Acting credits
48
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Ken Loach
Directing
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Movies: 95Series: 15Crew credits: 62
TMDB ID: 15488
IMDb ID: nm0516360
Known for: Directing
Born: June 17, 1936
Age: 89
Place of birth: Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2025
Years active: 64
Average TMDB rating: 6.85
Wikidata: Q55238
Also known as
Kenneth Charles Loach • 켄 로치 • Kenneth Loach • 肯·洛奇 • Кен Лоуч • 堅盧治 • کن لوچ
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Director (59)Thanks (2)Producer (1)
Biography
Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936; Nuneaton) is a British film director, screenwriter and producer. His socially critical directing style is evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty (Poor Cow, 1967), homelessness (Cathy Come Home, 1966), and labour rights (Riff-Raff, 1991, and The Navigators, 2001). Kenneth Charles Loach was born on 17 June 1936 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, the son of Vivien (née Hamlin) and John Loach. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and at the age of 19 went to serve in the Royal Air Force. He read law at St Peter's College, Oxford and graduated with a third-class degree. As a member of the Oxford University Experimental Theatre Club he directed an open-air production of Bartholomew Fair for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, in 1959 (when he also took the role of the shady horse-dealer Dan Jordan Knockem). After Oxford, he began a career in the dramatic arts. Loach's film Kes (1969) was voted the seventh greatest British film of the 20th century in a poll by the British Film Institute. Two of his films, The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016), received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making him one of only nine filmmakers to win the award twice.
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Movie credits linked with Ken Loach.
7.8
Palestine 36
Thanks
2025 Movie
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
as Self
2025 Movie
Os Maus Patriotas
as HIMSELF
2024 Movie
Uomini in Marcia
2024 Movie
7.2
The Old Oak
Director
2023 Movie
6.2
Cannes Uncut
as Self
2023 Movie
8.0
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
as Self
2023 Movie
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
as (himself)
2023 Movie
7.5
I Get Knocked Down
as Self
2023 Movie
6.2
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
as Sé stesso
2022 Movie
7.6
Thatcher's Not Dead
as Self
2022 Movie
8.1
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self
2022 Movie
A Bolsa ou a Vida
as Self
2021 Movie
8.0
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
as himself
2021 Movie
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
as Self
2020 Movie
10.0
The Great NHS Heist
as Himself
2019 Movie
7.0
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
as Self
2019 Movie
7.3
Sorry We Missed You
Director
2019 Movie
5.0
Who Killed British Cinema?
as Self
2018 Movie
6.5
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
as Self
2018 Movie
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018 Movie
5.2
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
2017 Movie
7.7
I, Daniel Blake
Director
2016 Movie
5.8
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
as Self
2016 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ken Loach.
4.0
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
as Self • 3 eps
2025 Series
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2023 Series
8.7
Reel Britannia
as Self • 4 eps
2022 Series
7.0
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
as Self • 2 eps
2020 Series
7.0
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
Square
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.7
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
9.0
Modern Times
Director • 1 eps
1995 Series
6.7
Dispatches
Director • 1 eps
1987 Series
5.5
Question Time
as Self - Panellist • 3 eps
1979 Series
6.2
Days of Hope
Director • 4 eps
1975 Series
6.3
Play for Today
Director • 3 eps
1970 Series
6.5
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Director • 1 eps
1969 Series
4.5
The Wednesday Play
Director • 4 eps
1964 Series
7.0
Z-Cars
Director • 3 eps
1962 Series