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