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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 12, 1944
Place of Birth
Dunfermline - Scotland - UK
Also Known As
- Ken Cranham
- Кеннет Крэнем
Kenneth Cranham
1.0 Popularity
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
5.6
Gerry
Finding Alice
2021
7.7
Barry
Trying
2020
6.8
Lloyd George
Mr. Jones
2019
7.2
Judge Hyam
Official Secrets
2019
5.8
Brian Reader
Hatton Garden
2019
7.6
John Morton
The Spanish Princess
2019
7.4
Lord Curzon
Born a King
2019
0.0
Leopold Czihaczek
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
2018
6.9
Charlie Haverstock
Bancroft
2017
0.0
Himself
Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017
Credits
Finding Alice
as Gerry
2021
5.6
Trying
as Barry
2020
7.7
Mr. Jones
as Lloyd George
2019
6.8
Official Secrets
as Judge Hyam
2019
7.2
Hatton Garden
as Brian Reader
2019
5.8
The Spanish Princess
as John Morton
2019
7.6
Born a King
as Lord Curzon
2019
7.4
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
as Leopold Czihaczek
2018
0.0
Bancroft
as Charlie Haverstock
2017
6.9
Joe Orton Laid Bare
as Himself
2017
0.0
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Joe Turner
2017
6.4
Strike
as Dennis Creed
2017
7.2
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer
as The Host
2017
0.0
The White Princess
as John Morton
2017
7.8
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2016
6.2
War and Peace
as Uncle Mikhail
2016
7.6
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
as Self
2015
6.4
Maleficent
as King Henry
2014
7.1
37 Days
as John Burns
2014
7.4
Inside No. 9
as Rupert
2014
8.0
The Legend of Hercules
as Lucius
2014
4.8
Closed Circuit
as Cameron Fischer
2013
5.9
Flying Blind
as Victor
2013
4.8
In the Flesh
as Vicar Oddie
2013
7.2
Panto!
as Jerry
2012
0.0
Suspension of Disbelief
as Bullock
2012
4.2
Death in Paradise
as Father John
2011
7.5
Graffiti Wars
as Narrator (Voice)
2011
6.0
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
as Firs
2011
10.0
5 Days of War
as Michael Stilton
2011
5.6
The Night Watch
as Horace Mundy
2011
5.8
Made in Dagenham
as Monty Taylor
2010
6.7
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
as Self
2010
0.0
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
as MJ O'Loughlin
2009
7.3
Moving On
as Mike
2009
7.1
🎬
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
as W H Auden
2009
0.0
Valkyrie
as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
2008
6.9
Merlin
as Aulfric
2008
7.8
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as Mr Clare
2008
7.5
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
as General Carteaux
2007
0.0
Heroes and Villains
2007
7.0
The Man from Montevideo
as Gary Solway
2007
0.0
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
as Captain Turner
2007
6.7
Hot Fuzz
as James Reaper
2007
7.6
Lilies
2007
7.4
Lilies
as Health Inspector
2007
7.4
A Good Year
as Sir Nigel
2006
6.7
The Line of Beauty
as Sir Maurice Tipper
2006
6.3
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
as Narrator
2006
5.6
🎬
The Lavender List
as Harold Wilson
2006
0.0
Rome
as Gnaeus Pompey Magnus
2005
8.2
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Rex Fortescue
2004
7.8
Layer Cake
as Jimmy Price
2004
6.9
Trauma
as DC Jackson
2004
5.2
Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome
as Narrator
2004
7.8
The Genius of Mozart
as Leopold Mozart
2004
0.0
Hustle
as Francis Owen
2004
7.7
🎬
Man Dancin'
as D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers
2004
1.5
New Tricks
2004
7.4
Sparkling Cyanide
as George Barton
2003
4.7
Blackball
as Chairman Collins
2003
5.2
Murder Investigation Team
as Ray Morgan
2003
6.3
Killing Hitler
as Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
2003
5.8
Pollyanna
as Mr. Pendleton
2003
8.4
Two Men Went To War
as Sgt. Peter King
2002
6.5
Believe Nothing
as DI Aldiss
2002
6.4
Dickens
as John Forster
2002
0.0
Night Flight
as Ted Atwell
2002
6.0
The Voynich Mystery
as Narrator
2002
0.0
Women Talking Dirty
as George
2001
5.1
Sins
as Gilbert
2000
0.5
Without Motive
as DCS Derek Henderson
2000
5.5
Shiner
as Gibson
2000
5.2
Born Romantic
as Barney
2000
5.9
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
as Colonel Schmidt
2000
5.5
Gangster No. 1
as Tommy
2000
6.4
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
as Da
2000
5.3
Lady Audley's Secret
as Sir Michael Audley
2000
3.5
Kevin & Perry Go Large
as Vicar
2000
5.0
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
as Michael Mansfield QC
1999
5.7
🎬
The Last Yellow
as Len
1999
6.0
Vigo
as The Producer
1998
4.1
RPM
as Biggerman
1998
2.7
Our Mutual Friend
as Silas Wegg
1998
7.8
The Boxer
as Matt MaGuire
1997
6.7
Midnight Man
as Brigadier Charles Ferguson
1997
4.8
Midsomer Murders
as Jude Langham
1997
7.5
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
as Reverend Michael Millward
1996
7.4
Deep in the Heart
as Robert Flaherty
1996
0.0
On Dangerous Ground
as Brigadier Charles Ferguson
1996
4.8
Dalziel & Pascoe
as Tommy Collingwood
1996
6.3
Bed of Roses
as Simon
1996
5.8
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Roy Lawrence
1995
7.0
Requiem Apache
as Tony
1994
7.0
The Vision Thing
as Dick Naughton
1993
0.0
Royal Celebration
as Douglas
1993
6.0
Tale of a Vampire
as Edgar
1993
5.4
Monkey Boy
as Hennessey
1992
0.0
A Little Bit of Lippy
as Reggie Titherington
1992
0.0
Between the Lines
1992
5.2
Heartbeat
as Charlie Wallace
1992
7.1
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Colonel Schmidt
1992
6.5
Murder Most Horrid
as Inspector Salford
1991
6.8
Under Suspicion
as Frank Vance
1991
5.9
Prospero's Books
as Sebastian
1991
6.7
Chimera
as Hennessey
1991
6.0
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
as Pastor Finch
1990
6.5
🎬
Rules of Engagement
as Martin Goodman
1989
2.0
A Master of the Marionettes
as Teddy
1989
0.0
Just Another Secret
as Brosch
1989
0.0
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
as Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
1988
6.4
The Black and Blue Lamp
as Supt. Cherry
1988
0.0
Stealing Heaven
as Vice Chancellor Suger
1988
6.1
Chocolat
as Jonathan Boothby
1988
6.9
The Party
as Joe Shawcross
1988
0.0
Normal Service
as Peter
1988
0.0
The Play on One
as Joe Shawcross
1988
6.0
The Play on One
as Peter
1988
6.0
The Birthday Party
as Stanley Webber
1987
6.7
Inspector Morse
as Cedric Downes
1987
7.8
Making Waves
as Joe Nash
1987
6.4
🎬
A Sort of Innocence
1986
0.0
Casualty
as James Lawrence
1986
6.1
Lovejoy
as Litvak
1986
7.3
Dead Man's Folly
as Insp. Bland
1986
6.2
Lady Windermere's Fan
as Lord Darlington
1985
0.0
🎬
Theatre Night
as Stanley
1985
0.0
The Dumb Waiter
as Gus
1985
8.0
Natural World
1983
7.2
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Lenin
1983
7.0
🎬
The Bell
as Nick Fawley
1982
1.0
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Harvey Moon
1982
7.6
Brideshead Revisited
as Sergeant Block
1981
7.9
The Caretaker
as Aston
1981
0.0
The Sin Bin
as Alan Grieves
1981
0.0
The Merchant of Venice
as Gratiano
1980
7.0
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
as Giovanni
1980
5.0
Therese Raquin
as Camille Raquin
1980
5.3
🎬
Donkeys' Years
as Bill Taylor
1980
0.0
Minder
as Walter
1979
6.8
Danger UXB
as Sapper Salt
1979
8.0
Danger UXB
as L / Corporal Salt
1979
8.0
Butterflies Don't Count
as Tom
1978
0.0
Enemy at the Door
as Jack Foster
1978
7.8
Joseph Andrews
as The Wicked Squire
1977
4.8
Robin and Marian
as Jack's Apprentice
1976
6.3
Vampira
as Paddy
1974
5.0
The Changeling
as Antonio
1974
7.0
Achilles Heel
as Gordon
1973
1.0
Crown Court
as John Tucker
1972
5.4
Van der Valk
as Dirk Boutsen
1972
5.8
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Paolo
1972
7.0
Budgie
as Inky Ballantine
1971
7.0
Up Pompeii
as Christian
1971
5.9
Play for Today
as Alan Grieves
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Tom
1970
6.3
From a Bird's Eye View
as Tim O'Donovan
1970
5.5
Fragment of Fear
as Joe
1970
6.0
All the Way Up
as Tom Midway
1970
6.0
Sling Your Hook
as Roland
1969
0.0
Otley
as Kid
1969
6.2
Oliver!
as Noah Claypole
1968
7.0
🎬
Death of a Private
as Young intellectual
1967
0.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Antonio
1965
5.0
Coronation Street
as Roy
1960
5.3