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Kenneth Branagh

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Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh ( BRAN-ə; born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Reading, Berkshire, Branagh trained at RADA in London and served as its president from 2015 to 2024. His accolades include an Academy Award, four BAFTAs, two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Olivier Award. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in 2012, and was given Freedom of the City in his native Belfast in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth Branagh is the 479th most popular actor (down from 302nd in 2019), the 706th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 379th in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Actor.

Kenneth Branagh is an actor, director, and producer who is most famous for his roles in the films Henry V, Dead Again, and Hamlet.

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Among actors, Kenneth Branagh ranks 479 out of 13,578. Before him are Joan Collins, Bill Bixby, Magda Schneider, Lillian Gish, Chow Yun-fat, and Karl Malden. After him are Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Harold Ramis, Walter Matthau, Powers Boothe, and Sondra Locke.

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Among people born in 1960, Kenneth Branagh ranks 29. Before him are Samia Suluhu Hassan, Colin Firth, Roland Ratzenberger, Franco Baresi, Isaac Herzog, and Rudi Völler. After him are Stanley Tucci, James Comey, Ebrahim Raisi, Ivan Lendl, Andreas Brehme, and Brian Cowen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kenneth Branagh ranks 706 out of 8,785. Before him are Edgar Wallace (1875), Norman Angell (1872), Joan Collins (1933), Alec Douglas-Home (1903), W. T. Stead (1849), and Stanley Baldwin (1867). After him are William John Swainson (1789), John Cockcroft (1897), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), Colin Bell (1946), Margaret Douglas (1515), and Tony Iommi (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Kenneth Branagh ranks 78. Before him are Hugh Laurie (1959), Diana Rigg (1938), Deborah Kerr (1921), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Jane Seymour (1951), and Joan Collins (1933). After him are John Rhys-Davies (1944), Albert Finney (1936), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Robert Carlyle (1961), Ray Stevenson (1964), and Richard Griffiths (1947).

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