Kenneth Branagh is a movie director.
Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh ( [ ˈbrænə ] born 10 December 1960 ) is a Northern Irish actor , director , producer , and screenwriter originally from Belfast . He has directed or starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare 's plays , including Henry V ( 1989 ) ( for which he was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director ) , Much Ado About Nothing ( 1993 ) , Othello ( 1995 ) , Hamlet ( 1996 ) ( for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ) , Love 's Labour 's Lost ( 2000 ) , and As You Like It ( 2006 ) .