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