List of awards and nominations received by Kenneth Branagh

List of Sir Kenneth Branagh awards
Award Wins Nominations
Academy Awards
 1 8
BAFTA Awards
 5 13
Emmy Awards
 2 5
Golden Globe Awards
 1 8
Grammy Awards
 0 1
Olivier Awards
 2 7
Screen Actors Guild Awards
 1 3

This is a List of awards and nominations received by Sir Kenneth Branagh.

Sir Kenneth Branagh is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer and screenwriter Having trained Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he became known for his stage and screen adaptations of William Shakespeare. In 2012 he was appointed a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II. He was made a Freeman of his native city of Belfast in January 2018.[1] In 2020, he was listed at number 20 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.[2]

Branagh is known for his films as a director including the William Shakespeare film adaptations Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), as well as the murder mystery Dead Again (1991), the drama Peter's Friends (1992) and the horror adaptation Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994). He also directed Thor (2011), the live action adaptation of Cinderella (2015), Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and the drama Belfast (2021).

He has received many accolades for his work including eight Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and Best Live Action Short Film. He also earned ten BAFTA Award nominations, five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, five Golden Globe Award nominations, a Grammy Award nomination, and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. For his work on the West End stage he has earned seven Laurence Olivier Award nominations and two wins for Best Newcomer in 1982 and the Society of London Theatre Award in 2017.

Major associations

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1989 Best Director Henry V Nominated [3]
Best Actor Nominated
1992 Best Live Action Short Film Swan Song Nominated [4]
1996 Best Adapted Screenplay Hamlet Nominated [5]
2011 Best Supporting Actor My Week with Marilyn Nominated [6]
2021 Best Picture Belfast Nominated [7]
Best Director Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Won
British Academy Film Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1990 Best Direction Henry V Won [8]
Best Leading Actor Nominated
1994 Michael Balcon Award — Recipient [9]
2012 Best Supporting Actor My Week with Marilyn Nominated [10]
2022 Best Film Belfast Nominated [11]
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Outstanding British Film Won
British Academy Television Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1988 Best Actor Fortunes of War Nominated [12]
2003 Conspiracy Nominated [13]
Shackleton Nominated
2009 Best Drama Series Wallander Won [14]
2010 Best Actor Won [15]
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment Recipient [16]
Primetime Emmy Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2001 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Conspiracy Won [17]
2002 Shackleton Nominated [18]
2005 Warm Springs Nominated [19]
2009 Wallander Nominated [20]
International Emmy Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 Best Performance by an Actor Wallander Won [21]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1993 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Much Ado About Nothing Nominated [22]
2001 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Conspiracy Nominated [23]
2005 Warm Springs Nominated [24]
2009 Wallander Nominated [25]
2011 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture My Week with Marilyn Nominated [26]
2021 Best Motion Picture – Drama Belfast Nominated [27]
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Won
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Best Spoken Word Album Hamlet Nominated [28]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1982 Best Newcomer Another Country Won [29]
1985 Best Actor Henry V Nominated [30]
1988 Best Comedy Performance As You Like It Nominated [31]
2004 Best Actor Edmond Nominated [32]
2016 The Winter's Tale Nominated [33]
Best Director Nominated
2017 Society of London Theatre Special Award Recipient [34]

Guild Awards

Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
Directors Guild of America Awards 2022 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Belfast Nominated
Producers Guild of America Awards 2022 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Belfast Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards 1996 Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role Othello Nominated [35]
2006 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Warm Springs Nominated [36]
2012 Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role My Week with Marilyn Nominated [37]
2024 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Oppenheimer Won [38]

Major Festivals

Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
Berlin International Film Festival 1992 Golden Bear Dead Again Nominated
Cannes Film Festival 1993 Palme d'Or Much Ado About Nothing Nominated
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 People's Choice Award Belfast Won
Venice Film Festival 1995 Golden Lion In the Bleak Midwinter Nominated
Golden Osella Won
2007 Golden Lion Sleuth Nominated
Queer Lion Nominated
Queer Lion - Special Mention Won

Other awards and nominations

Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
AACTA Awards 2022 Best Film Belfast Nominated
Best Direction Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2018 Best Director Murder on the Orient Express Nominated
2019 All Is True Nominated
Best Grownup Love Story Nominated
2022 Best Movie Belfast Won
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenwriter Nominated
Best Intergenerational Film Nominated
Best Time Capsule Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2012 Best Supporting Actor My Week with Marilyn Nominated
2022 Best Director Belfast Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Won
Broadcasting Press Guild 2008 Best Actor Wallander: One Step Behind Won
Capri Hollywood Film Festival 2011 Best Ensemble Cast My Week with Marilyn Won
2021 Best Original Screenplay Belfast Won
Chicago Film Critics Association 1989 Best Actor Henry V Nominated
1996 Hamlet Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society 2011 Best Supporting Actor My Week with Marilyn Nominated
European Film Awards 1990 European Actor of the Year Henry V Won [39]
Young European Film of the Year Won
2022 European Screenwriter Belfast Nominated [40]
Golden Raspberry Awards 1999 Worst Supporting Actor Wild Wild West Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards 1993 Best Film Much Ado About Nothing Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle 1993 British Producer of the Year Much Ado About Nothing Won
2002 British Supporting Actor of the Year Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Won
2011 Supporting Actor of the Year My Week with Marilyn Won
Middleburg Film Festival 2021 Director Spotlight Award Lifetime Achievement Won [41]
Phoenix Film Critics Society 2011 Best Supporting Actor My Week with Marilyn Nominated
SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2021 Lifetime Achievement in Acting and Directing Award Won [42]
San Diego Film Critics Society 1996 Best Actor Hamlet Won
Sant Jordi Awards 1989 Best Foreign Actor Henry V Won
Satellite Awards 2005 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Warm Springs Nominated
2009 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Wallander: One Step Behind Nominated
2011 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture My Week with Marilyn Nominated
2021 Best Motion Picture – Drama Belfast Won
Best Director Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Won
Saturn Awards 1994 Best Actor Frankenstein Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2011 Best Supporting Actor My Week with Marilyn Nominated
WDCAFC Awards 2011 Best Supporting Actor My Week with Marilyn Nominated
WhatsOnStage Awards 2004 Best Actor in a Play Edmond Won
2009 Ivanov Won
2017 The Entertainer Nominated

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  • List of awards and nominations received by Kenneth Branagh at IMDb
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Feature films
  • Henry V (1989)
  • Dead Again (1991)
  • Peter's Friends (1992)
  • Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
  • Hamlet (1996)
  • Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
  • As You Like It (2006)
  • The Magic Flute (2006)
  • Sleuth (2007)
  • Thor (2011)
  • Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
  • Cinderella (2015)
  • Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
  • All Is True (2018)
  • Artemis Fowl (2020)
  • Belfast (2021)
  • Death on the Nile (2022)
  • A Haunting in Venice (2023)
  • The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde (TBA)
Short films
  • Swan Song (1992)
  • Listening (2003)
Television films
  • Twelfth Night (1988)
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