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Kenneth Branagh wearing a white shirt and dark jacket, posing against a blue background.

Director Kenneth Branagh stands holding papers and wearing headphones, speaking to Jude Hill, who holds a soccer ball, on the set of the film Belfast in front of a door.

Emma Thompson as Beatrice and Kenneth Branagh as Benedick stand facing each other, holding hands, in front of a window with potted flowers and a scenic landscape in Much Ado About Nothing (1993).

A modern Rosalind

Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot, dressed in a formal black suit with a distinctive curled mustache, sits at a table eating dessert in a scene from Murder on the Orient Express.

Othello, as portrayed by Laurence Fishburne (centre), with Irène Jacob (left) as Desdemona and Kenneth Branagh (right) as Iago, 1995

Kenneth Branagh: Media

British actor, director, and writer

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Kenneth Branagh wearing a white shirt and dark jacket, posing against a blue background.

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh, 2015.

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Henry V

Henry V

Kenneth Branagh in the title role of Henry V (1989).

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Henry V (1989)

Henry V (1989)

Kenneth Branagh (left) as Henry V and Emma Thompson as Princess Katherine in Branagh's...

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Hamlet (1996)

Hamlet (1996)

Kenneth Branagh (left) as Hamlet, with Julie Christie as his mother, Gertrude, in...

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Director Kenneth Branagh stands holding papers and wearing headphones, speaking to Jude Hill, who holds a soccer ball, on the set of the film Belfast in front of a door.

Belfast

Kenneth Branagh (left) and Jude Hill during the filming of Belfast (2021).

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Emma Thompson as Beatrice and Kenneth Branagh as Benedick stand facing each other, holding hands, in front of a window with potted flowers and a scenic landscape in Much Ado About Nothing (1993).

Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

Emma Thompson as Beatrice, with Kenneth Branagh as Benedick, in Branagh's 1993 film...

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A modern Rosalind

A modern Rosalind

Bryce Dallas Howard as Rosalind from As You Like It (2006), directed by...

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Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot, dressed in a formal black suit with a distinctive curled mustache, sits at a table eating dessert in a scene from Murder on the Orient Express.

Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot

Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot was played by Kenneth Branagh...

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Othello, as portrayed by Laurence Fishburne (centre), with Irène Jacob (left) as Desdemona and Kenneth Branagh (right) as Iago, 1995

Othello, as portrayed by Laurence Fishburne (centre), with Irène Jacob (left) as...

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