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Birthday: Dec 12, 1944
Place of Birth: Dunfermline - Scotland - UK

Kenneth Cranham

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Brother Sun, Sister Moon Paolo 1972
Gangster No. 1 Tommy 2000
Layer Cake Jimmy Price 2004
Bed of Roses Simon 1996
Prospero's Books Sebastian 1991
Chocolat Boothby 1988
Dead Man's Folly Insp. Bland 1986
Hellbound: Hellraiser II Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite 1988
A Good Year Sir Nigel 2006
Under Suspicion Frank Vance 1991
Joseph Andrews The Wicked Squire 1977
Tale of a Vampire Edgar 1993
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea Captain Turner 2007
The Vision Thing Dick Naughton 1993
Royal Celebration Douglas 1993
Death of a Private Young intellectual 1967
Sling Your Hook Roland 1969
Two Men Went To War Sgt. Peter King 2002
Oliver! Noah Claypole 1968
A Master of the Marionettes Teddy 1989
On Dangerous Ground Brig. Charles Ferguson 1996
Midnight Man Brig. Charles Ferguson 1997
Killing Hitler Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies 2003
Pollyanna Mr. Pendleton 2003
Maleficent King Henry 2014
Women Talking Dirty George 2001
Stealing Heaven Vice Chancellor Suger 1988
Closed Circuit Cameron Fischer 2013
Flying Blind Victor 2013
The Legend of Hercules Lucius 2014
Normal Service Peter 1988
A Little Bit of Lippy Reggie Titherington 1992
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare Narrator 2006
Making Waves Joe Nash 1987
Just Another Secret Brosch 1989
The Lavender List Harold Wilson 2006
All the Way Up Tom Midway 1970
Graffiti Wars Narrator (Voice) 2011
The Night Watch Horace Mundy 2011
Monkey Boy Hennessey 1992
Born Romantic Barney 2000
Trauma DC Jackson 2004
Panto! Jerry 2012
Donkeys' Years Bill Taylor 1980
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II Self 2015
The Black and Blue Lamp 1988
Vampira Paddy 1974
Hot Fuzz James Reaper 2007
RPM Biggerman 1998
Lady Windermere's Fan Lord Darlington 1985
Man Dancin' D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers 2004
Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome Narrator 2004
Valkyrie Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel 2008
The Changeling Antonio 1974
Sparkling Cyanide George Barton 2003
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen MJ O'Loughlin 2009
Requiem Apache Tony 1994
Made in Dagenham Monty Taylor 2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration Self 2010
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard Firs 2011
Deep in the Heart Robert Flaherty 1996
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool Joe Turner 2017
'Tis Pity She's a Whore Giovanni 1980
Fragment of Fear Joe 1970
Otley Kid 1969
Shiner Gibson 2000
Lady Audley's Secret Sir Michael Audley 2000
Official Secrets Judge Hyam 2019
Blackball Chairman Collins 2003
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence Michael Mansfield QC 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades Colonel Schmidt 2000
Night Flight Ted Atwell 2002
Robin and Marian Jack's Apprentice 1976
Vigo The Producer 1998
The Caretaker Aston 1981
The Boxer Matt MaGuire 1997
The Sin Bin Alan Grieves 1981
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires Leopold Czihaczek 2018
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer The Host 2017
Kevin & Perry Go Large Vicar 2000
The Birthday Party Stanley Webber 1987
Mr. Jones Lloyd George 2019
The Merchant of Venice Gratiano 1980
Joe Orton Laid Bare Himself 2017
Achilles Heel Gordon 1973
Suspension of Disbelief Bullock 2012
The Dumb Waiter Gus 1985
Butterflies Don't Count Tom 1978
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland Da 2000
The Last Yellow Len 1999
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon General Carteaux 2007
The Party Joe Shawcross 1988
Born a King Lord Curzon 2019
The Voynich Mystery Narrator 2002
Series Cast Year
Murder Most Horrid Inspector Salford 1991
Believe Nothing DI Aldiss 2002
Budgie Inky Ballantine 1971
Rome Gnaeus Pompey Magnus 2005
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Colonel Schmidt 1992
Finding Alice Gerry 2021
Hustle Francis Owen 2004
Heartbeat Charlie Wallace 1992
Dalziel & Pascoe Tommy Collingwood 1996
Inspector Morse Cedric Downes 1987
Murder Investigation Team Ray Morgan 2003
Between the Lines 1992
Lovejoy Litvak 1986
Brideshead Revisited Sergeant Block 1981
Shine on Harvey Moon 1982
Van der Valk Dirk Boutsen 1972
New Tricks 2004
A Sort of Innocence 1986
Chimera Hennessey 1991
Natural World 1983
From a Bird's Eye View Tim O'Donovan 1970
BBC Television Shakespeare 1978
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Reverend Millward 1996
Moving On Mike 2009
Without Motive DCS Derek Henderson 2000
War and Peace Uncle Mikhail 2016
Crown Court John Tucker 1972
37 Days John Burns 2014
Lilies 2007
Rules of Engagement Martin Goodman 1989
Sins Gilbert 2000
In the Flesh Vicar Oddie 2013
The Bell Nick Fawley 1982
Dickens 2002
Casualty James Lawrence 1986
Minder Walter 1979
Enemy at the Door Jack Foster 1978
Kavanagh Q.C. Roy Lawrence 1995
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories 2016
The Line of Beauty Sir Maurice Tipper 2006
Lilies Health Inspector 2007
The Genius of Mozart Leopold Mozart 2004
Our Mutual Friend 1998
The White Princess John Morton 2017
Therese Raquin Camille Raquin 1980
Bancroft Charlie Haverstock 2017
Heroes and Villains 2007
Merlin Aulfric 2008
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words W H Auden 2009
Bergerac Gascoigne 1981
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Pastor Finch 1990
Hatton Garden Brian Reader 2019
Midsomer Murders Jude Langham 1997
Inside No. 9 Rupert 2014
Death in Paradise Father John 2011
Danger UXB Sapper Salt 1979
Danger UXB L / Corporal Salt 1979
Play for Today Alan Grieves 1970
The Play on One Joe Shawcross 1988
The Play on One Peter 1988
Tess of the D'Urbervilles Mr Clare 2008
Reilly: Ace of Spies Lenin 1983
The Spanish Princess John Morton 2019
Strike Dennis Creed 2017
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