenship: Scottish
Birthday: December 12, 1944
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1963-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Diana Quick, Fiona Victory
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Movies Featuring Kenneth Cranham
Maleficent
Chocolat
Mr. Jones
Official Secrets
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Two Men Went to War
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
The Night Watch
Suspension of Disbelief
Panto!
Flying Blind
37 Days
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
Graffiti Wars
War and Peace
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
The White Princess
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
Born a King
Shiner
Hatton Garden
Kevin & Perry Go Large
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Pollyanna
Trauma
Lady Audley’s Secret
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
Killing Hitler
Sparkling Cyanide
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Hannibal: Rome’s Worst Nightmare
Under Suspicion
Blackball
Chimera
The Merchant of Venice
Therese Raquin
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Making Waves
The Birthday Party
Stealing Heaven
Prospero’s Books
Brideshead Revisited
Dead Man’s Folly
The Dumb Waiter
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Otley
Achilles Heel
The Changeling
Tale of a Vampire
Monkey Boy
Requiem Apache
Vigo
Women Talking Dirty
On Dangerous Ground
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Fragment of Fear
Up Pompeii
RPM
The Last Yellow
Midnight Man
All the Way Up
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Joseph Andrews
Career Timeline
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2011
The Night Watch
Horace Mundy
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
Firs
Graffiti Wars
Narrator (Voice)
2007
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
Captain Turner
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
General Carteaux
2003
Pollyanna
Mr. Pendleton
Killing Hitler
Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
Sparkling Cyanide
George Barton
Blackball
Chairman Collins
2000
Shiner
Gibson
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Vicar
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Colonel Schmidt
Lady Audley’s Secret
Sir Michael Audley
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
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