Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham
Cranham as Pompey
Born	12 December 1944 (1944-12-12) (age 64) Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Kenneth Cranham (born 12 December 1944) is a film, television and stage actor who has appeared in Layer Cake, Gangster No. 1, Rome, Oliver! and many other films. Amongst his contemporaries, he is renowned for the title role in the popular 1980s comedy drama Shine on Harvey Moon, However, he is probably best known to genre fans as the deranged Dr. Philip Channard and his Cenobitic alter-ego from Hellbound: Hellraiser II. His many stage credits include West End productions of Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot, An Inspector Calls, (both transferring to Broadway), The Ruffian on the Stair, The Birthday Party and Gaslight (at the Old Vic).

Cranham was born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the son of Lochgelly-born Margaret McKay Cranham (née Ferguson) and Ronald Cranham.^[1] He has two daughters; Nancy Cranham, from a former relationship with Charlotte Cornwell, and Kathleen Cranham from his current relationship with actress Fiona Victory.

Filmography

• Valkyrie (film)
• Hot Fuzz
• Hellbound: Hellraiser II - Dr. Philip Channard/The Channard Cenobite
• Layer Cake
• Trauma
• A Good Year
• Blackball
• Man Dancin'
• Shiner
• Gangster No. 1
• Kevin & Perry Go Large
• Women Talking Dirty
• Deep in the Heart
• RPM
• The Boxer
• Chocolat
• Under Suspicion
• Tale of a Vampire
• Stealing Heaven
• Robin and Marian
• Up Pompeii!
• Oliver!
• Two Men Went to War
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Television credits

• The Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
• Doc Martin Christmas Special
• The Line of Beauty
• The Lavender List
• Rome as Pompey Magnus (Season 1)
• The Genius of Mozart
• Sparkling Cyanide
• Killing Hitler
• Pollyanna
• Dickens
• Dalziel and Pascoe: Home Truths
• Kavanagh QC
• Heartbeat
• Lovejoy
• NCS: Manhunt
• The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
• On Dangerous Ground
• Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
• Royal Celebration
• Rules of Engagement
• Dead Man's Folly
• Brideshead Revisited
• The Merchant of Venice
• Shine on Harvey Moon
• Danger UXB
• Casualty
• Chimera
• Reilly, Ace of Spies
• Merlin

References

External links

• Kenneth Cranham at the Internet Movie Database
• Kenneth Cranham HBO Bio

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