Kenneth Cranham

Cranham in 2011, photo by PR Photos

Place of Birth: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Date of Birth: 12 December, 1944

Ethnicity: English, Scottish

Kenneth Cranham is a Scottish actor. His roles include the films Oliver! (1968), Up Pompeii, Chocolat (1988), Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Layer Cake, Gangster No. 1, Hot Fuzz, Maleficent, and Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, television’s Budgie, Boon (1989), Minder (1993), Rome (2005), Merlin (2008), Death in Paradise, War & Peace (2016), and The White Princess; and many stage performances.

His father, Ronald Cranham, was English, and his mother, Margaret McKay (Ferguson), was Scottish. He is married to actress Fiona Victory. He has a daughter with his former partner, actress Charlotte Cornwell; and a daughter with Fiona.