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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
Professor Max Modell
for Professor Max Modell in Spider-Man: Home Alone
Suggested by stevepwayne914
A lone Peter Parker has been waging war with the Kingpin for a year and four months. At the university, Peter meets Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn, but Peter tries to push them away, but becomes wary of Harry's last name. Peter is shocked to learn that Norman Osborn has purchased Stark Tower (now Oscorp Tower) and is running for mayor of New York. In need of money, Peter takes a job with Doctor Otto Octavius, who is developing the neural chip and tentacles with the aim of curing his illness. Peter believes that with his help, Otto won't turn into Octopus. He still volunteers at the F.E.A.S.T. where the owner is Martin Li. But when Li reveals himself as the villain Mr. Negative, Peter will have to face him as he reconnects with old enemies and investigates Doctor Octavius who seems to be hiding a sinister secret. Peter will need help from his newfound friends to overcome his enemies and make the city safe again!
