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