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He also directed Peter's Friends (1992), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Thor (2011), Cinderella (2015), and Belfast (2021). Branagh directed and starred as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Death on the Nile (2022), and A Haunting in Venice (2023).
- BELFAST (2021) Writer/Director: Kenneth Branagh. Starring Jude Hill, Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Lewis McAskie, Michael Maloney.
- HENRY V (1989) Writer/Director: Kenneth Branagh, based on the play by William Shakespeare. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Paul Scofield, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, Christian Bale.
- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1993) Writer/Director: Kenneth Branagh, based on the play by William Shakespeare. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves, Robert Sean Leonard, Kate Beckinsale.
- MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (2011) Director: Simon Curtis. Writer: Adrian Hodges. Starring Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Watson, Judi Dench, Dominic Cooper, Derek Jacobi, Toby Jones.
The film brought him Best Actor and Best Director Oscar nominations. In 1993, he brought Shakespeare to mainstream audiences again with his hit adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing (1993), which featured an all-star cast that included, among others, Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton and Keanu Reeves.
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He played supporting roles in Christopher Nolan's films Dunkirk (2017), Tenet (2020), and Oppenheimer (2023). Branagh has starred in the BBC1 series Fortunes of War (1987), the Channel 4 series Shackleton (2002), and BBC One series Wallander (2008–2016).
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- Henry V. Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed. 7 votes. In this gritty screen adaptation of Shakespeare's play about the heroic and ruthless king, Henry V of England (Kenneth Branagh) determines to lay claim to the kingdom of France.
- As You Like It. Bryce Dallas Howard, Kevin Kline, Alfred Molina. 5 votes. As You Like It is a 2006 film adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.
- Murder on the Orient Express. Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer. 8 votes. A lavish trip through Europe quickly unfolds into a race against time to solve a murder aboard a train.
- Hamlet. Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Billy Crystal. 8 votes. In the only unabridged film version of the classic play, here updated to the 19th century, Prince Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh) is traumatized by the revelation that his father was murdered by the present king, Claudius (Derek Jacobi), with the aid of Hamlet's mother, Gertrude (Julie Christie).
Belfast: Directed by Kenneth Branagh. With Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan. A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.
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1. Henry V. 1989 2h 17m PG-13. 7.5 (32K) Rate. 83 Metascore. In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415. Director Kenneth Branagh Stars Kenneth Branagh Derek Jacobi Simon Shepherd.
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