Biography
The cinematic piggy bank of the actor Kenneth Brahn is full of a wide variety of roles, and the number of films in which the artist for his career was filmed is so great that they would certainly have enough for a couple of lives. According to fans, in infinite diligence and is the whole secret of the success of a talented Irishman.Childhood and youth
Kenneth Charles Brahn was born on December 10, 1960, in the capital of Northern Ireland, the city of Belfast. The parents of the actor were simple workers: Father William worked as a carpenter, and Francis's mother was engaged in raising children. It is known that among the relatives of Kennet the actors have never been.
The Family Master of Revolution lived extremely modestly. Money earned by the head of the family, barely grabbed to pay utility bills and to be purchased by the product necessary for the month. In addition, the situation has complicated the fact that Kenneth was a younger son in the family, where, in addition to him, there were two more children. For this reason, it was not necessary to count on inheritance or good education.
Life in Northern Ireland at that time was also difficult. The bloody clashes of Irish Catholics and Protestant Irish were common practice in those days. That is why in 1969 Brana moved from Belfast to English Reding (Berkshire county). Despite moving, Kenneth always felt herself with an Irishman, and therefore he often played in the theater of characters, in which in dialogues, one way or another, appears in Irish.
It is reliably known that Kenneth began to perform on theatrical stage in Northern Ireland. After moving, he continued to improve his congenital talent of a hypocrite already in English school.
Since childhood, art and acting skills were an integral part of the life of Brana - the younger, so it is not surprising that after graduating from high school, the charming young man, without thinking, went to London and filed documents to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
After seeing the track record of Kennet, who by that time he had a dozen of theatrical roles, the admission committee enrolled him in an educational institution and even allocated a novice guide to the scholarship.
After graduating from the Theater Academy, 22-year-old Brahn during a couple of months was looking for himself at theatrical stage. During these searches, the ambitious young man even received a prestigious Prize named after Lawrence Olivier in the "best young actor" nomination.
After that, Kennet was accepted into the Toroupe of the Royal Shakespeare Theater, and already in 1983 he became the most young actor who performed the main role in the production set on the scene of the temple of Melpomen.
After that success, the reincarnation wizard began to work on new theatrical projects. In the middle of the eighties, he put a whole series of successful performances on the London scene, over the creation of which she worked as an actor, director and producer. In 1988, after the tour of Britain, he was talking about Brahn as one of the most vivid actors of the New Wave.
Films
While studying at the Brana Theater Academy began to be filmed on television. Debut work as a professional actor for him was an episodic role in the series "Furniture". After a couple of weeks after the completion of the work on the medical series "Furniture", the reincarnation wizard first appeared in the full-length film "Fire Chariots". The work did not bring the artist's popularity, but I made it clear that the path chosen to them is true.
Kennet became famous after he put and starred in the film "Heinrich V". This picture brought the artist first in his life BAFTA Award, as well as the prize of the US National Council of Film Crims. As an actor and film director of Brana participated in the creation of films "Dish re-", "a lot of noise from nothing", "Winter Night", "Hamlet" and "Conspiracy". Each of the named roles brought the actor and director's new prizes and prestigious nominations.
In November 2002, the premiere of the second part of the fantasy film, which tells about the adventures of the young wizard, is the film entitled "Harry Potter and a secret room." In the picture, the plot of which is based on the novels of the English writer Joan Rowling, Brana reincarnated in a boastful Magician of the Zlatopuist of Lokons, famous for the exploits, which he "stole" from other magicians with the help of the break of oblivion.
In 2008, Kennet's filmography was replenished with the role of Major General Henning von Treskov in the Military Drama "Operation" Valkyrie ". In addition to him, Tom Cruise, Bill Naia and Caris Wang Howen also starred in the tape.
In 2015, he became the director of the film "Cinderella". Cinderella played the star of the series "Abbey Dounton" Lily James, Machehu - a two-fold laureate of the Oscar Prize Kate Blanchett, and Prince Richard Madden, more famous as the king of the North Robb Stark from the "Game of Thrones".
It is worth noting that this is not the first director's project Brahn. In 2006, he already participated in the work on the screening of the Opera Mozart "Magic Flute". A talented artist has repeatedly called the best British specialist in the work of Shakespeare and other classical authors.
However, Brana also worked as well in other industries. A vivid example of this is the Hollywood blockbusters "Detective", Tor, "Jack Ryan: Theory of Chaos", the director of whom Brahn performed at different times.
One of the most successful acting works of a talented Irish can be called the picture "Seven nights with Marilyn", in which Kenneth played Lawrence Olivier. For this role, the actor was nominated for Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA Prize.
As for the other awards of the popular native of Belfast, then in this context it is worth noting that there are four nominations for the Oscar premium, AMMI and BAFTA award. In addition, the actor still combines a cinema with performances in the theater, in which he advantageously plays Shakespeare characters.
Personal life
The relationship with representatives of the weak half of humanity Brahn never spread. Despite the efforts of the actor, do not betray his personal life, it has always been able to learn the piquant and scandalous details about the communication of the artist with women outside the film crew.
It is known that the first spouse of the reincarnation wizard was an actress Emma Thompson. Star couple legalized her relationship in 1989. Their marriage union existed for six years, after which it broke up. It is noteworthy that no printed edition of Europe did not write about the causes of the divorce.
After severely parting, Kenneth during a couple of months came to himself in the arms of an unsvestigative actress Helena Bonmem Carter. In 1997, the artist met the art director of Lindsay Brannok, which at that time collaborated with his beloved Helen.
At first they communicated as friends, but six years later, in 2003, they began to meet. The stormy novel led to another wedding. In this marriage Bran is happy.
Kenneth Brahn now
In July 2017, the world premiere of the military drama director of Christopher Nolana "Dunkirk" took place. In the film, based on the plot of which lies the history of the wonderful rescue of three hundred thousand soldiers during the Dunkirk operation, which took place at the beginning of World War II, in addition to Brana, the actors of Tom Hardy, Harry Stiles and Michael Kane starred.
For November of this year, the release of the film "Murder in Eastern Express", filmed on the novel of the Roman Agatha Christie. In the picture Kennet will reincarnate in the Belgian detective Erkül Poiro. It is known that Michel Pfaiffer, Penelope Cruz, Johnny Depp and Judy Dench are also known in the film's caste.
It is reliably known that there is no eminent actor on social networks, but on Internet portals and in printed publications, fans of artist's creativity will easily find materials related to the creative biography of Brane (photographs, interviews).
Filmography
- 1981 - "Fire Chariots"
- 1987 - "Month in the village"
- 1993 - Swingers
- 1996 - "Hamlet"
- 1998 - "Flight Theory"
- 1999 - "Wild, Wild West"
- 2002 - "Harry Potter and a Secret Room"
- 2008 - "Operation" Valkyrie "
- 2009 - "Rock Wave"
- 2012 - "7 days and nights with Marilyn"
- 2013 - Macbeth
- 2014 - "Jack Ryan: Chaos Theory"
- 2017 - "Dunkirk"
- 2017 - "Murder in Eastern Express