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 Don't 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...
Maleficent
2014
Fragment of Fear
1970
All the Way Up
1970
5 Days of War
2011
Requiem Apache
1994
Valkyrie
2008
Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer
2017
Two Men Went To War
2002
Layer Cake
2004
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999
Royal Celebration
1993
Flying Blind
2013
Achilles Heel
1973
Hot Fuzz
2007
Closed Circuit
2013
Official Secrets
2019
Joseph Andrews
1977
Monkey Boy
1992
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
Pollyanna
2003
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988
Mr. Jones
2019
The Man from Montevideo
2007
Deep in the Heart
1996
Normal Service
1988
A Little Bit of Lippy
1992
Made in Dagenham
2010
A Good Year
2006
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
Lady Audley's Secret
2000
Tale of a Vampire
1993
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
2006
Prospero's Books
1991
Robin and Marian
1976
Oliver!
1968
Butterflies Don't Count
1978
Death of a Private
1967
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009