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Acting · Directing · Writing · age 66

Kenneth Branagh

Best rated: Hamlet (7.7)

Films
22
Avg rating
6.58
Peak run
1992’96
Oscar noms
2
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Kenneth Branagh, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1992 to 1996, 7.10456781990199520002005201020152020Hamlet 7.7Artemis Fowl 4.3Career avg 6.58

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Kenneth Branagh's career barcodecoolhot
198922 films2023
Current formLast 5: 6.12 vs career 6.58 (−0.46)
  1. LAll Is True2018 · 6.3−0.3
  2. LArtemis Fowl2020 · 4.3−2.3
  3. WBelfast2021 · 7.2+0.6
  4. LDeath on the Nile2022 · 6.3−0.3
  5. LA Haunting in Venice2023 · 6.5−0.1
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Kenneth by the numbers

Average
6.58
20 rated films
Vote weighted
6.60
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.73
rating spread
Career
35y
1989 to 2023
Total votes
2.49M
across every film
Best
7.7
Hamlet
Worst
4.3
Artemis Fowl
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2026Mayday posterMaydayNikolai Ustinov6.846,223
2026The Devil Wears Prada 2 posterThe Devil Wears Prada 2Stuart6.3119K
2026AtonementMichael Reid·115
2025The King of Kings posterThe King of KingsCharles Dickens6.88,702
2023A Haunting in Venice posterA Haunting in VeniceHercule Poirot6.5144K
2022Death on the Nile posterDeath on the NileHercule Poirot6.3216K
2018All Is TrueWilliam Shakespeare6.36,151
2017Murder on the Orient Express posterMurder on the Orient ExpressHercule Poirot6.5326K
2015Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's TaleLeontes·329
2014Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit posterJack Ryan: Shadow RecruitViktor Cherevin6.2145K
2013MacbethMacbeth·487
2011My Week with Marilyn posterMy Week with MarilynSir Laurence Olivier6.991,823
2008Valkyrie posterValkyrieMajor-General Henning von Tresckow7.1278K
2007Sleuth posterSleuthOther Man on T.V.6.334,072
2005The Goebbels ExperimentNarrator7.31,052
2004Five Children and ItUncle Albert5.55,792
2002Rabbit-Proof Fence posterRabbit-Proof FenceA.O. Neville7.431,869
2000The Road to El Dorado posterThe Road to El DoradoMiguel6.9121K
2000Love's Labour's LostBerowne5.95,130
2000How to Kill Your Neighbor's DogPeter McGowen6.83,746
Better together?

Kenneth Branagh's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Kenneth Branagh

8 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2022
    Written by Kenneth Branagh
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2022
    Kenneth Branagh
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 2022
    Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 2012
    Kenneth Branagh
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1997
    Kenneth Branagh
    Nominated
  • Best Live Action Short · Academy Awards 1993
    Kenneth Branagh, David Parfitt
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1990
    Kenneth Branagh
    Nominated
  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1990
    Kenneth Branagh
    Nominated

Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.

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