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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.