I felt like the richest man in Goodge Street. “Most certainly not. We tend to think of Sir Kenneth Branagh as a master thespian. I don't think you can take Belfast out of the boy", and he attributes his "love of words" to his Irish heritage. And it was good for people at home to have it confirmed that not everybody was getting up in the morning and making a bomb.”. I wonder if Branagh worried whether fans of the series might have the comic versions of these characters lodged in their heads as they approached the film. Now he is staging a sequel Branagh directed Disney's live-action adaptation of Cinderella (2015). Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (/ˈbrænə/; born 10 December 1960)[1] is a Northern Irish actor and filmmaker. The Artemis Fowl novels were considered “Die Hard with fairies, from the point-of-view of the 12-year-old villain” by author Eoin Colfer, but the film adaptation by Kenneth Branagh expands on what may have come before that. 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Kenneth Branagh in make-up as a worn-down version of the older, retired Shakespeare The film sits in odd relationship to a recent television series by the same writer. “So much drama and so much documentary was focused on the Troubles itself and the startling accents of the Paisleys and the Devlins,” he says. I breathlessly said: ‘Yes’. The film received 16 Emmy nominations, winning five (including Outstanding Made for Television Movie); Branagh did not win the award for his portrayal. collider.com Movie News That was just the first big step. Now, friends and colleagues of Branagh’s such as Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance are tending towards Shakespeare trutherism. [31] Thor, Branagh's return to big-budget directing, was released on 6 May 2011. Among his most acclaimed portrayals is that of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the film Warm Springs (2005), for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. At a film promotion for Valkyrie in 2008, Branagh confirmed that he would be directing Thor, a film based on the Marvel superhero. [45] For his performance in the episode One Step Behind, he was nominated in the Outstanding Actor, Miniseries or Movie category of the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. Not a trace of Branagh’s Belfast accent remains. Branagh plays the eponymous Inspector Kurt Wallander and also serves as the executive producer of the series. Commenting on The Irish Times has changed. Well, that was honest. “I didn’t know what to do. The Movie Quiz: What beans would Hannibal Lecter be serving up in Ireland? This name will appear beside any comments you post. But I have no complaints.”. It would be very difficult under other circumstances.”. Branagh was the youngest actor to receive the Golden Quill (also known as the Gielgud Award) in 2000. It was his first major television award win in the UK. 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Established in 1987, his Renaissance Theatre Company, staged successful productions of Hamlet, Twelfth Night and As You Like It. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2012 Birthday Honours and knighted on 9 November 2012. [51][52], From 1989 to 1995, Branagh was married to actress Emma Thompson. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2012 Birthday Honours and knighted on 9 November 2012. And he doesn’t get into punch-ups with Jacobi or Rylance when they come round for scones? They married in … All is True (2019) Based on a Ben Elton script, the story of Shakespeare’s later years feels a bit like a doodle. So they were big numbers. He is now president of Rada. With Branagh in the title role, Alex Kingston played Lady Macbeth and Ray Fearon featured as Macduff. Your screen name should follow the standards set out in our. He didn’t have to wait too long for the break. 'What's happened is that Kenneth Branagh is back in a classical stage role, which doesn't come around very often, and he's doing it in the middle of … Branagh arrived at a time when the state still provided for the further education of working-class kids such as himself. Inspirational Conversations. He also directed such films as Swan Song (1992), which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film, The Magic Flute (2006), Sleuth (2007), the Marvel superhero film Thor (2011), and the live-action adaptation of Disney's Cinderella (2015). His adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl will be with us in August. His best Shakespeare adaptation. He received an honorary Doctorate in Literature from Queen's University of Belfast in 1990. I couldn’t believe it. To comment you must now be an Irish Times subscriber. Branagh became a major presence in the media and on the British stage when Renaissance collaborated with Birmingham Rep for a 1988 touring season of three Shakespeare plays under the umbrella title of Renaissance Shakespeare on the Road, which also played a repertory season at the Phoenix Theatre in London. [61], He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama and to the community in Northern Ireland. Branagh frequently collaborates with certain actors on multiple films, most notably Brian Blessed, the late Richard Briers, Patrick Doyle, Derek Jacobi, Emma Thompson, and Jimmy Yuill. You want it to find an audience. A year later in 1989, Branagh co-starred with Emma Thompson in the Renaissance revival of Look Back in Anger. Branagh was part of the 'new wave' of actors to emerge from the Academy. Marvel Studios has a knack for picking directors, from Jon Favreau to Louis Leterrier, and now Kenneth Branagh. Henry V (1989) Branagh tackles a play famously filmed by Oliver and delivers something dirtier and more violent. Oscars 2019: Nominated films play fast and loose with history, Boy Erased: Why I wish my conversion therapy film was irrelevant. In 2003, he starred in the Royal National Theatre's production of David Mamet's Edmond. Branagh has narrated several audiobooks, such as The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis[50] and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. His first BAFTA TV award came in April 2009, for Best Drama Series (Wallander). It is a tad disconcerting to see Sir Kenneth – huge false nose on Northern Irish face – as a worn-down version of the older, retired Shakespeare in his engaging new film All Is True. A quarter of a century ago, Kenneth Branagh formed one half of a partnership that bossed the United Kingdom. [5] He lived in the Tigers Bay area of the city and was educated at Grove Primary School. He also played the Minister, Dormandy (a parody of PMG Tony Benn), in the film The Boat That Rocked (2009). He also works frequently with composer Patrick Doyle. He won a Society of West End Theatre Award as best newcomer for the role in Julian Mitchell’s Another Country that, in the film version, helped establish Colin Firth. In 1984, he appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Henry V, directed by Adrian Noble. Production began in London in November 2016. He argues that the plays had important messages when only one version of Northern Ireland was being represented on TV. “I got to drama school with my fees and maintenance paid by the council,” he says. [56], Branagh has said he became "much more religious" after listening to Laurence Olivier's dramatic reading of the Bible every morning, in preparation for his role as Olivier in My Week With Marilyn. The account details entered are not currently associated with an Irish Times subscription. He is Honorary President of NICVA (the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action). Please enter your email address so we can send you a link to reset your password. Detailing the everyday life of a Protestant family, the trilogy is fondly remembered for setting Branagh against the much-missed James Ellis as his uncompromising father. Branagh directed and starred in a film adaptation of Agatha Christie's detective novel Murder on the Orient Express (2017) as Hercule Poirot. Over the last decade, he has settled into an absurdly busy rhythm. Judi Dench directed both the theatre and television productions, presented first in Belfast then at the London Coliseum and Lyric Theatre. Tenet is currently in theaters globally. Branagh directed and starred in the romantic thriller Dead Again (1991), the horror film Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), and the action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014). How the heck did this happen? "[22], In 2002, Branagh starred at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield as Richard III. Branagh directed all but The Entertainer, in which he starred. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London; in 2015 he succeeded Richard Attenborough as its president. There were a few bruises along the way. 1This person, who serves as music composer for many of Branagh's films, is listed as an actor. The actor is playing the Prime Minister in the Sky Original drama which is due to air next year. In the book's introduction, he admits that the main reason for producing the book was "money" -- "The deal was made, and a handsome advance was paid out. Branagh laughs as he describes the day he found himself getting good news in an old red phone box round the corner from Rada. [33] Branagh played a Royal Navy Commander in Christopher Nolan's 2017 action-thriller Dunkirk, based on the British military evacuation of the French city of Dunkirk in 1940 during World War II.[34]. Brannagh can’t say exactly when he lost the vowels, but, a city lad transplanted to the English suburbs, his accent had gone a bit “estuary” by the time he reached the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. On the negative side, he has not got the magnetism of Olivier, nor the mellifluous voice quality of Gielgud nor the intelligence of Guinness."[21]. The face is the same shape. If you are lucky enough to have been blessed with youthful good-fortune that happens. He directed and starred as Hercule Poirot in the mystery drama adaptations of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and Death on the Nile (2021). In 2006, the same year that Branagh's film version of As You Like It was released, he also directed a film version of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. [2] He was made a Freeman of his native city of Belfast in January 2018. But he has survived. Original Thor director Kenneth Branagh recently … [26] It won him the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Male Performance but did not get him a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, to the surprise of critics. Branagh's two other Academy Award nominations were for the 1992 film short subject Swan Song and for his work on the screenplay of Hamlet in 1996. The movie quiz: How many Jim Sheridan films star Daniel Day-Lewis? He has been nominated for five Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. But we needed to be able to speak that way if required.”. [63] As the President of RADA and one of the highest profile actors and filmmakers in contemporary British popular culture, Branagh appeared on Debrett's 2017 list of the most influential people in the UK. [24][25] From September to November 2008, Branagh appeared at Wyndham's Theatre as the title character in the Donmar West End revival of Anton Chekhov's Ivanov in a new version by Tom Stoppard. Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh is a Northern Irish actor and filmmaker. “There was a larger cultural moment that was happening,” he says. With the company, he announced he would present a season of five shows at London's Garrick Theatre from October 2015 – November 2016. The job was the title role in the first of Graham Reid’s Billy Plays. In Kenneth Branagh’s version, Hamlet expresses his emotions through his voice. [35] Like Branagh's Hamlet in 1996,[36] it is among the very few to use 65mm film cameras since 1970. Older actors liked him. Wait, Kenneth Branagh’s Villain Made Some Points in. [43] Branagh won the award for best actor at the 35th Broadcasting Press Guild Television and Radio Awards (2009). You're wrong. Branagh is now married to Lindsay Brunnock, an art director whom he met in 2001 while both were working on the TV drama Shackleton, about the polar explorer. Branagh also directed the fantasy adventure film Artemis Fowl, which was released on Disney+ in June 2020. Others included Jonathan Pryce, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Anton Lesser, Bruce Payne and Fiona Shaw. [29], In April 2015, Branagh announced his formation of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, in which he would appear as actor-manager. 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Kenneth Branagh makes his return as the angsty Swedish detective Wallander later this month and he says that he had to fight his own demons while filming. [6][7], At the age of nine, he moved with his family to Reading, Berkshire, England, to escape the Troubles. Branagh is known for his film adaptations of William Shakespeare, beginning with Henry V (1989), followed by Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1995), Hamlet (1996), Love's Labour's Lost (2000) and As You Like It (2006). In 2020, he was … Read more on Kenneth Branagh's West End season © … He has won three BAFTAs and two Emmy Awards. We hear a lot about how the English theatre is now less egalitarian than it was in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1984, Branagh played a famously strong Henry V for the Royal Shakespeare Company. [28] He repeated his performance and directorial duties opposite Ashford and Kingston when the production moved to New York City's Park Avenue Armory in June 2014. British filmmaker and actor Kenneth Branagh is, reportedly, playing the role of the primary antagonist in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming espionage thriller Tenet, which will start the summer movie season if its release date isn’t pushed. They offered me £540 pounds for this play. Head-scratcher: Kenneth Branagh has revealed that he was left confused by the plot of Christopher Nolan's Tenet while making the big budget movie (pictured 2018) 'It was like doing … Whatever became of Kenneth Branagh’s Billy? Wait, Kenneth Branagh’s Villain Made Some Points in Tenet. Like many actors, his ambitions were, at first, confined to staying in reasonably regular employment. Then again, he did leave Northern Ireland when he was just nine years old. The films are now doing it with the character. My mother had 11 siblings, my father had five, so I had dozens of cousins. At 23, Branagh joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he took on starring roles in "Henry V" and "Romeo and Juliet". All of Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare movies, ranked - EW.com Branagh has both directed and starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, including Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1995), Hamlet (1996), Love's Labour's Lost (2000), and As You Like It (2006). Branagh is the star of the English-language Wallander television series, adaptations of Henning Mankell's best-selling Wallander crime novels. [54] In 2003, he married film art director Lindsay Brunnock,[55] whom he met during the shooting of Shackleton. When he made a (very good) film of Henry V, he practically invited comparisons with Olivier. Occupation: Film director, actor. The title of All Is True feels very Shakespearean – as if it’s an invitation to defy or debate.”. He was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director for Henry V and for Best Adapted Screenplay for Hamlet. He narrated numerous documentary series, including Cold War (1998), Walking with Dinosaurs (1999), The Ballad of Big Al (2001), Walking with Beasts (2001), Walking with Monsters (2005), and World War 1 in Colour (2005). Kenneth Branagh Opens Up About Thor’s MCU Evolution. [46] The role also gained him a nomination for Best Actor at the 2009 Crime Thriller Awards. He has prospered. Decades later, Dame Judi Dench, who made her directing debut with Renaissance, appears as Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare’s wife, in All Is True. But for the moment I am with the man from Stratford.”. “My feeling is that the debate is completely fascinating,” he says. Kenneth Branagh will play U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a new Sky TV series detailing Britain’s muddled response to the COVID-19 crisis. Branagh has frequently reused actors, including Brian Blessed, Judi Dench, Robin Williams, Derek Jacobi, Nonso Anozie, Nicholas Farrell, Richard Briers, Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd, Helena Bonham Carter, John Gielgud, Josh Gad, Ian Holm, and Emma Thompson. So they were big numbers. They appeared together in Fortunes of War, Look Back in Anger, Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, Dead Again, and Peter's Friends. “It was a moment in time. The marriage to Thompson. Ha ha!”. A teaser photo sees Branagh transformed into the politician in a suit and tie as he sports a blond wig to imitate Johnson's infamous wild locks - along with a concerned expression. It led to an overexposure and there was a price to pay. He is also a patron for the charity Over The Wall.[60]. We first went in doing … The film sits in odd relationship to a recent television series by the same writer. ‘There were a lot of us. He would be the one who – often to the dismay of critics and academics – would bring in the low comedians in, say, Hamlet. Branagh directed The Play What I Wrote in England in 2001[23] and directed a Broadway production in 2003. The shows were The Winter's Tale, a double bill of Harlequinade and All On Her Own, Red Velvet, The Painkiller, Romeo and Juliet and The Entertainer. He has directed Cinderella for Disney and Thor for Marvel. We reserve the right to remove any content at any time from this Community, including without limitation if it violates the, For the best site experience please enable JavaScript in your browser settings, All is True: Kenneth Branagh’s salty take on Shakespeare, Velvet Buzzsaw: Art attacks in this fun slasher horror satire, Hollywood star Armie Hammer accused of rape. You should receive instructions for resetting your password. During their marriage, and while directing and co-starring with Helena Bonham Carter in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, he began an affair with Bonham Carter. This is the life of an actor: strange men phone you and offer to give you money. Fans of the Bee Gees are probably going to be excited to see the biopic finally coming to fruition with Kenneth Branagh at the helm as the story of … Now Branagh talks differently about what he is doing. “AND since you mentioned her, my wife Anne has more decency and wisdom in her daily shit than you have in your entire body!”. There was a willingness to please rather than any pursuit of fame for its own sake. [2], In October 2015, it was announced that Branagh would be the new President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), succeeding the late Lord Attenborough. “There was no desire to knock out our accents. In 2002, Branagh starred in the two-part television movie Shackleton, a dramatisation of the 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition's battle for survival, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA award and an Emmy. Never mind the Brit Pop, baby. Graham Reid’s Billy plays brought Belfast lives on to British screens in the 1980s. Kenneth Branagh on 'Artemis Fowl' and the Challenges of 'Tenet' June 12, ... we’ve been able to subsequently just continue work on finishing the film. [57], He is a fan of English football club Tottenham Hotspur, the Northern Irish football club Linfield, and Scottish football club Rangers.[58][59]. Branagh has played the title role in BBC radio broadcasts of Hamlet and Cyrano de Bergerac, and the role of Edmund in King Lear.[49]. Published: 23 Jan 2021. I t makes sense for Kenneth Branagh to not only star as gumshoe Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (out now), but to sit in the director’s chair too. I didn’t even have an agent. 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