Kenneth Cranham
Acting
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
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tvFinding Alice
2021
Gerry
tvTrying
2020
Barry
movieMr. Jones
2019
Lloyd George
movieOfficial Secrets
2019
Judge Hyam
tvHatton Garden
2019
Brian Reader
tvThe Spanish Princess
2019
John Morton
movieBorn a King
2019
Lord Curzon
movieEgon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
2018
Leopold Czihaczek
tvBancroft
2017
Charlie Haverstock
movieJoe Orton Laid Bare
2017
Himself
tvStrike
2017
Dennis Creed
tvThe White Princess
2017
John Morton
tvNeil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2016
Dean Smith
tvWar and Peace
2016
Uncle Mikhail
movieMaleficent
2014
King Henry
tv37 Days
2014
John Burns
tvInside No. 9
2014
Rupert
movieClosed Circuit
2013
Cameron Fischer
movieFlying Blind
2013
Victor
tvIn the Flesh
2013
Vicar Oddie
moviePanto!
2012
Jerry
tvDeath in Paradise
2011
Father John
movieGraffiti Wars
2011
Narrator (Voice)
movie5 Days of War
2011
Michael Stilton
movieThe Night Watch
2011
Horace Mundy
tvUpstairs Downstairs
2010
Sgt Ashworth
movieMade in Dagenham
2010
Monty Taylor
movieSpanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009
MJ O'Loughlin
tvMoving On
2009
Mike
movieValkyrie
2008
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
tvMerlin
2008
Aulfric
tvTess of the D'Urbervilles
2008
Mr Clare
movieHeroes & Villains: Napoleon
2007
General Carteaux
movieThe Man from Montevideo
2007
Gary Solway
movieSinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
2007
Captain Turner
movieHot Fuzz
2007
James Reaper
tvLilies
2007
Health Inspector
movieA Good Year
2006
Sir Nigel
tvThe Line of Beauty
2006
Sir Maurice Tipper
movieThe Chatterley Affair
2006
Older Keith
The Lavender List
2006
Harold Wilson
tvRome
2005
Gnaeus Pompey Magnus
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Rex Fortescue
movieLayer Cake
2004
Jimmy Price
movieTrauma
2004
DC Jackson
tvThe Genius of Mozart
2004
Leopold Mozart
tvHustle
2004
Francis Owen
Man Dancin'
2004
D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers
movieSparkling Cyanide
2003
George Barton
movieBlackball
2003
Chairman Collins
tvMurder Investigation Team
2003
Ray Morgan
movieKilling Hitler
2003
Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
moviePollyanna
2003
Mr. Pendleton
movieTwo Men Went To War
2002
Sgt. Peter King
tvBelieve Nothing
2002
DI Aldiss
tvDickens
2002
John Forster
Night Flight
2002
Ted Atwell
movieThe Voynich Mystery
2002
Narrator
tvWithout Motive
2000
DCS Derek Henderson
movieShiner
2000
Gibson
movieBorn Romantic
2000
Barney
movieLady Audley's Secret
2000
Sir Michael Audley
movieThe Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999
Michael Mansfield QC
movieVigo
1998
The Producer
movieRPM
1998
Biggerman
tvOur Mutual Friend
1998
Silas Wegg
movieThe Boxer
1997
Matt MaGuire
movieMidnight Man
1997
Brigadier Charles Ferguson
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Jude Langham
tvThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1996
Reverend Michael Millward
movieDeep in the Heart
1996
Robert Flaherty
movieOn Dangerous Ground
1996
Brigadier Charles Ferguson
tvKavanagh Q.C.
1995
Roy Lawrence
movieThe Vision Thing
1993
Dick Naughton
movieRoyal Celebration
1993
Douglas
movieMonkey Boy
1992
Hennessey
movieA Little Bit of Lippy
1992
Reggie Titherington
tvBetween the Lines
1992
DCI Stubbs
tvHeartbeat
1992
Charlie Wallace
tvThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Colonel Schmidt
tvMurder Most Horrid
1991
Insp Salford
movieUnder Suspicion
1991
Frank Vance
movieProspero's Books
1991
Sebastian
tvChimera
1991
Hennessey
tvOranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
Pastor Finch
tvRules of Engagement
1989
Martin Goodman
movieHellbound: Hellraiser II
1988
Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
movieThe Black and Blue Lamp
1988
Supt. Cherry
movieStealing Heaven
1988
Vice Chancellor Suger
movieChocolat
1988
Jonathan Boothby
movieThe Party
1988
Joe Shawcross
tvThe Play on One
1988
Peter / Joe Shawcross / Teddy Rose
movieThe Birthday Party
1987
Stanley Webber
tvInspector Morse
1987
Cedric Downes
movieMaking Waves
1987
Joe Nash
tvCasualty
1986
James Lawrence
tvScreenPlay
1986
Supt. Cherry / Reggie Titherington / Dick Naughton
tvLovejoy
1986
Litvak
movieDead Man's Folly
1986
Insp. Bland
movieLady Windermere's Fan
1985
Lord Darlington
tvTheatre Night
1985
Stanley
The Bell
1982
Nick Fawley
tvShine on Harvey Moon
1982
Harvey Moon
tvBrideshead Revisited
1981
Sergeant Block
movieThe Sin Bin
1981
Alan Grieves
movieThe Merchant of Venice
1980
Gratiano
movie'Tis Pity She's a Whore
1980
Giovanni
tvCribb
1980
Francis Mostyn-Smith
tvTherese Raquin
1980
Camille Raquin
Donkeys' Years
1980
Bill Taylor
tvMinder
1979
Walter
tvDanger UXB
1979
Sapper Salt / L / Corporal Salt
tvStrangers
1978
Willie Bruce / DCI Jim Lennard
tvEnemy at the Door
1978
Jack Foster
movieJoseph Andrews
1977
The Wicked Squire
movieRobin and Marian
1976
Jack's Apprentice
Against the Crowd
1975
Geoff Smailes
movieVampira
1974
Paddy
movieThe Changeling
1974
Antonio
movieAchilles Heel
1973
Gordon
tvCrown Court
1972
John Tucker
tvVan der Valk
1972
Dirk Boutsen
tvNew Scotland Yard
1972
David Collins
tvBudgie
1971
Inky Ballantine
movieUp Pompeii
1971
Christian
tvPlay for Today
1970
Alan Grieves / Tom
tvFrom a Bird's Eye View
1970
Tim O'Donovan
movieAll the Way Up
1970
Tom Midway
movieSling Your Hook
1969
Roland
movieOliver!
1968
Noah Claypole
movieDeath of a Private
1967
Young intellectual
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Private Seaton
tvBoy Meets Girl
1967
Tom Last
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Antonio
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Charlie / Barry
