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