Kenneth Branagh

Born: 1960-12-10

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London; in 2015 he succeeded Richard Attenborough as its president. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. He has won three BAFTAs and two Emmy Awards. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2012 Birthday Honours and knighted on 9 November 2012. He was made a Freeman of his native city of Belfast in January 2018. In 2020, he was listed at number 20 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Branagh has both 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), Love's Labour's Lost (2000), and As You Like It (2006). He was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director for Henry V and for Best Adapted Screenplay for Hamlet. He has also starred in the television series Fortunes of War (1987), Shackleton (2002), and Wallander (2008–2016) and in the films Celebrity (1998), Wild Wild West (1999), The Road to El Dorado (2000), as SS leader Reinhard Heydrich in Conspiracy (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Warm Springs (2005), as Major General Henning von Tresckow in Valkyrie (2008), The Boat That Rocked (2009), and as Sir Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn (2011), Dunkirk (2017), and Tenet (2020). He won an International Emmy Award for Wallander and a Primetime Emmy Award for Conspiracy, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for My Week with Marilyn. Branagh directed and starred in the romantic thriller Dead Again (1991), the horror film Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), and the action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014). He directed and starred as Hercule Poirot in the mystery drama adaptations of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and Death on the Nile (2022). He also directed such films as Swan Song (1992), which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film, The Magic Flute (2006), Sleuth (2007), the Marvel superhero film Thor (2011), and the live-action adaptation of Disney's Cinderella (2015), He narrated numerous documentary series, including Cold War (1998), Walking with Dinosaurs (1999), The Ballad of Big Al (2001), Walking with Beasts (2001), Walking with Monsters (2005), and World War 1 in Colour (2005).


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Oppenheimer

as Niels Bohr
Released: 2023-07-19

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

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Released: 2020-08-22

Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the...

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The Road to El Dorado

as Miguel (voice)
Released: 2000-03-31

After a failed swindle, two con-men end up with a map to El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold,"...

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Murder on the Orient Express

as Hercule Poirot
Released: 2017-11-03

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the...

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Dunkirk

as Commander Bolton
Released: 2017-07-19

The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and...

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A Haunting in Venice

as Hercule Poirot
Released: 2023-09-13

Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice,...

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Death on the Nile

as Hercule Poirot
Released: 2022-02-09

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a...

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as Viktor Cherevin
Released: 2014-01-15

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Released: 2008-12-25

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native...

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Released: 1999-06-30

Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating...

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Fireheart

as Shawn Nolan (voice)
Released: 2022-01-16

The film explores the world of firefighters in 1920s New York City and tells the story of a...

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The Boat That Rocked

as Dormandy
Released: 2009-04-01

An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music....

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Chariots of Fire

as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
Released: 1981-05-15

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young...

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Hamlet

as Prince Hamlet
Released: 1996-12-25

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying...

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Much Ado About Nothing

as Benedick
Released: 1993-05-07

In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's...

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

as Victor Frankenstein
Released: 1994-11-04

Based on Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein" tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a...

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Henry V

as Henry V
Released: 1989-10-05

Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.

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Swing Kids

as Herr Knopp, Gestapo
Released: 1993-03-05

The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music...

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My Week with Marilyn

as Sir Laurence Olivier
Released: 2011-11-23

London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of...

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All Is True

as William Shakespeare
Released: 2018-12-21

London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare,...

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Looking for Richard

as Self / Interview
Released: 1996-10-11

Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern...

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Celebrity

as Lee Simon
Released: 1998-09-07

The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife,...

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Five Children and It

as Uncle Albert
Released: 2004-10-15

A Psammead is 'It', an ancient, irritable, ugly sand fairy, which five children find one day in...

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Mindhorn

as Himself
Released: 2016-10-09

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show...

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Love's Labour's Lost

as Berowne
Released: 2000-03-31

The King of Navarre and his three companions swear a very public oath to study together and to...

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Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

as Self
Released: 2014-03-18

A look at the story behind Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring...

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as Andrew Benson
Released: 1992-09-18

After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends from...

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Conspiracy

as Heydrich
Released: 2001-05-19

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the...

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As You Like It

as self
Released: 2006-09-01

Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which...

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The Gingerbread Man

as Rick Magruder
Released: 1998-01-23

A successful Savannah defense attorney gets romantically involved with a sexy, mysterious...

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Sleuth

as Other Man on T.V.
Released: 2007-10-12

On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has...

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Rabbit-Proof Fence

as A. O. Neville
Released: 2002-02-04

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as...

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Dead Again

as Roman Strauss / Mike Church
Released: 1991-08-23

In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a...

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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder

as Self - Director (archive footage)
Released: 2022-09-08

Settle in with the likes of Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, and...

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Othello

as Iago
Released: 1995-12-15

The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end...

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Denzel Washington - Un modèle américain

as Self
Released: 2022-10-15

In 30 years of a deeply committed career and 50 roles, Denzel Washington, double-Oscar winner,...

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The Proposition

as Father Michael McKinnon
Released: 1998-03-26

Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at...

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With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

as Self
Released: 2010-07-24

At 89 years old, Stan Lee's name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25...

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How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

as Peter McGowan
Released: 2002-02-22

The story of Peter McGowan, a chain-smoking, impotent, insomniac playwright who lives in Los...

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Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

as Self
Released: 2011-09-10

A behind-the-scenes look at San Diego Comic-Con, the world's largest comic book convention, and...

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London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder

as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Released: 2012-07-27

The London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place at 9pm on 27 July 2012. Titled 'Isles...

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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

as Self
Released: 2022-11-26

Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four...

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Warm Springs

as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Released: 2005-04-30

Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in...

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The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

as Self
Released: 2004-06-11

A 2004 documentary on the first three “Harry Potter” films detailing the behind-the-scenes...

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Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

as Self / Narrator
Released: 2000-10-24

Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations...

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as James Soon
Released: 1987-12-04

A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a...

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The Tramp and the Dictator

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2002-02-14

A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the...

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2009-07-02

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips...

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The Theory of Flight

as Richard
Released: 1999-01-22

A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a...

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Walking with Monsters

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2005-11-05

Many people think of the dinosaurs as the first inhabitants of the earth, but this prequel to...

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Ghosts

as Oswald
Released: 1987-06-14

The publication of Ghosts in 1881 caused an uproar and almost ruined Ibsen. It was banned across...

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Anne Frank Remembered

as Narration (voice)
Released: 1995-06-08

Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this...

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The Periwig-Maker

as Periwig-maker (voice)
Released: 1999-11-13

Europe; the plague years. A wigmaker, locked in his shop, observes the events and writes about...

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Stars In Shorts

as Mark Snow
Released: 2012-09-28

Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh,...

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Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of 'Tenet'

as Self
Released: 2020-12-15

A look behind the scenes of Christopher Nolan's Tenet.

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The Dance of Shiva

as Colonel Evans
Released: 1998-12-18

In the trenches of the Western Front in 1915, a British army chaplain is forced to question his...

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Universal Horror

as Narrator
Released: 1998-10-08

A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during...

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Discovering Hamlet

as Hamlet (archive footage)
Released: 2011-11-01

Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors...

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High Season

as Rick
Released: 1987-09-01

On the isle of Rhodes, Katherine, an expatriate English photographer, lives with her daughter. A...

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National Theatre Live: Macbeth

as Macbeth, Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, general in the King's army
Released: 2013-07-19

Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the...

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Look Back in Anger

as Jimmy Porter
Released: 1989-12-28

Look Back in Anger is a love triangle involving the brilliant-but-disaffected young Jimmy...

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Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

as Leontes
Released: 2015-11-30

A jealous king jeopardizes his family, friendships and succession.

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It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

as Self
Released: 1994-10-25

Mary Shelley created a monster in 1818, and writers, actors and filmmakers haven't been able to...

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Alien Love Triangle

as Steven Chesterman
Released: 2008-03-08

Physics lecturer Steven Chesterman finally realizes his long cherished dream of perfecting a...

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Thor: From Asgard to Earth

as Himself
Released: 2011-09-13

A strong and fast-paced overview piece that looks at the picture's set design, the inspirations...

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Lost Lives

as uncredited
Released: 2019-10-10

This poignant testament to the physical and emotional cost of war, centres on the Troubles in...

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A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

as Self
Released: 2009-10-02

A look at thrillers from all sides, including different types of thrillers and the stylistic...

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A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

as Self
Released: 2009-12-20

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics looks at Hollywood’s biggest screen...

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It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'

as Self
Released: 1999-06-29

This is a promotional behind the scenes featurette that originally appeared on HBO. A lot of the...

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Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence

as Himself / Narrator
Released: 2003-04-15

This documentary follows Phillip Noyce as he tries to find three aboriginal girls able to act in...

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To the Lighthouse

as Charles Tansley
Released: 1983-03-22

A faithful dramatization of Virginia Woolf's novel. A lecturer, his family, the spinster Aunt...

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Easter 2016

as Student
Released: 1982-05-18

Set in 2016 prior to the centennial of the Easter Rising at Northern Ireland's only integrated...

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Coming Through

as D.H. Lawrence
Released: 1985-12-27

While researching the work of author D.H. Lawrence (Kenneth Branagh), Kate (Alison Steadman)...

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A Matter of Choice for Billy

as Billy Martin
Released: 1983-05-10

Belfast 1978: the Martin family, a year on. Norman is away in England, and his eldest son,...

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Discovering Hamlet

as Himself / Hamlet
Released: 1990-01-07

IN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the...

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James Ellis: An Actor's Life

as Himself
Released: 2007-07-02

Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.

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Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

as Self
Released: 2007-08-11

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out was a one-off, one-hour documentary/biography about Stephen Fry released...

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Too Late to Talk to Billy

as Billy Martin
Released: 1982-02-16

Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son. First...

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Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

as Narrator
Released: 2004-04-05

Documentary about the legendary American film director from his introduction to the film...

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IMAX: Galapagos 3D

as Narrator
Released: 1999-10-27

Retrace the groundbreaking footsteps of Charles Darwin with a young scientist as she explores...

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Prodigal

as Mark Snow
Released: 2011-09-01

A father seeks to rescue his daughter from two organizations intent on acquiring her "special"...

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Wild Wild West: Evil Devices

as Himself
Released: 1999-11-30

A documentary taking a look at the giant spider and other "bad guy" weapons in the film

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Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer

as Archie Rice
Released: 2016-10-27

Set against the backdrop of post-war Britain, John Osborneʼs modern classic conjures the seedy...

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The Beasts Within

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2001-11-28

A closer look at the science of Human evolution, and how much early humans might've contributed...

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Lorna

as Billy Martin
Released: 1987-06-02

In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left...

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A Coming to Terms for Billy

as Billy Martin
Released: 1984-02-21

Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his...

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Shadow of a Gunman

as Donal Davoren
Released: 1995-10-07

The first part of O'Casey's "The Dublin Trilogy". Set in 1920, as the War of Independence rages,...

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The Lady's Not For Burning

as Thomas Mendip
Released: 1987-01-01

A war and world weary soldier tries to talk a witch-hunting cleric into hanging him; he is...

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Triumph of the Beasts

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2001-11-21

A deeper look at the science behind Walking with Beasts (2001)

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Strange Interlude

as Gordon Evans
Released: 1988-07-13

Adaptation of an experimental play in nine acts by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Strange...

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The Kelly Clarkson Show

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-09-09

Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well...

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-25

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self
First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

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Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self
First aired: 2003-02-21

Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors,...

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self
First aired: 2005-01-03

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish...

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American Experience

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1988-10-04

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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El hormiguero

as Self
First aired: 2006-09-24

El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science,...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Tony Awards

as Self
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self
First aired: 2003-09-08

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show...

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Honest Trailers

as Hercules Poirot (archive footage)
First aired: 2012-02-13

Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These...

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Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Wogan is a British television chat show

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Wallander

as Kurt Wallander
First aired: 2008-11-30

This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a...

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Wallander

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-11-30

This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a...

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BLUE EYE SAMURAI

as Abijah Fowler (voice)
First aired: 2023-11-03

Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young...

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Play for Today

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Performance

as Donal Davoren
First aired: 1991-02-22

An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

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Walking with Dinosaurs

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1999-10-04

Combining fact and informed speculation with cutting-edge computer graphics and animatronics...

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Upstart Crow

as Colin/The Stranger
First aired: 2016-05-09

Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself...

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Walking with Beasts

as Narrator
First aired: 2001-11-15

Walking With Prehistoric Beasts explores how life on earth first began. Using real footage, the...

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Walking with Monsters

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2005-11-05

A three-part British documentary film series about life in the Paleozoic, bringing to life...

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10 Days to War

as Colonel Tim Collins
First aired: 2008-03-10

A series of short dramas about the countdown to war in Iraq.

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Shackleton

as Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
First aired: 2002-01-02

The true story of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole and his...

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Fortunes of War

as Guy Pringle
First aired: 1987-10-11

Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes...

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This England

as Boris Johnson
First aired: 2022-09-28

Inside the halls of power, Boris Johnson grapples with Covid-19, Brexit, and a controversial...

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World War 1 in Colour

as Narrator
First aired: 2003-09-01

Documentary narrated by Kenneth Branagh consisting of colourised footage from World War I.

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Cold War

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-09-19

A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and...

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Big Al

as Narrator
First aired: 2000-12-25

145 million years ago an adolescent Allosaurus lay down to die in a dried up river bed. In 1991...

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The Boy in the Bush

as Jack Grant
First aired: 1984-02-09

n the 1880s, Jack Grant, a young Englishman, has been sent by his parents to make a new life in...

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Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-10-01

The origin of European cinema, from its infancy as a novelty created by French inventors Auguste...

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