Kenneth Cranham
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- ComedyWomen Talking Dirty
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- DramaThe Boxer
- DramaStealing Heaven
- ComedyBorn Romantic
- AdventureJoseph Andrews
- ActionMaleficent
- ComedyMade in Dagenham
- ThrillerSuspension of Disbelief
- ComedyBlackball
- ActionThe Legend of Hercules
- CrimeShiner
- DramaOliver!
- ComedyA Good Year
- ComedyVampira
- AdventureRobin and Marian
- CrimeFragment of Fear
- Sci-Fi & FantasyChimera
- DramaThérèse Raquin
- DramaThe Black and Blue Lamp
- DocumentarySinking of the Lusitania
- DocumentaryLeviathan: The Story of Hellbound: Hellraiser II
- DramaHatton Garden
- DocumentaryGraffiti Wars
- CrimeWithout Motive
- ActionMidnight Man
- ActionOn Dangerous Ground
- DramaNormal Service
- ComedyThe Birthday Party
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- ActionJust Another Secret
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- DramaThe Lavender List
- DramaThe Sin Bin
- ComedyDeep in the Heart
- HorrorDark Ditties Presents: The Offer
- ComedyRequiem Apache
- DramaThe Dumb Waiter
- CrimeUnder Suspicion
- DocumentaryEgon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
- DocumentaryKilling Hitler
- HorrorMonkey Boy
- DramaOranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- DramaShine on Harvey Moon
- ComedyAll the Way Up
- movieThe Party
- DramaLady Audley's Secret
- ComedyA Little Bit of Lippy
- DramaNight Flight
- DramaThe Caretaker
- ComedyLady Windermere's Fan
- DramaMr. Jones
- DramaOur Mutual Friend
- AdventureThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
- DramaNational Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
- DramaMr. Jones
- CrimeGangster No. 1
- DramaSpanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
- DramaBorn a King
- ComedyThe Most Fertile Man in Ireland
- ComedyPanto!
- ComedyRPM
- movieButterflies Don't Count
- TV MovieJoe Orton Laid Bare
- DramaAchilles Heel
- ComedyThe Last Yellow
- movieRoyal Celebration
- DramaProspero's Books
- DramaDanger UXB
- DramaBorn a King
- ComedyThe Merchant of Venice
- DramaBed of Roses
- HistoryHeroes & Villains: Napoleon
- ComedyDonkeys' Years
- DramaThe Night Watch
- DocumentaryLeviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
- DramaThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- ActionHannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
- DramaVigo
- DramaThe Murder of Stephen Lawrence
- DramaThe Changeling
- DramaChocolat
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Kenneth Cranham
Actor
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.
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- Dunfermline - Scotland - UK
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