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{{short description|Scottish actor (born 1944)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kenneth Cranham
| honorific_suffix ={{post-nominals|size=100%|country=GBR|CBE}}
| image = Fratello sole, sorella luna (1972) Kenneth Cranham.png
| caption = Cranham in ''[[Brother Sun, Sister Moon]]'' (1972)
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| partner = [[Charlotte Cornwell]]
| children = 2
| spouse = {{Nowrapmarriage|[[Diana Quick]]<br> (m. |1974; |1978|end=div. 1978)}}<br />{{Nowrap|[[Fiona Victory]]}}
| years_active = 1963–present
}}
'''Kenneth Cranham''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 12 December 1944) is a Scottish film, television, radio and stage actor. His most notable screen roles were in ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' (1968), ''[[Up Pompeii (film)|Up Pompeii]]'' (1971), ''[[Hellbound: Hellraiser II]]'' (1988), ''[[Chocolat (1988 film)|Chocolat]]'' (1988), ''[[Layer Cake (film)|Layer Cake]]'' (2004), ''[[Gangster No. 1]]'' (2000), ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' (2007), ''[[Maleficent (film)|Maleficent]]'' (2014) and ''[[Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool]]'' (2017).
'''Kenneth Cranham''' (born 12 December 1944) is a Scottish film, television, radio and stage actor.
 
On television he appeared in ''[[Budgie (TV series)|Budgie]]'' (1972), ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]'' (1989), ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1993), ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]'' (2008), ''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]]'', ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]'' (2013), ''[[War & Peace (2016 TV series)|War & Peace]]'' (2016) and ''[[The White Princess (miniseries)|The White Princess]]'' (2017).
 
On stage he has twice been nominated for the [[Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play]], winning it in 2016, for his performance in ''[[The Father (Zeller play)|The Father]]''.
 
==Early life==
Cranham was born in [[Dunfermline]], [[Fife]], the son of [[Lochgelly]]-born Margaret McKay Cranham (née Ferguson) and Ronald Cranham, a London-born [[civil servant]].<ref name=filmbio>{{cite web |url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/67/Kenneth-Cranham.html |title=Kenneth Cranham Biography (1944-1944–) |work=filmreference.com |year=2016 |access-date=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/he-epitomises-the-cockney-geezer-and-hard-man-on-screen-but-actor-kenneth-cranham-s-roots-and-fondest-memories-belong-to-fife-1-1150045 |title=He epitomises the cockney geezer and hard man on screen, but actor Kenneth Cranham's roots – and fondest memories – belong to Fife |work=The Scotsman |date=30 November 2008 |access-date=24 February 2016}}</ref> Cranham trained at the [[National Youth Theatre]]<ref name="20-questions">{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/02-2008/20-questions-with-kenneth-cranham_19900.html |title=20 Questions With ... Kenneth Cranham |date=February 2008 |publisher=WhatsOnStage.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213104614/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/02-2008/20-questions-with-kenneth-cranham_19900.html |archive-date=13 December 2013 }}</ref> and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], graduating in 1966 with a RADA Diploma.<ref name="rada">{{cite web |url= https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/kenneth-cranham/ |title= RADA Student & graduate profiles: Kenneth Cranham |work=rada.ac.uk |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>
 
==Career==
===Television and film===
Cranham trained at the [[National Youth Theatre|National Youth Theatre of Great Britain]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/02-2008/20-questions-with-kenneth-cranham_19900.html |title=20 Questions With ... Kenneth Cranham |date=February 2008 |publisher=WhatsOnStage.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213104614/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/02-2008/20-questions-with-kenneth-cranham_19900.html |archive-date=13 December 2013 }}</ref> and at [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA]]. He starred in the title role in the popular 1980s comedy drama ''[[Shine on Harvey Moon]]'', prior to which he had appeared as Charlie Collins in ''[[A Family at War]]'' (1971).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0843925/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm |title = "A Family at War" Lend Your Loving Arms (TV Episode 1971)| website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> He also appeared in ''[[Layer Cake (film)|Layer Cake]]'', ''[[Gangster No. 1]]'', ''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]]'', ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' and many other films. Cranham was cast as the deranged [[Dr. Channard (Hellraiser)|Philip Channard]] and his [[Channard Cenobite|Cenobitic alter-ego]] in the [[Horror film]] ''[[Hellbound: Hellraiser II]]''. Among many stage credits are [[West End theatre|West End]] productions of ''[[Entertaining Mr Sloane]]'', ''[[Loot (play)|Loot]]'', ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'' (both transferring to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]), ''[[The Ruffian on the Stair]]'', ''[[The Birthday Party (play)|The Birthday Party]]'' and ''[[Gaslight (play)|Gaslight]]'' (at the [[Old Vic]]). For his role as Inspector Goole in ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'', he was nominated for a [[Laurence Olivier Award]].
He starred in the title role in the popular 1980s comedy drama ''[[Shine on Harvey Moon]]'', prior to which he had appeared as Charlie Collins in ''[[A Family at War]]'' (1971).<ref name="tv">{{Cite web | url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kenneth-cranham/credits/3000237056/ |title = Kenneth Cranham Credits |work= tvguide.com |access-date= 21 April 2022}}</ref> He also appeared in ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' (1968),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Up Pompeii (film)|Up Pompeii]]'' (1971),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Brother Sun, Sister Moon]]'' (1972),Danger UXB(1979) ''[[Chocolat (1988 film)|Chocolat]]'' (1988),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Gangster No. 1]]'' (2000),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Layer Cake (film)|Layer Cake]]'' (2004),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' (2007),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Maleficent (film)|Maleficent]]'' (2014)<ref name="tv"/> and ''[[Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool]]'' (2017).<ref name="tv"/> He was cast as the deranged [[Dr. Channard (Hellraiser)|Philip Channard]] and his [[Channard Cenobite|Cenobitic alter-ego]] in the [[Horror film]] ''[[Hellbound: Hellraiser II]]''.<ref name="tv"/>
 
On television he has appeared in ''[[Budgie (TV series)|Budgie]]'' (1972),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]'' (1989),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1993),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]]'' (2007),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]'' (2008),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]'' (2013),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[War & Peace (2016 TV series)|War & Peace]]'' (2016)<ref name="tv"/> and ''[[The White Princess (miniseries)|The White Princess]]'' (2017).<ref name="tv"/>
In 2016, Cranham won the [[Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play]] for his role as Andre in [[Florian Zeller]]'s ''[[The Father (Zeller play)|The Father]]''. The play originated at the [[Theatre Royal Bath]]'s [[Ustinov Studio]] in the autumn of 2014, before touring the country and transferring to the West End in the summer of 2015, returning to the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] in spring 2016. The play received an unprecedented five star review from every leading national press publication.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} Cranham's performance was described as "the performance of his life".<ref>[https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/father-tricycle-kenneth-cranham-claire-skinner_37798.html The Father (Tricycle Theatre)] WhatsonStage.com, 13 May 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2018</ref>
 
===Theatre===
Among many stage credits are [[West End theatre|West End]] productions of ''[[Entertaining Mr Sloane]]'', ''[[Loot (play)|Loot]]'', ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'' (both transferring to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]), ''[[The Ruffian on the Stair]]'', ''[[The Birthday Party (play)|The Birthday Party]]'' and ''[[Gaslight (play)|Gaslight]]'' (at the [[Old Vic]]). For his role as Inspector Goole in ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'', he was nominated for a [[Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play]].<ref name="olivier1993"/> It took another 23 years before winning the award when in 2016, Cranham won the [[Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play]] for his role as Andre in [[Florian Zeller]]'s ''[[The Father (Zeller play)|The Father]]''.<ref name="father">{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35954142 |title= Olivier Awards: Winners unveiled at London ceremony|work=bbc.co.uk |date=3 April 2016}}</ref> Cranham's performance was described as "the performance of his life" by Michael Coveney of [[WhatsOnStage.com]].<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/father-tricycle-kenneth-cranham-claire-skinner_37798.html |title= The Father (Tricycle Theatre)|author=Michael Coveney| work= WhatsonStage.com|date=13 May 2015}}</ref>
 
===Radio===
For [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Afternoon Play]]'', Cranham has played DS Max Matthews in ''The Interrogation'' by [[Roy Williams (playwright)|Roy Williams]] (2012–present) and starred as Thomas Gradgrind in BBC Radio's 2007 adaptation of Dickens' ''[[Hard Times (novel)|Hard Times]]''.
 
==Personal life==
His first wife was actress [[Diana Quick]]. He has two daughters: Nancy Cranham from a relationship with actress [[Charlotte Cornwell]], and Kathleen Cranham with his second wife, to whom he is still married, actress [[Fiona Victory]].<ref name=filmbio />
 
Cranham was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2023 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=64082|supp=y|page=B9|date=17 June 2023}}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
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*''[[Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool]]'' (2017) as Joe Turner
*''[[Mr. Jones (2019 film)|Mr. Jones]]'' (2019) as [[David Lloyd George]]
*''[[Born a King]]'' (2019) as Lord Curzon
*''[[Official Secrets (film)|Official Secrets]]'' (2019) as Judge Hyam
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* ''Boy Meets Girl'' (1969) as Tom Last
* ''[[Z-Cars]]'' (1970) as Togo Millington
* ''[[Softly, Softly: TaskforceTask Force]]'' (1970–1972) as Ken Buckley / Ashley
* ''[[A Family at War]]'' (1971) as Charlie Collins
* ''[[Hadleigh (TV series)|Hadleigh]]'' (1971) as Andrew Matlock
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* ''[[Reilly: Ace of Spies]]'' (1983) as Lenin
* ''Heart of the High Country'' (1985) as Calvin Laird
* ''[[Dead Man's Folly (film)|Dead Man's Folly]]'' (1986) as Detective Inspector Bland
* ''A Sort of Innocence'' (1987) as Eric Palmer
* ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' (1987) as Cedric Downes
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* ''Dunrulin'' (1990) as Mr. Kneecap
* ''[[El C.I.D.]]'' (1990–1992) as Gus Mercer
* ''[[Chimera (miniseriesBritish TV series)|Chimera]]'' (1991) as Hennessey
* ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]'' (1990) as Gascoigne
* ''[[Van der Valk (1972 TV series)|Van der Valk]]'' (1991) as Dirk Boutsen
* ''[[Murder Most Horrid]]'' (1991) as Inspector Salford
* ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' (1992) as Colonel Schmidt
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* ''On Dangerous Ground'' (1996) as Brig. Charles Ferguson
* ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' (1996) as Charlie Wallace
* ''[[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996 miniseriesTV series)|The Tenant of Wildfell Hall]]'' (1996) as Reverend Millward
* ''Midnight Man'' (1997) as Brig. Charles Ferguson
* ''[[Get Well Soon (TV series)|Get Well Soon]]'' (1997) as Inspector Trussler
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* ''[[Genghis Khan (documentary)|Genghis Khan]]'' (2005) as Genghis Khan (voice)
* ''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]]'' (2005) as [[Gnaeus Pompey Magnus (Rome character)|Pompey Magnus]]
* ''[[The Lavender List]]'' (2006) as [[Harold Wilson]]
* ''[[The Chatterley Affair]]'' (2006) as Older Keith
* ''[[Hustle (TV series)|Hustle]]'' (2006) as Francis Owen
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* ''[[Afterlife (TV series)|Afterlife]]'' (2006) as Stan Mundy
* ''[[Victoria Cross Heroes]]'' (2006) as Narrator
* ''[[Doc Martin]]'' (2006, 2022) as Terry Glasson
* ''[[Lilies (BBC TV series)|Lilies]]'' (2007) as Mr. Pritchard
* ''[[Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea]]'' (2007) as Captain Turner
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* ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]'' (2013) as Father John
* ''[[In the Flesh (TV series)|In the Flesh]]'' (2013–2014) as Vicar Oddie
* ''[[37 Days (TV series)|37 Days]]'' (2014) as [[John Burns]]
* ''[[Moving On (TV series)|Moving On]]'' (2014) as Mike
* ''[[A.D. The Bible Continues]]'' (2015) as [[Tiberius]]
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* ''[[The White Princess (miniseries)|The White Princess]]'' (2017) as [[John Morton (cardinal)|John Morton]]
* ''[[Bancroft (TV series)|Bancroft]]'' (2017) as Charlie Baverstock
* ''[[Hatton_Garden_safe_deposit_burglary#In_television,_film_and_radio|Hatton Garden]]'' (2019) as [[Brian Reader (old-school villain)|Brian Reader]]
* ''[[Finding Alice (TV series)|Finding Alice]]'' (2021) as Gerry Walsh
 
 
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===Radio===
{{Div col}}
*''The Legends of Robin Hood'' (2019) as Sheriff Hugh of Nottingham
*''Grossman's War: Stalingrad'' (2019) as Stepan Spiridonov
*''The Father'' (2016) as Andre
*''The Interrogation'' (2012–present) as DS/DI Max Matthews
*''[[The Moonstone]]'' (2011) as [[Sergeant Cuff]]
*''[[The Hireling]]'' (2011) as the Narrator
*''Grossman's War: Life and Fate'' (2011) as Stepan Spiridonov
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*''[[Georgy Girl]]'' (1992) as James
*''[[The Admirable Crichton]]'' (1986) as Crichton
*''[[The White Devil]]'' (1986) as Duke Francisco<ref name="Radio Times issue #3250, 8/3/1986, Genome link">{{cite web | url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1ffa44791bd2467a8ae5e0f6257e0bd6 | title=BBC Programme Index | date=9 March 1986 }}</ref>
*''[[The White Devil]]'' (1983) as Duke Francisco
*''Fear and Fear Again'' (1983) as [[Franz Kafka]]
*''[[Busman's Honeymoon]]'' (1983) as Frank Crutchley<ref name="Radio Times issue #3085, 24/12/1985, Genome link">{{cite web | url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4df5cb9dcbd0493bb2fa0c1b7050d305 | title=BBC Programme Index | date=3 January 1983 }}</ref>
*''[[The Dog It Was That Died]]'' (1982) as Hogben
*''[[Loot (play)|Loot]]'' as Hal
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!Work
!Result
!Ref.
|-
|1993
|[[1993 Laurence Olivier Awards]]
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor]]
|''[[An Inspector Calls]]''
|{{nom}}
|[[Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]<ref name="olivier1993">{{Cite web|title= Olivier Winners 20161993 |url= https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-20161993/ |access-date=2020-12-064 March 2018|website=Olivier Awards|language=en-GB}}</ref>▼
|-
|2015
|[[Critics' Circle Theatre Award|Critics’ Circle Theatre Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-11-28|title=2015 Results {{!}} Critics' Circle Theatre Awards|url=https://criticscircletheatreawards.com/results/results-2015/|access-date=2020-12-06|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|[[Critics' Circle Theatre Award#Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[Le Père|The Father]]''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 November 2016|title=2015 Results {{!}} Critics' Circle Theatre Awards|url=https://criticscircletheatreawards.com/results/results-2015/|access-date=6 December 2020|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|[[2016 Laurence Olivier Awards]]
▲|[[Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olivier Winners 2016|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-2016/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Olivier Awards|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{won}}
|<ref name="father"/><ref name="olivier2016">{{Cite web|title=Olivier Winners 2016|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-2016/|access-date=6 December 2020|website=Olivier Awards|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|}
 
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