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