Kenneth Cranham CBE (December 12, 1944) is a Scottish actor best known for Layer Cake (2004), Valkyrie (2008), and Oliver! (1968).
He was married to actress Diana Quick, currently married to actress Fiona Victory, has two children, one with actress Charlotte Cornwell and one with Victory.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1966: Troilus And Cressida as Thersites
- 1968: Oliver! as Noah Claypole
- 1969: Otley as 3rd Kid
- 1970: Fragment of Fear as Joe
- 1970: All The Way Up as Tom Midway
- 1971: Up Pompeii as 1st Christian
- 1972: Brother Sun Sister Moon as Paolo
- 1973: Achilles Heel as Gordon
- 1974: Old Dracula as Paddy
- 1975: Robin and Marian as Jack's Apprentice
- 1977: Joseph Andrews as The Wicked Squire
- 1980: Donkeys Years as Bill Taylor
- 1980: Tis Pity Shes A Whore as Giovanni
- 1980: The Merchant of Venice as Gratiano
- 1981: The Caretaker as Aston
- 1986: Dead Mans Folly as Det. Insp. Bland
- 1987: Making Waves as Joe Nash
- 1988: Chocolat as Boothby
- 1988: Hellbound: Hellraiser II as Channard
- 1988: Stealing Heaven as Suger
- 1989: Just Another Secret as Brosch
- 1991: Prosperos Books as Sebastian
- 1991: Under Suspicion as Frank
- 1992: Tale Of A Vampire as Edgar
- 1994: Requiem Apache as Tony
- 1996: Bed of Roses as Simon
- 1996: One Dangerous Ground 1996 as Brig. Charles Ferguson
- 1996: Deep In The Heart as Robert Flaherty
- 1997: Midnight Man as Brig. Charles Ferguson
- 1997: RPM 1997 as Biggerman
- 1997: The Boxer as Matt McGuire
- 1998: Vigo as The Producer
- 1999: The Murder Of Stephen Lawrence as Michael Mansfield QC
- 1999: Women Talking Dirty as George
- 1999: The Last Yellow as Len
- 2000: Kevin & Perry Go Large as Vicor
- 2000: Lady Audleys Secret as Sir Michael Audley
- 2000: Gangster No. 1 as Tommy
- 2000: Born Romantic as Barney
- 2000: The Most Fertile Man In Ireland as Da
- 2000: Shiner as Gibson
- 2002: Night Flight as Ted Atwell
- 2002: Two Men Went To War as Sgt. Peter King
- 2003: Pollyanna as Mr. Pendelton
- 2003: Killing Hitler as Brig. Sir Stewart Menzies
- 2003: Man Dancin as D.I. Pancho Villers
- 2003: Blackball as Chairman Collins
- 2003: Sparkling Cyanide as George Barton
- 2004: Trauma as Det. Const. Jackson
- 2004: Layer Cake as Jimmy Price
- 2005: Genghis Khan as Genghis Khan (voice)
- 2005: Mangal Pandey as Kent
- 2006: The Chatterley Affair as Older Keith
- 2006: A Good Year as Sir Nigel
- 2007: Hot Fuzz as James Reaper
- 2007: Sinking Of The Lusitania Terror At Sea as Captain Turner
- 2008: Valkyrie as Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel
- 2009: Running In Traffic as Bill Cullen
- 2009: Spanish Flu The Forgotten Fallen as MJ O'Loughlin
- 2010: Made In Dagenham as Monty Taylor
- 2011: The Night Watch as Horace Mundy
- 2011: Five Days Of War as Michael Stilton
- 2011: National Theatre Live The Cherry Orchard as Firs
- 2012: Flying Blind as Victor
- 2012: Suspension Of Disbelief as DCI Bullock
- 2012: Panto as Jerry
- 2013: Closed Circuit as Cameron Fischer
- 2014: The Legend of Hercules as Lucius
- 2014: Maleficent as King Henry
- 2017: Film Stars Dont Die In Liverpool as Joe Snr
- 2019: Official Secrets as Judge Hyam
- 2019: Mr Jones as Lloyd George
- 2019: Born A King as Lord Curzon
- 2019: The Legends Of Robin Hood as Sheriff Hugh of Nottingham
Television Roles
- 1967: City 68 as Len
- 1967-1969: The Wednesday Play as Roland/Young Intellectual
- 1968: Coronation Street as Roy
- 1968-1970: ITV Playhouse as Private Seaton/Gilbert Woolacott
- 1969: Boy Meets Girl 1967 as Tom Last
- 1969-1972: Thirty Minute Theatre as Barry/Charlie
- 1970: Z Cars as Togo Milllington
- 1970: Omnibus as Souline
- 1970-1972: Softly Softly Task Force as Ken Buckley/Ashley
- 1971: A Family At War as Charlie Collins
- 1971: Hadleigh as Andrew Matlock
- 1971: From A Birds Eye View as Tim O'Donovan
- 1972: New Scotland Yard as David Collins
- 1972: Budgie as Inky Ballantine
- 1972: ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Terry
- 1973-1982: Crown Court as John Tucker/Clive Jessup QC
- 1974: BBC Play Of The Month as Antonio
- 1975: Village Hall as Lop
- 1975: Against The Crowd as Geoff Smailes
- 1977: The Velvet Glove as Townie
- 1978-1981: Play for Today as Alan Grieves/Father Tom
- 1979: Danger: UXB as Sapper Salt/L/Corporal Salt
- 1979: Screenplay as Jeremy Carter
- 1980: Therese Raquin as Camille Raquin
- 1980: Enemy at the Door as Jack Foster
- 1980: Cribb as Francis Mostyn-Smith
- 1980-1982: Strangers as Det. Chief Insp. Jim Lennard/Willie Bruce
- 1981: Brideshead Revisited as Sgt. Block
- 1982: The Bell as Nick Fawley
- 1982-1985: Shine On Harvey Moon as Harvey Moon
- 1983: Reilly, Ace of Spies as Lenin
- 1985: Summer Season as Gus
- 1985: Heart Of The High Country as Calvin Laird
- 1985-1989: Theatre Night as Kay/Stanley/Lord Darlington
- 1987: Inspector Morse as Cedric Downes
- 1988-1989: The Play on One as Teddy/Joe Shawcross/Peter
- 1988-1993: Screenplay as Dick Naughton/Reggie Titherington/Supt. Cherry
- 1989: Boon as Aiden Curtis
- 1990: Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit as Pastor Finch
- 1990: CASUAL+Y as James Lawrence
- 1990: Bergerac as Gasciogne
- 1990-1992: Series/ELCID as Gus Mercer
- 1991: Van der Valk as Dirk Boutsen
- 1991: Chimera as Hennessey
- 1991: Murder Most Horrid as Insp. Salford
- 1992: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Col. Schmidt
- 1992: Between The Lines as D.C.I. Stubbs
- 1993: Minder as Walter
- 1993: Screen One as Douglas
- 1993: Lovejoy as Litvak
- 1996: Heartbeat as Charlie Wallace
- 1996: The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall as Rev. Millward
- 1997: Get Well Soon as Insp. Trussler
- 1998: Our Mutual Friend as Silas Wegg
- 1998: Kavanagh QC as Roy Lawrence
- 2000: The Sins as Gilbert
- 2000-2001: Without Motive as DCS Derek Henderson
- 2001: Dalziel and Pascoe as Tommy Collingwood
- 2002: Dickens as John Forster
- 2002: Believe Nothing as DI Aldiss
- 2004: The Genius Of Mozart as Leopold Mozart
- 2005: MIT Murder Investigation Team as Ray Morgan
- 2005: Rome as Pompey Magnus
- 2006: Hustle as Francis Owen
- 2006: New Tricks as Lord McCready
- 2006: The Line Of Beauty as Sir Maurice Tipper
- 2006: Afterlife (2005) as Stan Mundy
- 2006: Doc Martin as Terry Glasson
- 2007: Lilies as Mr. Pritchard
- 2007: The Last Detective as Gary Solway
- 2007: Heroes And Villains as Gen. Carteaux
- 2008: Tess Of The D Urbervilles as Mr. Clare
- 2008: Merlin (2008) as Aulfric
- 2008: Marple as Rex Fortescue
- 2010: Arena as various
- 2010: Midsomer Murders as Jude Langham
- 2012: Upstairs Downstairs as Sgt. Ashworth
- 2012: Falcon as Alberto Montes
- 2013: Death in Paradise as Father John
- 2013-2014: In the Flesh as Vicar Oddie
- 2014: 37 Days as John Burns
- 2014: Moving On as Mike
- 2015: AD: The Bible Continues as Tiberius
- 2016: War and Peace (2016) as Uncle Mikhail
- 2016: Neil Gaimans Likely Stories as Dean Smith
- 2017: The White Princess as Bishop Morton
- 2019: The Spanish Princess as Bishop Morton
- 2017: Bancroft as Charlie Baverstock
- 2018: Inside No. 9 as Rupert
- 2019: Hatton Garden as Brian Reader
- 2019: Scarborough as Mr. Ferris
- 2019: The Good Karma Hospital as Edmund Dalrymple
- 2019: In The Long Run as Malcolm
- 2021: Finding Alice as Gerry
- 2022: Strike as Dennis Creed
