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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).
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Kaldur—the second Black Manta, once Arthur’s student and the former Aqualad, was believed to have died alongside Orm Marius. When a sudden attack strikes Atlantis, Arthur Curry orders a lockdown. Mera urges caution, sensing a trap, but Arthur leaves the kingdom to confront the threat. He discovers a brutal truth—the attackers serve Black Manta, and Kaldur is alive. Kaldur declares war. He visits Atlantis, warning Arthur and Mera not to resist. Garth, the new Aqualad and Vulko, try to stop him, but Kaldur overwhelms them and kills Vulko. His message is clear—he has returned, and mercy is no longer an option. Haunted by guilt and love for his fallen protégé, Arthur leads one last assault. In a fierce battle beneath the sea, he begs Kaldur to return home. But Kaldur severs Arthur’s hand and whispers, “It’s too late.” Bleeding, Arthur reaches out, saying he won’t fight anymore—that Atlantis can fall with them, together. Kaldur softens—until Arthur drives a coral shard into his stomach using the waves. “You chose your father’s path,” Arthur says, “not mine.” Arthur walks away as Kaldur dies. At Vulko and Orm's graves, Arthur weeps. A vision of Orm appears. “Feel the water,” he says. “Life runs through it. No one is truly gone. Rise, King Arthur.” Arthur reaches to embrace him. But Orm is gone. And Arthur stands, king not just in name… but in soul.
