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Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a Northern Irish actor and filmmaker. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Reading, Berkshire, Branagh trained at RADA in London and served as its president from 2015 to 2024. His accolades include an Academy Award, four BAFTAs, two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Olivier Award. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in 2012 and was given Freedom of the City in his native Belfast in 2018. In 2020, he was ranked in 20th place on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Branagh has directed and starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, including Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1995), Hamlet (1996), and As You Like It (2006). He was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director for Henry V and Best Adapted Screenplay for Hamlet. He directed Swan Song (1992), which earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He also directed Peter's Friends (1992), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Thor (2011), and Cinderella (2015). For his semi-autobiographical film Belfast (2021), he was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Director and won Best Original Screenplay. Branagh directed and starred as Hercule Poirot in the Hercule Poirot film series (2017–present). He has also acted in Celebrity (1998), Wild Wild West (1999), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), and Valkyrie (2008). His portrayal of Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn (2011) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played supporting roles in Christopher Nolan's films Dunkirk (2017), Tenet (2020), and Oppenheimer (2023). Branagh has starred in the BBC1 series Fortunes of War (1987), the Channel 4 series Shackleton (2002), the television film Warm Springs (2005), and the BBC One series Wallander (2008–2016). He received a Primetime Emmy Award and an International Emmy Award for Best Actor for portraying SS leader Reinhard Heydrich in the HBO film Conspiracy (2001).
After the sudden deaths of both King Orvax Marius and Queen Atlanna, Atlantis goes on lock down. Orm Marius, the king's son starts preparation for his new reign but the Queen's advisor Vulko goes looking for Queen Atlanna's secret son she had with a sailor decades ago. Vulko knew he was the rightful king of Atlantis and knew his mother wanted him on the throne. When Orm discovers Vulko is missing and gets his location from a seahorse stable cleaner, Garth, Orm sends out a mercenary by the name of Black Manta to hunt Vulko down and kill this supposed "prodigal son". Vulko has to teach Atlanna's son Arthur Curry the ways of the ocean but after an ambush from Black Manta they go on the run which gives Vulko the chance to meet up with the princess of Xebel, Mera, daughter of King Nereus who has the location of the tomb of King Atlan. Once they get there Vulko informs him he can become king, but one of the steps in doing so is by claiming King Atlan's trident by defeating the Karathen and proving himself worthy. They return to Atlantis where Arthur and Manta face off and Arthur, despite some setback, comes out of the fight victorious. He lets Orm know there won't be another fight and he is now King Arthur. In the post credits scene we see Orm walk into a large hallway where he asks a shadowy stranger if there's a purpose for a call. The figure calmly says to him "Welcome Ocean Master".
