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