Kenneth Cranham
Acting
Born December 12, 1944 · Dunfermline - Scotland - UK
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.
Films (99)
Mr. Jones
2019
Official Secrets
2019
Born a King
2019
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
2018
Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer
2017
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
2015
Maleficent
2014
The Legend of Hercules
2014
Closed Circuit
2013
Flying Blind
2013
Panto!
2012
Suspension of Disbelief
2012
Graffiti Wars
2011
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
2011
5 Days of War
2011
The Night Watch
2011
Made in Dagenham
2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009
Valkyrie
2008
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
2007
The Man from Montevideo
2007
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
2007
Hot Fuzz
2007
A Good Year
2006
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
2006
The Chatterley Affair
2006
The Lavender List
2006
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
2005
Layer Cake
2004
Trauma
2004
Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome
2004
Man Dancin'
2004
Sparkling Cyanide
2003
Blackball
2003
Killing Hitler
2003
Pollyanna
2003
Two Men Went To War
2002
Night Flight
2002
The Voynich Mystery
2002
Women Talking Dirty
2001
Shiner
2000
Born Romantic
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
Gangster No. 1
2000
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
2000
Lady Audley's Secret
2000
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999
The Last Yellow
1999
Vigo
1998
RPM
1998
The Boxer
1997
Midnight Man
1997
Deep in the Heart
1996
On Dangerous Ground
1996
Bed of Roses
1996
Requiem Apache
1994
The Vision Thing
1993
Royal Celebration
1993
Tale of a Vampire
1993
Monkey Boy
1992
A Little Bit of Lippy
1992
Under Suspicion
1991
Prospero's Books
1991
A Master of the Marionettes
1989
Just Another Secret
1989
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988
The Black and Blue Lamp
1988
Stealing Heaven
1988
Chocolat
1988
The Party
1988
Normal Service
1988
The Birthday Party
1987
Making Waves
1987
Dead Man's Folly
1986
Lady Windermere's Fan
1985
The Dumb Waiter
1985
The Caretaker
1981
The Sin Bin
1981
The Merchant of Venice
1980
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
1980
Donkeys' Years
1980
Butterflies Don't Count
1978
Joseph Andrews
1977
Robin and Marian
1976
Vampira
1974
The Changeling
1974
Achilles Heel
1973
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
Up Pompeii
1971
Fragment of Fear
1970
All the Way Up
1970
Sling Your Hook
1969
Otley
1969
Oliver!
1968
Death of a Private
1967