List of awards and nominations received by Kenneth Branagh

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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 Northern Irish actor, director, producer and screenwriter Sir Kenneth Branagh. 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[edit]

Academy Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1990 Best Director Henry V Nominated [3]
Best Actor Nominated
1993 Best Live Action Short Film Swan Song Nominated [4]
1997 Best Adapted Screenplay Hamlet Nominated [5]
2012 Best Supporting Actor My Week with Marilyn Nominated [6]
2022 Best Picture Belfast Nominated [7]
Best Director Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Won

BAFTA Awards[edit]

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
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Outstanding British Film Won
British Academy Television Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1987 Best Actor Fortunes of War Nominated
2001 Conspiracy Nominated
Shackleton Nominated
2008 Best Drama Series Wallander Won
2009 Best Actor Won
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 Albert R. Broccoli Award Recipient

Emmy Awards[edit]

Primetime Emmy Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2001 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Conspiracy Won [11]
2002 Shackleton Nominated [12]
2005 Warm Springs Nominated [13]
2009 Wallander Nominated [14]
International Emmy Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 Best Performance by an Actor Wallander Won

Golden Globe Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Much Ado About Nothing Nominated [15]
2002 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Conspiracy Nominated [16]
2006 Warm Springs Nominated [17]
2010 Wallander Nominated [18]
2012 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture My Week with Marilyn Nominated [19]
2022 Best Motion Picture – Drama Belfast Nominated [20]
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Won

Grammy Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Best Spoken Word Album Hamlet Nominated [21]

Olivier Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1982 Best Newcomer Another Country Won
1985 Best Actor Henry V Nominated
1988 Best Comedy Performance As You Like It Nominated
2004 Best Actor Edmond Nominated
2016 The Winter's Tale Nominated
Best Director Nominated
2017 Society of London Theatre Award Recipient

Guild Awards[edit]

Directors Guild of America Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2022 Belfast Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Nominated

Producers Guild of America Award[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2022 Belfast Best Theatrical Motion Picture Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role Othello Nominated [22]
2006 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Warm Springs Nominated [23]
2012 Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role My Week with Marilyn Nominated [24]
2024 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Oppenheimer Won [25]

Major Festivals[edit]

Berlin Film Festival[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1992 Dead Again Golden Bear Nominated

Cannes Film Festival[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1993 Much Ado About Nothing Palme d'Or Nominated

Toronto International Film Festival[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2021 Belfast People's Choice Award Won

Venice Film Festival[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1995 In the Bleak Midwinter Golden Lion Nominated
Golden Osella Won
2007 Sleuth Golden Lion Nominated
Queer Lion Nominated
Queer Lion - Special Mention Won

Other awards and nominations[edit]

Australian Academy Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2022 Belfast Best Film Nominated
Best Direction Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2018 Murder on the Orient Express Best Director Nominated
2019 All Is True Nominated
Best Grownup Love Story Nominated
2022 Belfast Best Movie Won
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenwriter Nominated
Best Intergenerational Film Nominated
Best Time Capsule Nominated

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2011 My Week with Marilyn Best Supporting Actor Nominated

Broadcasting Press Guild[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2008 Wallander: One Step Behind Best Actor Won

Capri Award[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2011 My Week with Marilyn Best Ensemble Cast Won

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1989 Henry V Best Actor Nominated
1996 Hamlet Nominated

Detroit Film Critics Society[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2011 My Week with Marilyn Best Supporting Actor Nominated

European Film Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1990 Henry V European Actor of the Year Won
Best Director Won
Young European Film of the Year Won

Golden Raspberry Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1999 Wild Wild West Worst Supporting Actor Nominated

Independent Spirit Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1993 Much Ado About Nothing Best Film Nominated

London Film Critics' Circle[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1993 Much Ado About Nothing British Producer of the Year Won
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets British Supporting Actor of the Year Won
2011 My Week with Marilyn Supporting Actor of the Year Won

Middleburg Film Festival[edit]

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Year Nominated work Category Result
2021 Lifetime Achievement Director Spotlight Award Won

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2011 My Week with Marilyn Best Supporting Actor Nominated

SCAD Savannah Film Festival[edit]

[27]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2021 Lifetime Achievement Lifetime Achievement in Acting and Directing Award Won

San Diego Film Critics Society Award[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1996 Hamlet Best Actor Won

Sant Jordi Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1989 Henry V Best Foreign Actor Won

Satellite Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2005 Warm Springs Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
2009 Wallander: One Step Behind Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
2011 My Week with Marilyn Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated
2021 Belfast Best Motion Picture – Drama Won
Best Director Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Won

Saturn Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
1994 Frankenstein Best Actor Nominated

Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2011 My Week with Marilyn Best Supporting Actor Nominated

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2011 My Week with Marilyn Best Supporting Actor Nominated

WhatsOnStage Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2004 Edmond Best Actor in a Play Won
2009 Ivanov Won
2017 The Entertainer Nominated

References[edit]

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  2. ^ The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in order, The Irish Times
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  26. ^ Davis, Clayton (2021-09-30). "Kenneth Branagh, Dakota Johnson and 'Red Rocket' Cast Among Middleburg Film Festival Honorees (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
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