What actor who became president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London also starred in the movie My Week with Marilyn?
Kenneth Branagh Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh ( ; born 10 December 1960) is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter originally from Belfast. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and in 2015 succeeded Richard Attenborough as its President. 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).
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918 film) The Passing of the Third Floor Back is a 1918 British/American silent allegorical film based on the 1908 play "The Passing of the Third Floor Back" by Jerome K. Jerome and directed by Herbert Brenon. The star of the film is Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, a legendary Shakespearean actor, who starred in the 1909 Broadway presentation of the play and its 1913 revival. Forbes-Robertson had been knighted by King George V in 1913 and had retired from acting in theatre that same year. In his retirement Forbes-Robertson had only dabbled in film acting making a 1913 film version of "Hamlet", the most famous role he had played on the stage. Filmed in 1916, it was released in 1918.