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 Dont 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 Zellers The Father. The play originated at the Theatre Royal Baths 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 Yorks Theatre in Spring 2016. The play received an unprecedented five star review from every leading national press publication, and Cranhams 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.
Paolo
Film 1972
Sebastian
Film 1991
Boothby
Film 1988
Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
Film 1988
Edgar
Film 1993
Captain Turner
Film 2007
Dick Naughton
Film 1993
Douglas
Film 1993
Roland
Film 1969
Young intellectual
Film 1967
Sgt. Peter King
Film 2002
Teddy
Film 1989
Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies
Film 2003
Cameron Fischer
Film 2013
Victor
Film 2013
Peter
Film 1988
Reggie Titherington
Film 1992
Joe Nash
Film 1987
Brosch
Film 1989
Harold Wilson
Film 2006
Tom Midway
Film 1970
Narrator (Voice)
Film 2011
Hennessey
Film 1992
Barney
Film 2000
Jerry
Film 2012
Bill Taylor
Film 1980
Self
Film 2015
Film 1988
Paddy
Film 1974
Lord Darlington
Film 1985
D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers
Film 2004
Narrator
Film 2004
George Barton
Film 2003
MJ O'Loughlin
Film 2009
Tony
Film 1994
Self
Film 2010
Firs
Film 2011
Robert Flaherty
Film 1996
Joe
Film 1970
Kid
Film 1969
Sir Michael Audley
Film 2000
Chairman Collins
Film 2003
Michael Mansfield QC
Film 1999
Ted Atwell
Film 2002
The Producer
Film 1998
Aston
Film 1981
Alan Grieves
Film 1981
Leopold Czihaczek
Film 2018
The Host
Film 2017
Stanley Webber
Film 1987
Himself
Film 2017
Gratiano
Film 1980
Gordon
Film 1973
Gus
Film 1985
Tom
Film 1978
Da
Film 2000
Len
Film 1999
Joe Shawcross
Film 1988
Lord Curzon
Film 2019
Narrator
Film 2002
Inspector Salford
Tv 1991
DI Aldiss
Tv 2002
Inky Ballantine
Tv 1971
Gnaeus Pompey Magnus
Tv 2005
Gerry
Tv 2021
Francis Owen
Tv 2004
Charlie Wallace
Tv 1992
Tommy Collingwood
Tv 1996
Cedric Downes
Tv 1987
Ray Morgan
Tv 2003
Tv 1992
Tv 1982
Dirk Boutsen
Tv 1972
Tv 2004
Tv 1986
Hennessey
Tv 1991
Tv 1983
Tim O'Donovan
Tv 1970
Tv 1978
Reverend Millward
Tv 1996
Mike
Tv 2009
DCS Derek Henderson
Tv 2000
Martin Goodman
Tv 1989
Vicar Oddie
Tv 2013
Nick Fawley
Tv 1982
Tv 2002
James Lawrence
Tv 1986
Roy Lawrence
Tv 1995
Tv 2016
Sir Maurice Tipper
Tv 2006
Leopold Mozart
Tv 2004
Tv 1998
Charlie Haverstock
Tv 2017
Tv 2007
Aulfric
Tv 2008
W H Auden
Tv 2009
Gascoigne
Tv 1981
Jude Langham
Tv 1997
Father John
Tv 2011
Sapper Salt
Tv 1979
L / Corporal Salt
Tv 1979
Alan Grieves
Tv 1970
Mr Clare
Tv 2008
Dennis Creed
Tv 2017