Kenneth Cranham: movies and TV shows
Kenneth Cranham has 181 credits in the archive: 100 films and 81 TV series, from 1960 to 2021. Highest rated: Pollyanna (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1960 – 2021 · busiest year: 1988 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Finding Alice | Gerry | TV | 5.6 | 76 |
| 2020 | Trying | Barry | TV | 7.6 | 75 |
| 2019 | The Spanish Princess | John Morton | TV | 7.5 | 74 |
| 2019 | Official Secrets | Judge Hyam | Film | 7.2 | 74 |
| 2019 | Hatton Garden | Brian Reader | TV | 5.9 | 74 |
| 2019 | Mr. Jones | Lloyd George | Film | 6.7 | 74 |
| 2019 | Born a King | Lord Curzon | Film | 7.4 | 74 |
| 2018 | Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires | Leopold Czihaczek | Film | — | 73 |
| 2017 | Strike | Dennis Creed | TV | 7.2 | 72 |
| 2017 | The White Princess | John Morton | TV | 7.7 | 72 |
| 2017 | Bancroft | Charlie Haverstock | TV | 6.9 | 72 |
| 2017 | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Joe Turner | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2017 | Joe Orton Laid Bare | Himself | Film | — | 72 |
| 2017 | Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer | The Host | Film | — | 72 |
| 2016 | War and Peace | Uncle Mikhail | TV | 7.6 | 71 |
| 2016 | Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories | Dean Smith | TV | 6.2 | 71 |
| 2015 | Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II | Self | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2014 | Maleficent | King Henry | Film | 7.1 | 69 |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Rupert | TV | 8.1 | 69 |
| 2014 | The Legend of Hercules | Lucius | Film | 4.8 | 69 |
| 2014 | 37 Days | John Burns | TV | 7.5 | 69 |
| 2013 | In the Flesh | Vicar Oddie | TV | 7.2 | 68 |
| 2013 | Closed Circuit | Cameron Fischer | Film | 5.9 | 68 |
| 2013 | Flying Blind | Victor | Film | 4.8 | 68 |
| 2012 | Suspension of Disbelief | Bullock | Film | 4.2 | 67 |
| 2012 | Panto! | Jerry | Film | — | 67 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Father John | TV | 7.5 | 66 |
| 2011 | 5 Days of War | Michael Stilton | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 2011 | Graffiti Wars | Narrator (Voice) | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 2011 | The Night Watch | Horace Mundy | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard | Firs | Film | 8.5 | 66 |
| 2010 | Upstairs Downstairs | Sgt Ashworth | TV | 7.4 | 65 |
| 2010 | Made in Dagenham | Monty Taylor | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2010 | Harold Pinter: A Celebration | Self | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 2009 | Moving On | Mike | TV | 7.4 | 64 |
| 2009 | Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen | MJ O'Loughlin | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2009 | The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words | W H Auden | TV | — | 64 |
| 2008 | Merlin | Aulfric | TV | 7.8 | 63 |
| 2008 | Valkyrie | Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2008 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | Mr Clare | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | James Reaper | Film | 7.6 | 62 |
| 2007 | Lilies | TV | 7.4 | 62 | |
| 2007 | Lilies | Health Inspector | TV | 7.4 | 62 |
| 2007 | Heroes and Villains | TV | 7.0 | 62 | |
| 2007 | Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea | Captain Turner | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 2007 | Heroes & Villains: Napoleon | General Carteaux | Film | — | 62 |
| 2007 | The Man from Montevideo | Gary Solway | Film | — | 62 |
| 2006 | The Chatterley Affair | Older Keith | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 2006 | A Good Year | Sir Nigel | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2006 | The Line of Beauty | Sir Maurice Tipper | TV | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2006 | Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare | Narrator | Film | 5.6 | 61 |
| 2006 | The Lavender List | Harold Wilson | Film | — | 61 |
| 2005 | Rome | Gnaeus Pompey Magnus | TV | 8.2 | 60 |
| 2005 | Mangal Pandey - The Rising | Mr. Kent | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | TV | 7.3 | 59 | |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Rex Fortescue | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 2004 | Hustle | Francis Owen | TV | 7.7 | 59 |
| 2004 | Layer Cake | Jimmy Price | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 2004 | Trauma | DC Jackson | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 2004 | The Genius of Mozart | Leopold Mozart | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2004 | Man Dancin' | D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers | Film | 4.3 | 59 |
| 2004 | Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome | Narrator | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 2003 | Murder Investigation Team | Ray Morgan | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2003 | Killing Hitler | Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2003 | Pollyanna | Mr. Pendleton | Film | 8.4 | 58 |
| 2003 | Blackball | Chairman Collins | Film | 5.2 | 58 |
| 2003 | Sparkling Cyanide | George Barton | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 2002 | Believe Nothing | DI Aldiss | TV | 6.8 | 57 |
| 2002 | Two Men Went To War | Sgt. Peter King | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 2002 | Dickens | John Forster | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2002 | The Voynich Mystery | Narrator | Film | — | 57 |
| 2002 | Night Flight | Ted Atwell | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 2001 | Women Talking Dirty | George | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 2000 | Gangster No. 1 | Tommy | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 2000 | Kevin & Perry Go Large | Vicar | Film | 5.0 | 55 |
| 2000 | Without Motive | DCS Derek Henderson | TV | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2000 | Lady Audley's Secret | Sir Michael Audley | Film | 4.6 | 55 |
| 2000 | Shiner | Gibson | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 2000 | Born Romantic | Barney | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades | Colonel Schmidt | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 2000 | The Most Fertile Man in Ireland | Da | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1999 | The Murder of Stephen Lawrence | Michael Mansfield QC | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1999 | The Last Yellow | Len | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1998 | Our Mutual Friend | Silas Wegg | TV | 7.8 | 53 |
| 1998 | RPM | Biggerman | Film | 3.3 | 53 |
| 1998 | Vigo | The Producer | Film | 4.9 | 53 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Jude Langham | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1997 | The Boxer | Matt MaGuire | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1997 | Midnight Man | Brigadier Charles Ferguson | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1996 | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Reverend Michael Millward | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1996 | Bed of Roses | Simon | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 1996 | On Dangerous Ground | Brigadier Charles Ferguson | Film | 5.1 | 51 |
| 1996 | Deep in the Heart | Robert Flaherty | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. | Roy Lawrence | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1994 | Requiem Apache | Tony | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1993 | Tale of a Vampire | Edgar | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1993 | Royal Celebration | Douglas | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1993 | The Vision Thing | Dick Naughton | Film | — | 48 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Charlie Wallace | TV | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | DCI Stubbs | TV | 5.5 | 47 |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Colonel Schmidt | TV | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1992 | Monkey Boy | Hennessey | Film | — | 47 |
| 1992 | A Little Bit of Lippy | Reggie Titherington | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Insp Salford | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1991 | Under Suspicion | Frank Vance | Film | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1991 | Chimera | Hennessey | TV | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1991 | Prospero's Books | Sebastian | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1990 | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit | Pastor Finch | TV | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1989 | Rules of Engagement | Martin Goodman | TV | 4.5 | 44 |
| 1989 | A Master of the Marionettes | Teddy | Film | — | 44 |
| 1989 | Just Another Secret | Brosch | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1988 | The Play on One | Peter | TV | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1988 | The Play on One | Joe Shawcross | TV | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1988 | The Play on One | Teddy Rose | TV | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1988 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1988 | Chocolat | Jonathan Boothby | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1988 | Stealing Heaven | Vice Chancellor Suger | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1988 | The Party | Joe Shawcross | Film | — | 43 |
| 1988 | The Black and Blue Lamp | Supt. Cherry | Film | — | 43 |
| 1988 | Normal Service | Peter | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Cedric Downes | TV | 7.9 | 42 |
| 1987 | The Birthday Party | Stanley Webber | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1987 | Making Waves | Joe Nash | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1986 | Casualty | James Lawrence | TV | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Litvak | TV | 7.4 | 41 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Supt. Cherry | TV | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Reggie Titherington | TV | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Dick Naughton | TV | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1986 | Dead Man's Folly | Insp. Bland | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1986 | A Sort of Innocence | TV | 10.0 | 41 | |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Stanley | TV | — | 40 |
| 1985 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Lord Darlington | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1985 | The Dumb Waiter | Gus | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1983 | Natural World | TV | 7.4 | 38 | |
| 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Lenin | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1982 | Shine on Harvey Moon | Harvey Moon | TV | 7.7 | 37 |
| 1982 | The Bell | Nick Fawley | TV | 3.0 | 37 |
| 1982 | A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton | Self | Film | — | 37 |
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited | Sergeant Block | TV | 7.8 | 36 |
| 1981 | The Caretaker | Aston | Film | — | 36 |
| 1981 | The Sin Bin | Alan Grieves | Film | — | 36 |
| 1980 | Cribb | Francis Mostyn-Smith | TV | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1980 | The Merchant of Venice | Gratiano | Film | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1980 | Therese Raquin | Camille Raquin | TV | 5.5 | 35 |
| 1980 | Donkeys' Years | Bill Taylor | Film | — | 35 |
| 1980 | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Giovanni | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1979 | Minder | Walter | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1979 | Danger UXB | Sapper Salt | TV | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1979 | Danger UXB | L / Corporal Salt | TV | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1978 | Strangers | Willie Bruce | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1978 | Strangers | DCI Jim Lennard | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1978 | Enemy at the Door | Jack Foster | TV | 8.2 | 33 |
| 1978 | Butterflies Don't Count | Tom | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1977 | Joseph Andrews | The Wicked Squire | Film | 5.2 | 32 |
| 1976 | Robin and Marian | Jack's Apprentice | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1975 | Against the Crowd | Geoff Smailes | TV | — | 30 |
| 1974 | Vampira | Paddy | Film | 5.2 | 29 |
| 1974 | The Changeling | Antonio | Film | 8.5 | 29 |
| 1973 | Achilles Heel | Gordon | Film | 1.0 | 28 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | John Tucker | TV | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Dirk Boutsen | TV | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard | David Collins | TV | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1972 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Paolo | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1971 | Budgie | Inky Ballantine | TV | 7.2 | 26 |
| 1971 | Up Pompeii | Christian | Film | 6.1 | 26 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Alan Grieves | TV | 6.6 | 25 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Tom | TV | 6.6 | 25 |
| 1970 | From a Bird's Eye View | Tim O'Donovan | TV | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1970 | Fragment of Fear | Joe | Film | 5.9 | 25 |
| 1970 | All the Way Up | Tom Midway | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Terry | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1969 | Otley | Kid | Film | 6.3 | 24 |
| 1969 | Sling Your Hook | Roland | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1968 | Oliver! | Noah Claypole | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Private Seaton | TV | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1967 | Boy Meets Girl | Tom Last | TV | — | 22 |
| 1967 | Death of a Private | Young intellectual | Film | 9.0 | 22 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Antonio | TV | 5.3 | 20 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Charlie | TV | 4.2 | 20 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Barry | TV | 4.2 | 20 |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Roy | TV | 5.3 | 15 |