Kenneth Cranham
Biography
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
Acting
1972
asPaolo
2000
asTommy
2004
asJimmy Price
1996
asSimon
1991
asSebastian
1988
asBoothby
1986
asInsp. Bland
1988
asDr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
2006
asSir Nigel
1991
asFrank Vance
1977
asThe Wicked Squire
1993
asEdgar
2007
asCaptain Turner
1993
asDick Naughton
1993
asDouglas
1967
asYoung intellectual
1969
asRoland
2002
asSgt. Peter King
1968
asNoah Claypole
1989
asTeddy
1996
asBrigadier Charles Ferguson
1997
asBrigadier Charles Ferguson
2003
asBrigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
2003
asMr. Pendleton
2014
asKing Henry
2001
asGeorge
1988
asVice Chancellor Suger
2013
asCameron Fischer
2013
asVictor
2014
asLucius
1988
asPeter
1992
asReggie Titherington
2006
asNarrator
1987
asJoe Nash
1989
asBrosch
2006
asHarold Wilson
1970
asTom Midway
2011
asNarrator (Voice)
2011
asHorace Mundy
1992
asHennessey
2000
asBarney
2004
asDC Jackson
2012
asJerry
1980
asBill Taylor
2015
asSelf
1988
as
1974
asPaddy
2007
asJames Reaper
1998
asBiggerman
1985
asLord Darlington
2004
asD.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers
2004
asNarrator
2008
asField Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
1974
asAntonio
2003
asGeorge Barton
2009
asMJ O'Loughlin
1994
asTony
2010
asMonty Taylor
2010
asSelf
2011
asFirs
1996
asRobert Flaherty
2017
asJoe Turner
1980
asGiovanni
1970
asJoe
1969
asKid
2000
asGibson
2000
asSir Michael Audley
2019
asJudge Hyam
2003
asChairman Collins
1999
asMichael Mansfield QC
2000
asColonel Schmidt
2002
asTed Atwell
1976
asJack's Apprentice
1998
asThe Producer
1981
asAston
1997
asMatt MaGuire
1981
asAlan Grieves
2018
asLeopold Czihaczek
2017
asThe Host
2000
asVicar
1987
asStanley Webber
2019
asLloyd George
1980
asGratiano
2017
asHimself
1973
asGordon
2012
asBullock
1985
asGus
1978
asTom
2000
asDa
1999
asLen
2007
asGeneral Carteaux
1988
asJoe Shawcross
2019
asLord Curzon
2002
asNarrator
1971
asChristian
asInspector Salford
asDI Aldiss
asInky Ballantine
asGnaeus Pompey Magnus
asColonel Schmidt
asGerry
asFrancis Owen
asCharlie Wallace
asTommy Collingwood
asCedric Downes
asRay Morgan
as
asLitvak
asSergeant Block
asHarvey Moon
asDirk Boutsen
asas 
asHennessey
as
asTim O'Donovan
asGratiano
asReverend Millward
asMike
asDCS Derek Henderson
asUncle Mikhail
asJohn Tucker
asJohn Burns
asasMartin Goodman
asGilbert
asVicar Oddie
asNick Fawley
as
asJames Lawrence
asWalter
asJack Foster
asRoy Lawrence
as
asSir Maurice Tipper
asHealth Inspector
asLeopold Mozart
as
asJohn Morton
asCamille Raquin
asCharlie Haverstock
as
asAulfric
asW H Auden
asGascoigne
asPastor Finch
asBrian Reader
asJude Langham
asRupert
asFather John
asSapper Salt
asL / Corporal Salt
asAlan Grieves
asJoe Shawcross
asPeter
asMr Clare
asLenin
asJohn Morton
asDennis Creed
asStanley
asRex Fortescue
asBarry
Production
Crew
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