Kenneth Cranham
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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.
Known for
Credits
Maleficent (2014)
as King Henry
Hot Fuzz (2007)
as James Reaper
Valkyrie (2008)
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
The Legend of Hercules (2014)
as Lucius
Layer Cake (2004)
as Jimmy Price
The Chatterley Affair (2006)
as Older Keith
Official Secrets (2019)
as Judge Hyam
A Good Year (2006)
as Sir Nigel
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
as Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
Closed Circuit (2013)
as Cameron Fischer
Killing Hitler (2003)
as Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
Oliver! (1968)
as Noah Claypole
5 Days of War (2011)
as Michael Stilton
Under Suspicion (1991)
as Frank Vance
The Boxer (1997)
as Matt MaGuire
Pollyanna (2003)
as Mr. Pendleton
Robin and Marian (1976)
as Jack's Apprentice
Two Men Went To War (2002)
as Sgt. Peter King
Made in Dagenham (2010)
as Monty Taylor
Gangster No. 1 (2000)
as Tommy
Graffiti Wars (2011)
as Narrator (Voice)
Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000)
as Vicar
Suspension of Disbelief (2012)
as Bullock
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
as Insp. Bland
Women Talking Dirty (2001)
as George
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
as Joe Turner
Mangal Pandey - The Rising (2005)
as Mr. Kent
Vampira (1974)
as Paddy
Blackball (2003)
as Chairman Collins
The Merchant of Venice (1980)
as Gratiano
The Night Watch (2011)
as Horace Mundy
Chocolat (1988)
as Jonathan Boothby
Mr. Jones (2019)
as Lloyd George
Bed of Roses (1996)
as Simon
Stealing Heaven (1988)
as Vice Chancellor Suger
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
as Paolo
Fragment of Fear (1970)
as Joe
The Party (1988)
as Joe Shawcross
Lady Windermere's Fan (1985)
as Lord Darlington
The Caretaker (1981)
as Aston
Sparkling Cyanide (2003)
as George Barton
Donkeys' Years (1980)
as Bill Taylor
'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1980)
as Giovanni
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006)
as Narrator
The Sin Bin (1981)
as Alan Grieves
Prospero's Books (1991)
as Sebastian
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea (2007)
as Captain Turner
The Changeling (1974)
as Antonio
Flying Blind (2013)
as Victor
Joseph Andrews (1977)
as The Wicked Squire
Trauma (2004)
as DC Jackson
Midnight Man (1997)
as Brigadier Charles Ferguson
Lady Audley's Secret (2000)
as Sir Michael Audley
Shiner (2000)
as Gibson
RPM (1998)
as Biggerman
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009)
as MJ O'Loughlin
Born Romantic (2000)
as Barney
Requiem Apache (1994)
as Tony
Up Pompeii (1971)
as Christian
On Dangerous Ground (1996)
as Brigadier Charles Ferguson
Tale of a Vampire (1993)
as Edgar
Royal Celebration (1993)
as Douglas
Vigo (1998)
as The Producer
Otley (1969)
as Kid
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (2000)
as Colonel Schmidt
The Black and Blue Lamp (1988)
as Supt. Cherry
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999)
as Michael Mansfield QC
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon (2007)
as General Carteaux
Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010)
as Self
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (2015)
as Self
Born a King (2019)
as Lord Curzon
The Vision Thing (1993)
as Dick Naughton
A Master of the Marionettes (1989)
as Teddy
Butterflies Don't Count (1978)
as Tom
Man Dancin' (2004)
as D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers
The Last Yellow (1999)
as Len
Joe Orton Laid Bare (2017)
as Himself
All the Way Up (1970)
as Tom Midway
Deep in the Heart (1996)
as Robert Flaherty
The Lavender List (2006)
as Harold Wilson
Just Another Secret (1989)
as Brosch
The Birthday Party (1987)
as Stanley Webber
Monkey Boy (1992)
as Hennessey
A Little Bit of Lippy (1992)
as Reggie Titherington
The Man from Montevideo (2007)
as Gary Solway
Sling Your Hook (1969)
as Roland
Normal Service (1988)
as Peter
Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome (2004)
as Narrator
The Voynich Mystery (2002)
as Narrator
Panto! (2012)
as Jerry
Death of a Private (1967)
as Young intellectual
Night Flight (2002)
as Ted Atwell
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (2000)
as Da
The Dumb Waiter (1985)
as Gus
Achilles Heel (1973)
as Gordon
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires (2018)
as Leopold Czihaczek
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard (2011)
as Firs
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton (1982)
as Self
Making Waves (1987)
as Joe Nash
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer (2017)
as The Host