Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh is a Northern Irish actor, director, and producer. He has directed numerous adaptations of Shakespearean plays such as Henry V, Othello, and Hamlet. He also voiced Miguel in the 2000 DreamWorks animated film, The Road to El Dorado.
For Disney, he directed the 2015 live-action remake of Cinderella, and will direct Artemis Fowl. He also played Herr Knopp and Gestapo in Swing Kids.
Branagh directed the 2011 film, Thor, which is the fourth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He also did an uncredited voice appearance as the Asgardian Distress Caller at the beginning of Avengers: Infinity War. He will play Hercule Poirot in the Fox film, Death on the Nile.
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Kenneth Branagh speaks at the Wallander III panel at the 2012 Summer TCA Tour.
Ken Branagh at premiere of Cinderella in March 2015.
Kenneth Branagh visits The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in July 2016.
Kenneth Branagh at his Chinese Theatre Handprint ceremony in October 2017.