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.
101 movies · 72 shows
Mr. Jones
2019·6.7
Official Secrets
2019·7.2
Born a King
2019·7.4
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
2018·0.0
Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017·0.0
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017·6.4
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer
2017·0.0
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
2015·6.4
Maleficent
2014·7.1
The Legend of Hercules
2014·4.8
Closed Circuit
2013·5.9
Flying Blind
2013·4.8
Panto!
2012·0.0
Suspension of Disbelief
2012·4.2
Graffiti Wars
2011·6.0
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
2011·8.5
5 Days of War
2011·5.7
The Night Watch
2011·5.8
Made in Dagenham
2010·6.7
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010·8.0
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009·7.3
Valkyrie
2008·7.0
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
2007·0.0
The Man from Montevideo
2007·0.0
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
2007·6.3
Hot Fuzz
2007·7.6
A Good Year
2006·6.7
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
2006·5.6
The Chatterley Affair
2006·5.3
The Lavender List
2006·0.0
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
2005·6.0
Layer Cake
2004·6.9
Trauma
2004·5.2
Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome
2004·7.5
Man Dancin'
2004·4.3
Sparkling Cyanide
2003·5.0
Blackball
2003·5.2
Killing Hitler
2003·6.5
Pollyanna
2003·8.4
Two Men Went To War
2002·6.7
Night Flight
2002·7.5
The Voynich Mystery
2002·0.0
Women Talking Dirty
2001·5.3
Shiner
2000·5.4
Born Romantic
2000·6.0
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000·5.5
Gangster No. 1
2000·6.4
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
2000·5.7
Lady Audley's Secret
2000·4.6
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000·5.0
Justice in Wonderland
2000·0.0
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999·6.8
The Last Yellow
1999·7.5
Vigo
1998·5.1
RPM
1998·3.3
The Boxer
1997·6.7
Midnight Man
1997·5.5
Deep in the Heart
1996·8.0
On Dangerous Ground
1996·5.1
Bed of Roses
1996·5.9
Requiem Apache
1994·7.5
The Vision Thing
1993·0.0
Royal Celebration
1993·7.5
Tale of a Vampire
1993·5.7
Monkey Boy
1992·0.0
A Little Bit of Lippy
1992·9.0
Under Suspicion
1991·5.9
Prospero's Books
1991·6.8
A Master of the Marionettes
1989·0.0
Just Another Secret
1989·9.0
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988·6.4
The Black and Blue Lamp
1988·0.0
Stealing Heaven
1988·6.2
Chocolat
1988·6.9
The Party
1988·0.0
Normal Service
1988·10.0
The Birthday Party
1987·6.8
Making Waves
1987·6.8
Dead Man's Folly
1986·6.4
Lady Windermere's Fan
1985·9.0
The Dumb Waiter
1985·8.0
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
1982·0.0
The Caretaker
1981·0.0
The Sin Bin
1981·0.0
The Merchant of Venice
1980·7.3
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
1980·6.0
Donkeys' Years
1980·0.0
Butterflies Don't Count
1978·10.0
Joseph Andrews
1977·5.2
Robin and Marian
1976·6.3
Vampira
1974·5.2
The Changeling
1974·8.5
Achilles Heel
1973·1.0
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972·7.0
Up Pompeii
1971·6.1
Fragment of Fear
1970·5.9
All the Way Up
1970·7.0
Sling Your Hook
1969·8.0
Otley
1969·6.3
Oliver!
1968·7.0
Death of a Private
1967·9.0