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Branagh, Kenneth (1960– ) Northern Irish actor and director. An immediate young acting success, he worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before leaving to form his own Renaissance Theatre Company. He moved into directing with the film Henry V (1989), receiving Academy Award nominations for best actor and best director. His success in popularizing Shakespeare was demonstrated further in Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1996) and Hamlet (1997).

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