Kenneth Cranham
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.
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
(Paolo)
Gangster No. 1
(Tommy)
Layer Cake
(Jimmy Price)
Bed of Roses
(Simon)
Prospero's Books
(Sebastian)
Chocolat
(Boothby)
Dead Man's Folly
(Insp. Bland)
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
(Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite)
A Good Year
(Sir Nigel)
Under Suspicion
(Frank Vance)
Joseph Andrews
(The Wicked Squire)
Tale of a Vampire
(Edgar)
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
(Captain Turner)
The Vision Thing
(Dick Naughton)
Royal Celebration
(Douglas)
Death of a Private
(Young intellectual)
Sling Your Hook
(Roland)
Two Men Went To War
(Sgt. Peter King)
Oliver!
(Noah Claypole)
A Master of the Marionettes
(Teddy)
On Dangerous Ground
(Brig. Charles Ferguson)
Midnight Man
(Brig. Charles Ferguson)
Killing Hitler
(Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies)
Pollyanna
(Mr. Pendleton)
Maleficent
(King Henry)
Women Talking Dirty
(George)
Stealing Heaven
(Vice Chancellor Suger)
Closed Circuit
(Cameron Fischer)
Flying Blind
(Victor)
The Legend of Hercules
(Lucius)
Normal Service
(Peter)
A Little Bit of Lippy
(Reggie Titherington)
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
(Narrator)
Making Waves
(Joe Nash)
Just Another Secret
(Brosch)
The Lavender List
(Harold Wilson)
All the Way Up
(Tom Midway)
Graffiti Wars
(Narrator (Voice))
The Night Watch
(Horace Mundy)
Monkey Boy
(Hennessey)
Born Romantic
(Barney)
Trauma
(DC Jackson)
Panto!
(Jerry)
Donkeys' Years
(Bill Taylor)
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
(Self)
The Black and Blue Lamp
Vampira
(Paddy)
Hot Fuzz
(James Reaper)
RPM
(Biggerman)
Lady Windermere's Fan
(Lord Darlington)
Man Dancin'
(D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers)
Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome
(Narrator)
Valkyrie
(Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel)
The Changeling
(Antonio)
Sparkling Cyanide
(George Barton)
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
(MJ O'Loughlin)
Requiem Apache
(Tony)
Made in Dagenham
(Monty Taylor)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
(Self)
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
(Firs)
Deep in the Heart
(Robert Flaherty)
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
(Joe Turner)
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
(Giovanni)
Fragment of Fear
(Joe)
Otley
(Kid)
Shiner
(Gibson)
Lady Audley's Secret
(Sir Michael Audley)
Official Secrets
(Judge Hyam)
Blackball
(Chairman Collins)
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
(Michael Mansfield QC)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
(Colonel Schmidt)
Night Flight
(Ted Atwell)
Robin and Marian
(Jack's Apprentice)
Vigo
(The Producer)
The Caretaker
(Aston)
The Boxer
(Matt MaGuire)
The Sin Bin
(Alan Grieves)
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
(Leopold Czihaczek)
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer
(The Host)
Kevin & Perry Go Large
(Vicar)
The Birthday Party
(Stanley Webber)
Mr. Jones
(Lloyd George)
The Merchant of Venice
(Gratiano)
Joe Orton Laid Bare
(Himself)
Achilles Heel
(Gordon)
Suspension of Disbelief
(Bullock)
The Dumb Waiter
(Gus)
Butterflies Don't Count
(Tom)
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
(Da)
The Last Yellow
(Len)
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
(General Carteaux)
The Party
(Joe Shawcross)
Born a King
(Lord Curzon)
The Voynich Mystery
(Narrator)
Murder Most Horrid
(Inspector Salford)
Believe Nothing
(DI Aldiss)
Budgie
Rome
(Gnaeus Pompey Magnus)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
(Colonel Schmidt)
Finding Alice
(Gerry)
Hustle
(Francis Owen)
Heartbeat
(Charlie Wallace)
Dalziel & Pascoe
(Tommy Collingwood)
Inspector Morse
(Cedric Downes)
Murder Investigation Team
(Ray Morgan)
Between the Lines
Lovejoy
(Litvak)
Brideshead Revisited
(Sergeant Block)
Shine on Harvey Moon
Van der Valk
(Dirk Boutsen)
New Tricks
A Sort of Innocence
Chimera
(Hennessey)
Natural World
From a Bird's Eye View
(Tim O'Donovan)
BBC Television Shakespeare
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
(Reverend Millward)
Moving On
(Mike)
Without Motive
(DCS Derek Henderson)
War and Peace
(Uncle Mikhail)
Crown Court
(John Tucker)
37 Days
(John Burns)
Lilies
Rules of Engagement
(Martin Goodman)
Sins
(Gilbert)
In the Flesh
(Vicar Oddie)
The Bell
(Nick Fawley)
Dickens
Casualty
(James Lawrence)
Minder
(Walter)
Enemy at the Door
(Jack Foster)
Kavanagh Q.C.
(Roy Lawrence)
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
The Line of Beauty
(Sir Maurice Tipper)
Lilies
(Health Inspector)
The Genius of Mozart
(Leopold Mozart)
Our Mutual Friend
The White Princess
(John Morton)
Thérèse Raquin
(Camille Raquin)
Bancroft
(Charlie Haverstock)
Heroes and Villains
Merlin
(Aulfric)
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
(W H Auden)
Bergerac
(Gascoigne)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
(Pastor Finch)
Hatton Garden
(Brian Reader)
Midsomer Murders
(Jude Langham)
Inside No. 9
(Rupert)
Death in Paradise
(Father John)
Danger UXB
(Sapper Salt)
Danger UXB
(L / Corporal Salt)
Play for Today
(Alan Grieves)
The Play on One
(Joe Shawcross)
The Play on One
(Peter)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
(Mr Clare)
Reilly: Ace of Spies
(Lenin)
The Spanish Princess
(John Morton)