Kenneth Cranham
Acting
Born: December 12, 1944 (age 81) · Dunfermline - Scotland - UK
Highest Rated
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, 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.
Known for
Maleficent
2014
Hot Fuzz
2007
Valkyrie
2008
Layer Cake
2004
A Good Year
2006
Rome
2005
The Legend of Hercules
2014
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988
Merlin
2008
Official Secrets
2019
Closed Circuit
2013
Oliver!
1968
Photos (1)
Movies (92)
Maleficent
King Henry
Hot Fuzz
James Reaper
Valkyrie
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
The Legend of Hercules
Lucius
Layer Cake
Jimmy Price
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
Official Secrets
Judge Hyam
A Good Year
Sir Nigel
Mr. Jones
Lloyd George
Oliver!
Noah Claypole
Closed Circuit
Cameron Fischer
Under Suspicion
Frank Vance
Gangster No. 1
Tommy
Lady Audley's Secret
Sir Michael Audley
The Boxer
Matt MaGuire
Bed of Roses
Simon
5 Days of War
Michael Stilton
Made in Dagenham
Monty Taylor
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Joe Turner
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Vicar
Robin and Marian
Jack's Apprentice
Dead Man's Folly
Insp. Bland
Chocolat
Jonathan Boothby
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
Mr. Kent
Prospero's Books
Sebastian
Blackball
Chairman Collins
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Paolo
Killing Hitler
Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
Shiner
Gibson
The Night Watch
Horace Mundy
Pollyanna
Mr. Pendleton
Joseph Andrews
The Wicked Squire
Sparkling Cyanide
George Barton
Vampira
Paddy
Born Romantic
Barney
Trauma
DC Jackson
Suspension of Disbelief
Bullock
The Caretaker
Aston
The Birthday Party
Stanley Webber
Two Men Went To War
Sgt. Peter King
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Colonel Schmidt
Women Talking Dirty
George
Up Pompeii
Christian
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
Narrator
Stealing Heaven
Vice Chancellor Suger
Fragment of Fear
Joe
Flying Blind
Victor
RPM
Biggerman
Born a King
Lord Curzon
The Changeling
Antonio
Otley
Kid
Vigo
The Producer
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
Captain Turner
Tale of a Vampire
Edgar
Requiem Apache
Tony
Midnight Man
Brigadier Charles Ferguson
All the Way Up
Tom Midway
The Vision Thing
Dick Naughton
Just Another Secret
Brosch
The Party
Joe Shawcross
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
Leopold Czihaczek
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Michael Mansfield QC
Graffiti Wars
Narrator (Voice)
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
General Carteaux
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lord Darlington
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
MJ O'Loughlin
The Voynich Mystery
Narrator
Royal Celebration
Douglas
The Black and Blue Lamp
Supt. Cherry
The Merchant of Venice
Gratiano
On Dangerous Ground
Brigadier Charles Ferguson
The Chatterley Affair
Older Keith
The Sin Bin
Alan Grieves
Achilles Heel
Gordon
The Dumb Waiter
Gus
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
Firs
Normal Service
Peter
Monkey Boy
Hennessey
Deep in the Heart
Robert Flaherty
The Last Yellow
Len
The Man from Montevideo
Gary Solway
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
Da
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Giovanni
A Little Bit of Lippy
Reggie Titherington
Making Waves
Joe Nash
Panto!
Jerry
Sling Your Hook
Roland
Death of a Private
Young intellectual
A Master of the Marionettes
Teddy
Butterflies Don't Count
Tom
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer
The Host
Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome
Narrator
TV Shows (79)
Midsomer Murders
Jude Langham · 1 eps
Death in Paradise
Father John · 1 eps
Coronation Street
Roy · 4 eps
Play for Today
Alan Grieves · 1 eps
Play for Today
Tom · 1 eps
Casualty
James Lawrence · 1 eps
New Tricks
1 eps
Merlin
Aulfric · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Antonio · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Rex Fortescue · 1 eps
Minder
Walter · 1 eps
Natural World
1 eps
Crown Court
John Tucker · 3 eps
Trying
Barry · 1 eps
Heartbeat
Charlie Wallace · 2 eps
Hustle
Francis Owen · 1 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Terry · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Private Seaton · 1 eps
Rome
Gnaeus Pompey Magnus · 12 eps
Inside No. 9
Rupert · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Cedric Downes · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Charlie · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Barry · 1 eps
Dalziel and Pascoe
Tommy Collingwood · 1 eps
Strike
Dennis Creed · 1 eps
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
Dean Smith · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Supt. Cherry · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Reggie Titherington · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Dick Naughton · 1 eps
Between the Lines
DCI Stubbs · 1 eps
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Colonel Schmidt · 1 eps
Moving On
Mike · 1 eps
The Spanish Princess
John Morton · 1 eps
Lovejoy
Litvak · 1 eps
War and Peace
Uncle Mikhail · 6 eps
Upstairs Downstairs
Sgt Ashworth · 1 eps
The White Princess
John Morton · 8 eps
The Play on One
Peter · 1 eps
The Play on One
Joe Shawcross · 1 eps
The Play on One
Teddy Rose · 1 eps
New Scotland Yard
David Collins · 1 eps
Van der Valk
Dirk Boutsen · 1 eps
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Mr Clare · 3 eps
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Lenin · 3 eps
Shine on Harvey Moon
Harvey Moon · 29 eps
Kavanagh Q.C.
Roy Lawrence · 1 eps
Brideshead Revisited
Sergeant Block · 1 eps
Murder Most Horrid
Insp Salford · 1 eps
Budgie
Inky Ballantine · 1 eps
Strangers
Willie Bruce · 1 eps
Strangers
DCI Jim Lennard · 1 eps
Enemy at the Door
Jack Foster · 1 eps
Boy Meets Girl
Tom Last · 1 eps
Danger UXB
Sapper Salt · 5 eps
Danger UXB
L / Corporal Salt · 4 eps
Heroes and Villains
6 eps
Cribb
Francis Mostyn-Smith · 1 eps
Believe Nothing
DI Aldiss · 1 eps
Bancroft
Charlie Haverstock · 4 eps
Murder Investigation Team
Ray Morgan · 1 eps
In the Flesh
Vicar Oddie · 4 eps
The Line of Beauty
Sir Maurice Tipper · 1 eps
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Pastor Finch · 3 eps
Theatre Night
Stanley · 1 eps
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Reverend Michael Millward · 2 eps
From a Bird's Eye View
Tim O'Donovan · 1 eps
Lilies
1 eps
Lilies
Health Inspector · 8 eps
Our Mutual Friend
Silas Wegg · 4 eps
Chimera
Hennessey · 4 eps
Hatton Garden
Brian Reader · 4 eps
37 Days
John Burns · 3 eps
Finding Alice
Gerry Walsh · 6 eps
Dickens
John Forster · 3 eps
Rules of Engagement
Martin Goodman · 6 eps
He-Play She-Play
Detective Inspector · 1 eps
Therese Raquin
Camille Raquin · 2 eps
Without Motive
DCS Derek Henderson · 12 eps
The Genius of Mozart
Leopold Mozart · 3 eps
