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Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Acting December 12, 1944 (81 years old) Dunfermline - Scotland - UK

Biography

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.

Movies 101

Maleficent 7.1

Maleficent

as King Henry

2014
Hot Fuzz 7.6

Hot Fuzz

as James Reaper

2007
Valkyrie 7.0

Valkyrie

as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

2008
Layer Cake 6.9

Layer Cake

as Jimmy Price

2004
Hellbound: Hellraiser II 6.4

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

as Dr. Philip Channard

1988
A Good Year 6.7

A Good Year

as Sir Nigel

2006
Mr. Jones 6.7

Mr. Jones

as Lloyd George

2019
The Legend of Hercules 4.8

The Legend of Hercules

as Lucius

2014
Official Secrets 7.2

Official Secrets

as Judge Hyam

2019
Oliver! 7.0

Oliver!

as Noah Claypole

1968
5 Days of War 5.7

5 Days of War

as Michael Stilton

2011
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool 6.3

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

as Joe Turner

2017
Made in Dagenham 6.7

Made in Dagenham

as Monty Taylor

2010
Robin and Marian 6.3

Robin and Marian

as Jack's Apprentice

1976
The Boxer 6.7

The Boxer

as Matt MaGuire

1997
Kevin & Perry Go Large 5.0

Kevin & Perry Go Large

as Vicar

2000
Closed Circuit 5.9

Closed Circuit

as Cameron Fischer

2013
Under Suspicion 5.9

Under Suspicion

as Frank Vance

1991
Dead Man's Folly 6.4

Dead Man's Folly

as Insp. Bland

1986
Gangster No. 1 6.4

Gangster No. 1

as Tommy

2000
Brother Sun, Sister Moon 7.1

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

as Paolo

1972
Blackball 5.2

Blackball

as Chairman Collins

2003
Chocolat 6.9

Chocolat

as Jonathan Boothby

1988
Bed of Roses 5.9

Bed of Roses

as Simon

1996
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare 5.7

Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare

as Narrator

2006
Mangal Pandey - The Rising 6.1

Mangal Pandey - The Rising

as Mr. Kent

2005
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades 5.4

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

as Colonel Schmidt

2000
Trauma 5.2

Trauma

as DC Jackson

2004
Two Men Went To War 6.7

Two Men Went To War

as Sgt. Peter King

2002
Prospero's Books 6.8

Prospero's Books

as Sebastian

1991
Sparkling Cyanide 5.0

Sparkling Cyanide

as George Barton

2003
Vampira 5.1

Vampira

as Paddy

1974
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland 5.7

The Most Fertile Man in Ireland

as Da

2000
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II 6.4

Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II

as Self

2015
The Night Watch 5.8

The Night Watch

as Horace Mundy

2011
Shiner 5.4

Shiner

as Gibson

2000
Otley 6.3

Otley

as Kid

1969
Vigo 5.4

Vigo

as The Producer

1998
Pollyanna 8.4

Pollyanna

as Mr. Pendleton

2003
The Black and Blue Lamp

The Black and Blue Lamp

as Supt. Cherry

1988
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea 6.3

Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea

as Captain Turner

2007
On Dangerous Ground 5.1

On Dangerous Ground

as Brigadier Charles Ferguson

1996
Born a King 7.4

Born a King

as Lord Curzon

2019
Lady Windermere's Fan 9.0

Lady Windermere's Fan

as Lord Darlington

1985
Born Romantic 6.0

Born Romantic

as Barney

2000
The Merchant of Venice 7.3

The Merchant of Venice

as Gratiano

1980
Killing Hitler 6.5

Killing Hitler

as Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies

2003
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence 6.8

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence

as Michael Mansfield QC

1999
Women Talking Dirty 5.4

Women Talking Dirty

as George

2001
Suspension of Disbelief 4.1

Suspension of Disbelief

as Bullock

2012
The Chatterley Affair 5.3

The Chatterley Affair

as Older Keith

2006
Joseph Andrews 5.4

Joseph Andrews

as The Wicked Squire

1977
Lady Audley's Secret 4.6

Lady Audley's Secret

as Sir Michael Audley

2000
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires

Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires

as Leopold Czihaczek

2018
Fragment of Fear 5.9

Fragment of Fear

as Joe

1970
Requiem Apache 7.5

Requiem Apache

as Tony

1994
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton

A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton

as Self

1982
The Birthday Party 6.8

The Birthday Party

as Stanley Webber

1987
Harold Pinter:  A Celebration 8.0

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

as Self

2010
Up Pompeii 6.1

Up Pompeii

as Christian

1971
All the Way Up 7.0

All the Way Up

as Tom Midway

1970
Flying Blind 4.8

Flying Blind

as Victor

2013
Graffiti Wars 6.4

Graffiti Wars

as Narrator (Voice)

2011
Stealing Heaven 6.2

Stealing Heaven

as Vice Chancellor Suger

1988
Donkeys' Years

Donkeys' Years

as Bill Taylor

1980
A Little Bit of Lippy 9.0

A Little Bit of Lippy

as Reggie Titherington

1992
RPM 3.3

RPM

as Biggerman

1998
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon

Heroes & Villains: Napoleon

as General Carteaux

2007
Tale of a Vampire 5.6

Tale of a Vampire

as Edgar

1993
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard 8.5

National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard

as Firs

2011
Midnight Man 5.3

Midnight Man

as Brigadier Charles Ferguson

1997
Royal Celebration 7.5

Royal Celebration

as Douglas

1993
The Sin Bin

The Sin Bin

as Alan Grieves

1981
Night Flight 7.5

Night Flight

as Ted Atwell

2002
Joe Orton Laid Bare

Joe Orton Laid Bare

as Himself

2017
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen 7.3

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

as MJ O'Loughlin

2009
Just Another Secret 9.0

Just Another Secret

as Brosch

1989
'Tis Pity She's a Whore 6.0

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

as Giovanni

1980
Deep in the Heart 8.0

Deep in the Heart

as Robert Flaherty

1996
Normal Service 10.0

Normal Service

as Peter

1988
Butterflies Don't Count 10.0

Butterflies Don't Count

as Tom

1978
The Changeling 8.5

The Changeling

as Antonio

1974
The Caretaker

The Caretaker

as Aston

1981
Man Dancin' 4.3

Man Dancin'

as D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers

2004
The Man from Montevideo

The Man from Montevideo

as Gary Solway

2007
The Party

The Party

as Joe Shawcross

1988
Sling Your Hook 8.0

Sling Your Hook

as Roland

1969
Monkey Boy

Monkey Boy

as Hennessey

1992
A Master of the Marionettes

A Master of the Marionettes

as Teddy

1989
The Lavender List

The Lavender List

as Harold Wilson

2006
Justice in Wonderland

Justice in Wonderland

as George Carman

2000
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer

Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer

as The Host

2017
The Vision Thing

The Vision Thing

as Dick Naughton

1993
Death of a Private 9.0

Death of a Private

as Young intellectual

1967
Making Waves 6.8

Making Waves

as Joe Nash

1987
The Last Yellow 7.5

The Last Yellow

as Len

1999
Achilles Heel 4.0

Achilles Heel

as Gordon

1973
Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome 7.5

Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome

as Narrator

2004
Panto!

Panto!

as Jerry

2012
The Voynich Mystery

The Voynich Mystery

as Narrator

2002
The Dumb Waiter 8.0

The Dumb Waiter

as Gus

1985

TV Shows 86

Coronation Street 5.3

Coronation Street

as Roy

1960
Midsomer Murders 7.5

Midsomer Murders

as Jude Langham

1997
Death in Paradise 7.4

Death in Paradise

as Father John

2011
Casualty 6.2

Casualty

as James Lawrence

1986
Crown Court 5.7

Crown Court

as John Tucker

1972
Heartbeat 7.1

Heartbeat

as Charlie Wallace

1992
Play for Today 6.6

Play for Today

as Alan Grieves

1970
Play for Today 6.6

Play for Today

as Tom

1970
Natural World 7.4

Natural World

1983
Merlin 7.8

Merlin

as Aulfric

2008
BBC Play of the Month 5.2

BBC Play of the Month

as Antonio

1965
Minder 7.2

Minder

as Walter

1979
Agatha Christie's Marple 7.9

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Rex Fortescue

2004
New Tricks 7.3

New Tricks

2004
ITV Playhouse 7.0

ITV Playhouse

as Private Seaton

1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre 4.2

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Charlie

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre 4.2

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Barry

1965
Inside No. 9 8.1

Inside No. 9

as Rupert

2014
Rome 8.2

Rome

as Gnaeus Pompey Magnus

2005
Hustle 7.8

Hustle

as Francis Owen

2004
Inspector Morse 7.9

Inspector Morse

as Cedric Downes

1987
Dalziel and Pascoe 6.4

Dalziel and Pascoe

as Tommy Collingwood

1996
ITV Saturday Night Theatre 7.0

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

as Terry

1969
Trying 7.6

Trying

as Barry

2020
Strike 7.2

Strike

as Dennis Creed

2017
ScreenPlay 6.0

ScreenPlay

as Supt. Cherry

1986
ScreenPlay 6.0

ScreenPlay

as Reggie Titherington

1986
ScreenPlay 6.0

ScreenPlay

as Dick Naughton

1986
Moving On 7.3

Moving On

as Mike

2009
New Scotland Yard 6.3

New Scotland Yard

as David Collins

1972
Lovejoy 7.4

Lovejoy

as Litvak

1986
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 6.5

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

as Colonel Schmidt

1992
The Spanish Princess 7.6

The Spanish Princess

as John Morton

2019
Between the Lines 5.5

Between the Lines

as DCI Stubbs

1992
War and Peace 7.5

War and Peace

as Uncle Mikhail

2016
Van der Valk 6.2

Van der Valk

as Dirk Boutsen

1972
Strangers 7.2

Strangers

as Willie Bruce

1978
Strangers 7.2

Strangers

as DCI Jim Lennard

1978
Shine on Harvey Moon 7.7

Shine on Harvey Moon

as Harvey Moon

1982
The Play on One 6.0

The Play on One

as Peter

1988
The Play on One 6.0

The Play on One

as Joe Shawcross

1988
The Play on One 6.0

The Play on One

as Teddy Rose

1988
Kavanagh Q.C. 7.3

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Roy Lawrence

1995
Murder Most Horrid 6.9

Murder Most Horrid

as Insp Salford

1991
The White Princess 7.7

The White Princess

as John Morton

2017
Budgie 7.2

Budgie

as Inky Ballantine

1971
Enemy at the Door 8.2

Enemy at the Door

as Jack Foster

1978
Finding Alice 5.6

Finding Alice

as Gerry Walsh

2021
Upstairs Downstairs 7.4

Upstairs Downstairs

as Sgt Ashworth

2010
Brideshead Revisited 7.9

Brideshead Revisited

as Sergeant Block

1981
In the Flesh 7.2

In the Flesh

as Vicar Oddie

2013
Reilly: Ace of Spies 7.0

Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Lenin

1983
Danger UXB 8.0

Danger UXB

as Sapper Salt

1979
Danger UXB 8.0

Danger UXB

as L / Corporal Salt

1979
Murder Investigation Team 6.4

Murder Investigation Team

as Ray Morgan

2003
The Line of Beauty 6.8

The Line of Beauty

as Sir Maurice Tipper

2006
Cribb 8.0

Cribb

as Francis Mostyn-Smith

1980
Tess of the D'Urbervilles 7.5

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

as Mr Clare

2008
Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl

as Tom Last

1967
Bancroft 6.8

Bancroft

as Charlie Haverstock

2017
Our Mutual Friend 7.8

Our Mutual Friend

as Silas Wegg

1998
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 6.6

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

as Pastor Finch

1990
Heroes and Villains 7.0

Heroes and Villains

2007
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories 6.2

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories

as Dean Smith

2016
From a Bird's Eye View 6.0

From a Bird's Eye View

as Tim O'Donovan

1970
Theatre Night

Theatre Night

as Stanley

1985
Lilies 7.4

Lilies

2007
Lilies 7.4

Lilies

as Health Inspector

2007
Village Hall 8.0

Village Hall

as Lop

1974
Summer Season

Summer Season

as Gus

1985
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 7.5

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

as Reverend Michael Millward

1996
Believe Nothing 6.8

Believe Nothing

as DI Aldiss

2002
37 Days 7.5

37 Days

as John Burns

2014
Chimera 6.0

Chimera

as Hennessey

1991
Without Motive 6.0

Without Motive

as DCS Derek Henderson

2000
Hatton Garden 6.0

Hatton Garden

as Brian Reader

2019
Dickens 7.0

Dickens

as John Forster

2002
Therese Raquin 5.5

Therese Raquin

as Camille Raquin

1980
Rules of Engagement 4.5

Rules of Engagement

as Martin Goodman

1989
The Genius of Mozart 9.0

The Genius of Mozart

as Leopold Mozart

2004
Against the Crowd

Against the Crowd

as Geoff Smailes

1975
The Bell 3.0

The Bell

as Nick Fawley

1982
He-Play She-Play

He-Play She-Play

as Detective Inspector

1993
A Sort of Innocence 10.0

A Sort of Innocence

1986
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

as W H Auden

2009
Neanderthal

Neanderthal

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2001

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