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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).
Kenneth Branagh
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After his wedding to Mera, Arthur Curry is officially crowned King of Atlantis. But peace is short-lived. His exiled brother, Orm, Ocean Master, returns with a challenge. Arthur, seeking to avoid civil war, teams with young warrior Garth—Aqualad—to confront Orm. Meanwhile, a new Black Manta emerges, deadlier and more strategic. Arthur discovers this new Manta is Kaldur, son of the original Black Manta and once a secret Atlantean trainee—Arthur's first Aqualad. Kaldur strikes, gravely wounding Arthur. Orm, realizing Atlantis faces a greater threat, puts aside old hatred and helps Mera and Garth hide the wounded king. As Arthur recovers, Kaldur’s forces storm Atlantis. Mera and Garth defend the throne, barely holding the line. Arthur and Orm return, confronting Kaldur in a final battle beneath the sea. Arthur pleads with Kaldur to stop, to come home. But Kaldur, fueled by hatred and seeing Garth in his old role, murders Orm. Rage and sorrow collide as Arthur, with no choice, impales Kaldur with his trident. In the aftermath, Arthur addresses the kingdom, honoring Orm as a fallen hero who died protecting Atlantis. “King Orm Marius is dead,” he says, “but his spirit lives with us.” A wave crashes ashore. As it pulls back, Kaldur’s body lies lifeless on the sand… until his fingers twitch.
