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Kenneth Branagh
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor
Born:
December 10, 1960 in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Biography:Perhaps the best-known Shakespeare interpreter of the late 20th century, "Kenneth Branagh" began his career in a golden haze of critical exultation. First a star pupil at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (one of Britain's most prestigious drama schools), then a promising newcomer on the London stage, then hailed as "the next Olivier" for his 1989 screen adaptation of "Henry V", Branagh could, for a long time, do no wrong. Unfortunately, a string of bad luck, catalyzed by his disastrous "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" in 1994, began to tarnish the halo that had hovered above the actor/director's head. His lavish, four-hour "Hamlet" in 1996, however, did much to further his status as a man who knew his Bard, helping to alleviate some of the disappointments that both preceded and came after it.

Although his accent suggests otherwise, Branagh originally hails from Northern Ireland, not England. Born in... Full Biography

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