List of awards and nominations received by Kenneth Branagh

This is a list of awards and nominations received by Northern Irish actor, director, producer and screenwriter Sir Kenneth Branagh. Having trained Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he became known for his stage and screen adaptations of William Shakespeare. In 2012 he was appointed a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II. He was made a Freeman of his native city of Belfast in January 2018. In 2020, he was listed at number 20 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

Branagh is known for his films as a director including the William Shakespeare film adaptations Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), as well as the murder mystery Dead Again (1991), the drama Peter's Friends (1992) and the horror adaptation Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994). He also directed Thor (2011), the live action adaptation of Cinderella (2015), Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and the drama Belfast (2021).

He has received many accolades for his work including eight Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and Best Live Action Short Film. He also earned ten BAFTA Award nominations, five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, five Golden Globe Award nominations, a Grammy Award nomination, and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. For his work on the West End stage he has earned seven Laurence Olivier Award nominations and two wins for Best Newcomer in 1982 and the Society of London Theatre Award in 2017.