Kenneth Cranham (born on December 12, 1944 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a film, television and stage actor who has appeared in Layer Cake, Gangster No. 1, Rome, Oliver! and many other films. He is best known to genre fans as the deranged Dr. Philip Channard, aka the Channard Cenobite from Hellbound: Hellraiser II.
His many stage credits include West End productions of Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot (also on Broadway), An Inspector Calls, The Ruffian on the Stair and The Birthday Party. He is currently appearing in Gaslight at the Old Vic.
Kenneth Cranham's husky, distinctive voice is especially expressive. The timbre has both deeper and higher pitched overtones and his accent is Northern, so "classless", but carries no obvious local dialect. Being imbued with a quality of pathos, trustworthiness, familiarity and yearning, it makes him a popular choice for BBC radio plays and broadcast poetry readings, and audio projects and voice overs.
