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.