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In the second paragraph of the Career / Theatre section there’s a passage referring to RADA that says, "Branagh was part of the 'new wave' of actors to emerge from the Academy. Others included Jonathan Pryce, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Anton Lesser, Bruce Payne and Fiona Shaw". ....Aside from the fact that somebody is copying and pasting this section into other articles on actors, it seems odd: the "generation" it's referring to is rather vague, to stay the least. Jonathan Pryce left RADA around 1968. Alan Rickman left around 1967. Branagh left around 1981. To say he's from the same "generation" as the 2 other actors is incorrect. Pryce was "known" and was working through the 70's (actually Branagh would have been at school at the time), and although Rickman's success seemed concurrent with Brannagh's, to include him and Pryce in Branagh's generation would seem wide of the mark. Have also mentioned as much on the Pryce talk page.

article says . Branagh has also directed the thriller Sleuth (2007), a remake of the 1972 film starring Jude Law and Michael Caine.

should be Branagh has also directed the thriller Sleuth (2007), a remake of the 1972 film, with the 2007 version starring Jude Law and Michael Caine. 68.150.205.46 (talk) 06:34, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The page says he is a British actor, and says he was born in Belfast in Northern Ireland. The actor himself says he identifies as Irish, not British. ~2025-37653-05 (talk) 05:18, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As with everything in WP, the primary question is how he is described by reliable English-language sources around the world, principally from English-speaking countries. WP always follows the sources. This has been debated extensively on this page, and the long-standing description as a British actor born in Belfast and raised in Reading has been stable for a long time, reflects the reliable sources, and is supported by citation. MapReader (talk) 05:38, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Branagh himself does not see the two as exclusive, as do many of his generation. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/branagh-s-belfast-is-right-unionists-didn-t-have-a-problem-calling-themselves-irish-1.4787071[1]Halbared (talk) 09:49, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Under his narrator credits this article presents the title of the series incorrectly . ~2026-15451-88 (talk) 23:18, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]