Born in Belfast in 1960 and raised in Reading after his family moved during the Troubles, Kenneth Branagh trained at RADA and became a stage star and founded the Renaissance Theatre Company. His debut as a director was Henry V (1989), a muddy and hard-edged version of Shakespeare that won him the BAFTA for director. He then adapted Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and a full-text Hamlet (1996). He later directed Thor (2011) for Marvel, Cinderella and Murder on the Orient Express, and the autobiographical Belfast (2021), which won the Oscar for original screenplay.
Filmography
- Henry V (1989)
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
- Hamlet (1996)
- Thor (2011)
- Belfast (2021)
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