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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Mr. Jones
Character:Lloyd George
Release Date:03/10/2019
Official Secrets
Character:Judge Hyam
Release Date:30/08/2019
Born a King
Character:Lord Curzon
Release Date:25/04/2019
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
Character:Leopold Czihaczek
Release Date:10/11/2018
Joe Orton Laid Bare
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/11/2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Character:Joe Turner
Release Date:17/11/2017
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer
Character:The Host
Release Date:01/08/2017
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Character:Self
Release Date:18/06/2015
Maleficent
Character:King Henry
Release Date:28/05/2014
The Legend of Hercules
Character:Lucius
Release Date:10/01/2014
Closed Circuit
Character:Cameron Fischer
Release Date:28/08/2013
Flying Blind
Character:Victor
Release Date:12/04/2013
Panto!
Character:Jerry
Release Date:26/12/2012
Suspension of Disbelief
Character:Bullock
Release Date:01/11/2012
Graffiti Wars
Character:Narrator (Voice)
Release Date:14/08/2011
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
Character:Firs
Release Date:30/06/2011
5 Days of War
Character:Michael Stilton
Release Date:06/06/2011
The Night Watch
Character:Horace Mundy
Release Date:04/04/2011
Made in Dagenham
Character:Monty Taylor
Release Date:01/10/2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/2010
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Character:MJ O'Loughlin
Release Date:05/08/2009
Valkyrie
Character:Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Release Date:25/12/2008
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
Character:General Carteaux
Release Date:11/11/2007
The Man from Montevideo
Character:Gary Solway
Release Date:24/05/2007
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
Character:Captain Turner
Release Date:12/05/2007
Hot Fuzz
Character:James Reaper
Release Date:14/02/2007
A Good Year
Character:Sir Nigel
Release Date:09/09/2006
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
Character:Narrator
Release Date:05/05/2006
The Chatterley Affair
Character:Older Keith
Release Date:20/03/2006
The Lavender List
Character:Harold Wilson
Release Date:01/03/2006
Layer Cake
Character:Jimmy Price
Release Date:30/09/2004
Trauma
Character:DC Jackson
Release Date:17/09/2004
Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome
Character:Narrator
Release Date:15/05/2004
Man Dancin'
Character:D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers
Release Date:20/02/2004
Sparkling Cyanide
Character:George Barton
Release Date:05/10/2003
Blackball
Character:Chairman Collins
Release Date:18/05/2003
Killing Hitler
Character:Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
Release Date:30/03/2003
Pollyanna
Character:Mr. Pendleton
Release Date:01/01/2003
Two Men Went To War
Character:Sgt. Peter King
Release Date:01/11/2002
Night Flight
Character:Ted Atwell
Release Date:02/02/2002
The Voynich Mystery
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2002
Women Talking Dirty
Character:George
Release Date:07/12/2001
Shiner
Character:Gibson
Release Date:22/09/2000
Born Romantic
Character:Barney
Release Date:14/09/2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Character:Colonel Schmidt
Release Date:13/07/2000
Gangster No. 1
Character:Tommy
Release Date:09/06/2000
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
Character:Da
Release Date:08/06/2000
Lady Audley's Secret
Character:Sir Michael Audley
Release Date:17/05/2000
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Character:Vicar
Release Date:20/04/2000
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Character:Michael Mansfield QC
Release Date:18/02/1999
The Last Yellow
Character:Len
Release Date:01/01/1999
Vigo
Character:The Producer
Release Date:14/09/1998
RPM
Character:Biggerman
Release Date:23/06/1998
The Boxer
Character:Matt MaGuire
Release Date:31/12/1997
Midnight Man
Character:Brigadier Charles Ferguson
Release Date:20/08/1997
Deep in the Heart
Character:Robert Flaherty
Release Date:10/10/1996
On Dangerous Ground
Character:Brigadier Charles Ferguson
Release Date:13/05/1996
Bed of Roses
Character:Simon
Release Date:26/01/1996
Requiem Apache
Character:Tony
Release Date:11/10/1994
The Vision Thing
Character:Dick Naughton
Release Date:06/10/1993
Royal Celebration
Character:Douglas
Release Date:26/09/1993
Tale of a Vampire
Character:Edgar
Release Date:05/02/1993
Monkey Boy
Character:Hennessey
Release Date:31/12/1992
A Little Bit of Lippy
Character:Reggie Titherington
Release Date:16/09/1992
Under Suspicion
Character:Frank Vance
Release Date:27/09/1991
Prospero's Books
Character:Sebastian
Release Date:30/08/1991
A Master of the Marionettes
Character:Teddy
Release Date:18/04/1989
Just Another Secret
Character:Brosch
Release Date:01/01/1989
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Character:Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
Release Date:23/12/1988
The Black and Blue Lamp
Character:Supt. Cherry
Release Date:07/09/1988
Stealing Heaven
Character:Vice Chancellor Suger
Release Date:20/05/1988
Chocolat
Character:Jonathan Boothby
Release Date:18/05/1988
The Party
Character:Joe Shawcross
Release Date:08/03/1988
Normal Service
Character:Peter
Release Date:02/02/1988
The Birthday Party
Character:Stanley Webber
Release Date:21/06/1987
Making Waves
Character:Joe Nash
Release Date:01/01/1987
Dead Man's Folly
Character:Insp. Bland
Release Date:08/01/1986
Lady Windermere's Fan
Character:Lord Darlington
Release Date:15/09/1985
The Dumb Waiter
Character:Gus
Release Date:23/06/1985
The Caretaker
Character:Aston
Release Date:07/06/1981
The Sin Bin
Character:Alan Grieves
Release Date:17/03/1981
The Merchant of Venice
Character:Gratiano
Release Date:17/12/1980
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Character:Giovanni
Release Date:07/05/1980
Donkeys' Years
Character:Bill Taylor
Release Date:01/01/1980
Butterflies Don't Count
Character:Tom
Release Date:28/11/1978
Joseph Andrews
Character:The Wicked Squire
Release Date:09/03/1977
Robin and Marian
Character:Jack's Apprentice
Release Date:11/03/1976
Vampira
Character:Paddy
Release Date:10/10/1974
The Changeling
Character:Antonio
Release Date:20/01/1974
Achilles Heel
Character:Gordon
Release Date:18/03/1973
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Character:Paolo
Release Date:03/03/1972
Up Pompeii
Character:Christian
Release Date:11/03/1971
Fragment of Fear
Character:Joe
Release Date:03/09/1970
All the Way Up
Character:Tom Midway
Release Date:01/06/1970
Sling Your Hook
Character:Roland
Release Date:02/04/1969
Otley
Character:Kid
Release Date:11/03/1969
Oliver!
Character:Noah Claypole
Release Date:26/09/1968
Death of a Private
Character:Young intellectual
Release Date:13/12/1967
Television Appearances
Finding Alice
Character:Gerry
Trying
Character:Barry
Hatton Garden
Character:Brian Reader
The Spanish Princess
Character:John Morton
Bancroft
Character:Charlie Haverstock
Strike
Character:Dennis Creed
The White Princess
Character:John Morton
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
Character:
War and Peace
Character:Uncle Mikhail
37 Days
Character:John Burns
Inside No. 9
Character:Rupert
In the Flesh
Character:Vicar Oddie
Death in Paradise
Character:Father John
Moving On
Character:Mike
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
Character:W H Auden
Merlin
Character:Aulfric
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Character:Mr Clare
Heroes and Villains
Character:
Lilies
Character:
Lilies
Character:Health Inspector
The Line of Beauty
Character:Sir Maurice Tipper
Rome
Character:Gnaeus Pompey Magnus
Agatha Christie's Marple
Character:Rex Fortescue
The Genius of Mozart
Character:Leopold Mozart
Hustle
Character:Francis Owen
New Tricks
Character:
Murder Investigation Team
Character:Ray Morgan
Believe Nothing
Character:DI Aldiss
Dickens
Character:John Forster
Sins
Character:Gilbert
Without Motive
Character:DCS Derek Henderson
Our Mutual Friend
Character:Silas Wegg
Midsomer Murders
Character:Jude Langham
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Character:Reverend Michael Millward
Dalziel & Pascoe
Character:Tommy Collingwood
Kavanagh Q.C.
Character:Roy Lawrence
Between the Lines
Character:
Heartbeat
Character:Charlie Wallace
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Character:Colonel Schmidt
Murder Most Horrid
Character:Inspector Salford
Chimera
Character:Hennessey
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Character:Pastor Finch
Rules of Engagement
Character:Martin Goodman
The Play on One
Character:Joe Shawcross
The Play on One
Character:Peter
Inspector Morse
Character:Cedric Downes
A Sort of Innocence
Character:
Casualty
Character:James Lawrence
Lovejoy
Character:Litvak
Theatre Night
Character:Stanley
Natural World
Character:
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Character:Lenin
The Bell
Character:Nick Fawley
Shine on Harvey Moon
Character:Harvey Moon
Brideshead Revisited
Character:Sergeant Block
Therese Raquin
Character:Camille Raquin
Minder
Character:Walter
Danger UXB
Character:Sapper Salt
Danger UXB
Character:L / Corporal Salt
Enemy at the Door
Character:Jack Foster
Crown Court
Character:John Tucker
Van der Valk
Character:Dirk Boutsen
Budgie
Character:Inky Ballantine
Play for Today
Character:Alan Grieves
Play for Today
Character:Tom
From a Bird's Eye View
Character:Tim O'Donovan
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Antonio
Coronation Street
Character:Roy
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