Kenneth Cranham
Acting
🎂 1944-12-12
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.
Cast credits(164)
Roy
1960
Jude Langham
1997
1983
Alan Grieves
1970
James Lawrence
1986
Father John
2011
Antonio
1965
Walter
1979
Colonel Schmidt
1992
Roy Lawrence
1995
Gratiano
1978
Rex Fortescue
2004
Dirk Boutsen
1972
Rupert
2014
Gnaeus Pompey Magnus
2005
Francis Owen
2004
John Morton
2019
Barry
2020
1992
Aulfric
2008
2004
Uncle Mikhail
2016
John Tucker
1972
Dennis Creed
2017
Inky Ballantine
1971
Jack Foster
1978
Vicar Oddie
2013
Cedric Downes
1987
1998
John Morton
2017
Sergeant Block
1981
Sir Maurice Tipper
2006
Charlie Wallace
1992
Inspector Salford
1991
Litvak
1986
Tommy Collingwood
1996
Harvey Moon
1982
Mike
2009
DI Aldiss
2002
King Henry
2014
Lenin
1983
Reverend Millward
1996
Tim O'Donovan
1970
Sapper Salt
1979
L / Corporal Salt
1979
Mr Clare
2008
DCS Derek Henderson
2000
Hennessey
1991
2016
2007
Health Inspector
2007
Nick Fawley
1982
Camille Raquin
1980
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
2008
James Reaper
2007
Charlie Haverstock
2017
Pastor Finch
1990
2007
Stanley
1985
Gerry
2021
1986
Jimmy Price
2004
Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
1988
Lucius
2014
Ray Morgan
2003
Sir Nigel
2006
Sgt. Peter King
2002
Joe Shawcross
1988
Peter
1988
John Burns
2014
Noah Claypole
1968
Brian Reader
2019
Judge Hyam
2019
Chairman Collins
2003
Lloyd George
2019
Cameron Fischer
2013
Jack's Apprentice
1976
Leopold Mozart
2004
Joe Turner
2017
Vicar
2000
Tommy
2000
Gilbert
2000
Martin Goodman
1989
Michael Stilton
2011
Paolo
1972
Matt MaGuire
1997
W H Auden
2009
Frank Vance
1991
Narrator
2006
Monty Taylor
2010
Brigadier Charles Ferguson
1997
Jonathan Boothby
1988
Insp. Bland
1986
Gibson
2000
Simon
1996
DC Jackson
2004
The Wicked Squire
1977
2002
Barney
2000
Self
2015
Christian
1971
The Producer
1998
Self
2010
Horace Mundy
2011
Sebastian
1991
Brigadier Charles Ferguson
1996
Lord Curzon
2019
Colonel Schmidt
2000
Antonio
1974
Biggerman
1998
Kid
1969
George Barton
2003
George
2001
Giovanni
1980
Paddy
1974
Edgar
1993
Joe
1970
Captain Turner
2007
Ted Atwell
2002
Bullock
2012
Vice Chancellor Suger
1988
Victor
2013
Alan Grieves
1981
Gratiano
1980
Tony
1994
Mr. Pendleton
2003
Douglas
1993
Sir Michael Audley
2000
Leopold Czihaczek
2018
General Carteaux
2007
Michael Mansfield QC
1999
MJ O'Loughlin
2009
Firs
2011
Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
2003
Himself
2017
D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers
2004
Jerry
2012
Tom Midway
1970
Da
2000
Robert Flaherty
1996
Len
1999
Stanley Webber
1987
Lord Darlington
1985
Narrator (Voice)
2011
Bill Taylor
1980
Hennessey
1992
1988
Young intellectual
1967
Gus
1985
Dick Naughton
1993
Aston
1981
Reggie Titherington
1992
Narrator
2004
Roland
1969
Brosch
1989
Teddy
1989
Gordon
1973
Joe Nash
1987
Peter
1988
Tom
1978
Joe Shawcross
1988
The Host
2017
Narrator
2002
Harold Wilson
2006