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Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Known for ActingBorn 1944-12-12 (age 81)Dunfermline - Scotland - UK
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.Read more

Movies & web series

Normal Service10.0
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Normal Service

1988 · Movie

A Sort of Innocence
10.0
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A Sort of Innocence

1986 · Series

Butterflies Don't Count10.0
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Butterflies Don't Count

1978 · Movie

A Little Bit of Lippy9.0
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A Little Bit of Lippy

1992 · Movie

Just Another Secret9.0
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Just Another Secret

1989 · Movie

Lady Windermere's Fan9.0
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Lady Windermere's Fan

1985 · Movie

Death of a Private9.0
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Death of a Private

1967 · Movie

National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard8.5
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National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard

2011 · Movie

Pollyanna8.4
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Pollyanna

2003 · Movie

Rome8.2
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Rome

2005 · Series

The Changeling8.5
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The Changeling

1974 · Movie

Inside No. 98.1
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Inside No. 9

2014 · Series

Harold Pinter:  A Celebration8.0
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Harold Pinter: A Celebration

2010 · Movie

The Genius of Mozart8.0
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The Genius of Mozart

2004 · Series

Enemy at the Door8.2
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Enemy at the Door

1978 · Series

Deep in the Heart8.0
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Deep in the Heart

1996 · Movie

Merlin7.8
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Merlin

2008 · Series

Our Mutual Friend7.9
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Our Mutual Friend

1998 · Series

The White Princess7.7
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The White Princess

2017 · Series

The Dumb Waiter8.0
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The Dumb Waiter

1985 · Movie

Agatha Christie's Marple7.8
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Agatha Christie's Marple

2004 · Series

Trying7.6
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Trying

2020 · Series

Cribb8.0
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Cribb

1980 · Series

Danger UXB8.0
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Danger UXB

1979 · Series

Inspector Morse7.9
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Inspector Morse

1987 · Series

Hustle7.7
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Hustle

2004 · Series

The Spanish Princess7.5
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The Spanish Princess

2019 · Series

War and Peace7.6
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War and Peace

2016 · Series

Brideshead Revisited7.9
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Brideshead Revisited

1981 · Series

Sling Your Hook8.0
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Sling Your Hook

1969 · Movie

Hot Fuzz7.6
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Hot Fuzz

2007 · Movie

Death in Paradise7.5
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Death in Paradise

2011 · Series

Born a King7.4
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Born a King

2019 · Movie

Tess of the D'Urbervilles7.5
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

2008 · Series

Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome7.5
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Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome

2004 · Movie

37 Days7.4
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37 Days

2014 · Series

Shine on Harvey Moon7.7
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Shine on Harvey Moon

1982 · Series

The Last Yellow
7.5
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The Last Yellow

1999 · Movie

Lilies7.4
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Lilies

2007 · Series

Midsomer Murders7.5
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Midsomer Murders

1997 · Series

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall7.5
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

1996 · Series

Requiem Apache7.5
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Requiem Apache

1994 · Movie

Royal Celebration7.5
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Royal Celebration

1993 · Movie

New Tricks7.4
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New Tricks

2004 · Series

Official Secrets7.2
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Official Secrets

2019 · Movie

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen7.3
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Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

2009 · Movie

Strike7.2
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Strike

2017 · Series

In the Flesh7.2
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In the Flesh

2013 · Series