William Branagh and Frances (Harper), both born in 1930, were the parents of Kenneth Charles Branagh, who was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on December 10, 1960.
When he was nine years old, his family relocated to Reading, Berkshire, England, to avoid The Troubles.
At age 23, Branagh joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he played the lead in “Romeo and Juliet” and “Henry V.”
The Renaissance Theatre Company, which currently counts Prince Charles as one of its royal benefactors, was founded by him when he quickly realized that the RSC was too big and impersonal.
Branagh wrote, produced, and starred in a lavish adaptation of Hamlet in 1996 after publishing his autobiography at age 30.
Robert De Niro played the monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994), which Branagh directed and starred in as “Victor Frankenstein” at age 34.
Kenneth Branagh Height: How tall is Kenneth Branagh?
The 62 years energetic English actor and film director is 1.77 m tall.