Kenneth Cranham
97 movies · 76 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 12, 1944 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Dunfermline - Scotland - UK
- Also known as
- Ken Cranham · Кеннет Крэнем
Biography
Scottish born actor Kenneth Cranham is one of the most recognisable character actors in Britain. Having trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, Cranham first came to prominence as Noah Claypole in the 1968 Carol Reed musical Oliver! In the late '70s, Cranham memorably played Sapper Salt in Euston Films' Danger UXB, before taking the title role in the popular postwar set period comedy drama Shine on Harvey Moon. His most famous film role from around this time was Dr. Philip Channard in Hellraiser II. In more recent years he has starred in the HBO series Rome, as well as the films Hot Fuzz, Layer Cake, Valkyrie, Made in Dagenham, Maleficent and Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool. Among many stage credits are West End productions of Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot, An Inspector Calls (both transferring to Broadway), The Ruffian on the Stair, The Birthday Party and Gaslight (at the Old Vic). For his role as Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. In 2016, Cranham won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Andre in Florian Zeller's The Father. The play originated at the Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio in the Autumn of 2014, before touring the country and transferring to the West End in the Summer of 2015, and returning to the Duke of York's Theatre in Spring 2016. The play received an unprecedented five star review from every leading national press publication, and Cranham's performance was described as "the performance of his life" His first wife was actress Diana Quick. He has two daughters: Nancy Cranham with actress Charlotte Cornwell, and Kathleen Cranham with his second wife, actress Fiona Victory, whom he met on the set of Shine on Harvey Moon.
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Kenneth Cranham: movies and TV shows
Acting (173)
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019 Mr. Jones
as Lloyd George
- 2019 Official Secrets
as Judge Hyam
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019 Born a King
as Lord Curzon
- 2018 Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
as Leopold Czihaczek
- 2017
- 2017 Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Joe Turner
- 2017
- 2017 Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer
as The Host
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016
- 2014 Maleficent
as King Henry
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 The Legend of Hercules
as Lucius
- 2013 Closed Circuit
as Cameron Fischer
- 2013 Flying Blind
as Victor
- 2013
- 2012 Panto!
as Jerry
- 2012 Suspension of Disbelief
as Bullock
- 2011
- 2011 Graffiti Wars
as Narrator (Voice)
- 2011
- 2011 5 Days of War
as Michael Stilton
- 2011 The Night Watch
as Horace Mundy
- 2010
- 2010 Made in Dagenham
as Monty Taylor
- 2009 Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
as MJ O'Loughlin
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008 Valkyrie
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007 Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
as General Carteaux
- 2007
- 2007 The Man from Montevideo
as Gary Solway
- 2007 Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
as Captain Turner
- 2007 Hot Fuzz
as James Reaper
- 2007
- 2006 A Good Year
as Sir Nigel
- 2006
- 2006 Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
as Narrator
- 2006 The Chatterley Affair
as Older Keith
- 2006 The Lavender List
as Harold Wilson
- 2005
- 2005 Mangal Pandey - The Rising
as Mr. Kent
- 2004
- 2004 Layer Cake
as Jimmy Price
- 2004 Trauma
as DC Jackson
- 2004 Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome
as Narrator
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004 Man Dancin'
as D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers
- 2004
- 2003 Sparkling Cyanide
as George Barton
- 2003 Blackball
as Chairman Collins
- 2003
- 2003 Killing Hitler
as Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
- 2003 Pollyanna
as Mr. Pendleton
- 2002 Two Men Went To War
as Sgt. Peter King
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002 Night Flight
as Ted Atwell
- 2002 The Voynich Mystery
as Narrator
- 2001 Women Talking Dirty
as George
- 2000
- 2000 Shiner
as Gibson
- 2000 Born Romantic
as Barney
- 2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
as Colonel Schmidt
- 2000 Gangster No. 1
as Tommy
- 2000
- 2000 Lady Audley's Secret
as Sir Michael Audley
- 2000 Kevin & Perry Go Large
as Vicar
- 2000 Justice in Wonderland
as George Carman
- 1999 The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
as Michael Mansfield QC
- 1999 The Last Yellow
as Len
- 1998 Vigo
as The Producer
- 1998 RPM
as Biggerman
- 1998
- 1997 The Boxer
as Matt MaGuire
- 1997 Midnight Man
as Brigadier Charles Ferguson
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996 Deep in the Heart
as Robert Flaherty
- 1996 On Dangerous Ground
as Brigadier Charles Ferguson
- 1996
- 1996 Bed of Roses
as Simon
- 1995
- 1994 Requiem Apache
as Tony
- 1993 The Vision Thing
as Dick Naughton
- 1993 Royal Celebration
as Douglas
- 1993
- 1993 Tale of a Vampire
as Edgar
- 1992 Monkey Boy
as Hennessey
- 1992 A Little Bit of Lippy
as Reggie Titherington
- 1992
- 1992
- 1992
- 1991
- 1991 Under Suspicion
as Frank Vance
- 1991 Prospero's Books
as Sebastian
- 1991
- 1990
- 1989
- 1989 A Master of the Marionettes
as Teddy
- 1989 Just Another Secret
as Brosch
- 1988 Hellbound: Hellraiser II
as Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
- 1988 The Black and Blue Lamp
as Supt. Cherry
- 1988 Stealing Heaven
as Vice Chancellor Suger
- 1988 Chocolat
as Jonathan Boothby
- 1988 The Party
as Joe Shawcross
- 1988 Normal Service
as Peter
- 1988
- 1987 The Birthday Party
as Stanley Webber
- 1987
- 1987 Making Waves
as Joe Nash
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986 Dead Man's Folly
as Insp. Bland
- 1985 Lady Windermere's Fan
as Lord Darlington
- 1985
- 1985 The Dumb Waiter
as Gus
- 1985
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981 The Caretaker
as Aston
- 1981 The Sin Bin
as Alan Grieves
- 1980 The Merchant of Venice
as Gratiano
- 1980 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
as Giovanni
- 1980
- 1980
- 1980 Donkeys' Years
as Bill Taylor
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978 Butterflies Don't Count
as Tom
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977 Joseph Andrews
as The Wicked Squire
- 1976 Robin and Marian
as Jack's Apprentice
- 1975
- 1974 Vampira
as Paddy
- 1974
- 1974 The Changeling
as Antonio
- 1973 Achilles Heel
as Gordon
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Paolo
- 1971
- 1971 Up Pompeii
as Christian
- 1970
- 1970
- 1970 Fragment of Fear
as Joe
- 1970 All the Way Up
as Tom Midway
- 1969 Sling Your Hook
as Roland
- 1969 Otley
as Kid
- 1969
- 1968 Oliver!
as Noah Claypole
- 1967 Death of a Private
as Young intellectual
- 1967
- 1967
- 1965
- 1965
- 1960
Talk shows and appearances (5)
- 2017
- 2015
- 2010
- 2001 Neanderthal
2 episodes
- 1982