Kenneth Cranham

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-12-12 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Dunfermline - Scotland - UK

Kenneth Cranham

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, Malefi...

Acting

2000

2004

Layer Cake

as Jimmy Price

1996

Bed of Roses

as Simon

1991

Prospero's Books

as Sebastian

1988

Chocolat

as Jonathan Boothby

1986

Dead Man's Folly

as Insp. Bland

1988

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

as Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite

2006

A Good Year

as Sir Nigel

1991

Under Suspicion

as Frank Vance

1977

Joseph Andrews

as The Wicked Squire

1993

1993

The Vision Thing

as Dick Naughton

1993

1969

1967

Death of a Private

as Young intellectual

2002

Two Men Went To War

as Sgt. Peter King

1968

Oliver!

as Noah Claypole

1996

On Dangerous Ground

as Brigadier Charles Ferguson

1997

Midnight Man

as Brigadier Charles Ferguson

2003

Killing Hitler

as Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies

2003

Pollyanna

as Mr. Pendleton

2014

Maleficent

as King Henry

2001

1988

Stealing Heaven

as Vice Chancellor Suger

2013

Closed Circuit

as Cameron Fischer

2013

Flying Blind

as Victor

1988

1992

A Little Bit of Lippy

as Reggie Titherington

1987

Making Waves

as Joe Nash

1989

2006

The Lavender List

as Harold Wilson

1970

All the Way Up

as Tom Midway

2011

Graffiti Wars

as Narrator (Voice)

2011

The Night Watch

as Horace Mundy

1992

Monkey Boy

as Hennessey

2000

Born Romantic

as Barney

2004

Trauma

as DC Jackson

2012

Panto!

as Jerry

1980

Donkeys' Years

as Bill Taylor

1974

Vampira

as Paddy

2007

Hot Fuzz

as James Reaper

1998

RPM

as Biggerman

1985

Lady Windermere's Fan

as Lord Darlington

2004

Man Dancin'

as D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers

2008

Valkyrie

as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

1974

The Changeling

as Antonio

2003

Sparkling Cyanide

as George Barton

1994

2010

Made in Dagenham

as Monty Taylor

1996

Deep in the Heart

as Robert Flaherty

1969

Otley

as Kid

2000

Shiner

as Gibson

2000

Lady Audley's Secret

as Sir Michael Audley

2019

Official Secrets

as Judge Hyam

2003

Blackball

as Chairman Collins

1999

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence

as Michael Mansfield QC

2002

Night Flight

as Ted Atwell

1976

Robin and Marian

as Jack's Apprentice

1998

Vigo

as The Producer

1981

1997

The Boxer

as Matt MaGuire

1981

The Sin Bin

as Alan Grieves

2018

1987

The Birthday Party

as Stanley Webber

2019

Mr. Jones

as Lloyd George

2017

1980

1973

Achilles Heel

as Gordon

1985

1999

2007

Heroes & Villains: Napoleon

as General Carteaux

1988

The Party

as Joe Shawcross

2019

Born a King

as Lord Curzon

2002

1971

Up Pompeii

as Christian

2011

5 Days of War

as Michael Stilton

2007

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