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Ralph Fiennes

Acting 63 years old Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK ★ 5.0
Born: December 22, 1962

Biography

Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. He has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Fiennes was trained at and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1985. A Shakespeare interpreter, he excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before succeeding at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1995, Fiennes made his Broadway debut playing Prince Hamlet in the revival of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He was later Tony-nominated for his role as a travelling faith healer in the Brian Friel play Faith Healer (2006).

Fiennes made his film debut playing Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992). He has earned three Academy Award nominations for his performances in the films Schindler's List (1993), The English Patient (1996), and Conclave (2024). He has also acted in Quiz Show (1994), Maid in Manhattan (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), The Duchess (2008), The Hurt Locker (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), A Bigger Splash (2015), Hail, Caesar! (2016), and The Menu (2022).

Fiennes gained wider recognition for playing Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film series (2005–2011) and Gareth Mallory / M in the James Bond films (2012–2021); and has voiced roles in the animated films The Prince of Egypt (1998), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). He directed and starred in the films Coriolanus (2011) and The Invisible Woman (2013). Aside from acting, Fiennes has been an ambassador for UNICEF UK since 1999.

Filmography

Acting Credits (126)

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping President Coriolanus Snow 2026
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Dr. Ian Kelson 2026
The Choral
The Choral Dr. Henry Guthrie 2025
28 Years Later
28 Years Later Dr. Ian Kelson 2025
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection Victor Quartermaine 2024
The Return
The Return Odysseus (Ulisse) 2024
Conclave
Conclave Lawrence 2024
Macbeth
Macbeth Macbeth 2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage) 2024
Poison
Poison Roald Dahl 2023
The Rat Catcher
The Rat Catcher Rat Man / Roald Dahl 2023
The Swan
The Swan Roald Dahl 2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Roald Dahl / Policeman 2023
The Menu
The Menu Chef Slowik 2022
Four Quartets
Four Quartets Self 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Self - Actor 2022
The Forgiven
The Forgiven David Henninger 2022
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy Robert Moses 2022
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Self 2022
The King's Man
The King's Man Orlando Oxford 2021
Designing Bond
Designing Bond Self 2021
Beat the Devil
Beat the Devil David Hare 2021
No Time to Die
No Time to Die M 2021
The Dig
The Dig Basil Brown 2021
Dolittle
Dolittle Barry (voice) 2020
Coup 53
Coup 53 Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire 2019
Official Secrets
Official Secrets Ben Emmerson 2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Alfred Pennyworth (voice) 2019
Holmes & Watson
Holmes & Watson Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave 2018
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
An Oral History of: Schindler's List Self (archive footage) 2018
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra Antony 2018
The White Crow
The White Crow Alexander Pushkin 2018
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw Self 2018
Sea Sorrow
Sea Sorrow Self 2017
Spielberg
Spielberg Self 2017
André: The Voice of Wine
André: The Voice of Wine Narrator 2017
The Lego Batman Movie
The Lego Batman Movie Alfred Pennyworth (voice) 2017
Butterflies
Butterflies Self 2016
Kubo and the Two Strings
Kubo and the Two Strings Moon King (voice) 2016
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III Richard III 2016
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
Shakespeare Lives: The Works Jaques 2016
Hail, Caesar!
Hail, Caesar! Laurence Laurentz 2016
A Bigger Splash
A Bigger Splash Harry Hawkes 2015
Spectre
Spectre M 2015
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman Jack Tanner/Don Juan 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
Two Women
Two Women Mikhail Rakitin 2014
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley Self 2014
Salting the Battlefield
Salting the Battlefield Prime Minister Alec Beasley 2014
Turks & Caicos
Turks & Caicos Prime Minister Alec Beasley 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel M. Gustave 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman Charles Dickens 2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage Lambert Le Roux 2013
Muse of Fire
Muse of Fire Self 2013
The Frame
The Frame Lord Voldemort 2013
Great Expectations
Great Expectations Abel Magwitch 2012
Skyfall
Skyfall Gareth Mallory 2012
Wrath of the Titans
Wrath of the Titans Hades 2012
When Harry Left Hogwarts
When Harry Left Hogwarts Self 2011
Page Eight
Page Eight Alec Beasley 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Lord Voldemort 2011
Coriolanus
Coriolanus Caius Martius Coriolanus 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Lord Voldemort 2010
The Wildest Dream
The Wildest Dream George Mallory (voice) 2010
Cemetery Junction
Cemetery Junction Mr. Kendrick 2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Lord Gray 2010
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans Hades 2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
The Reader
The Reader Michael Berg 2008
The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker Contractor Team Leader 2008
The Duchess
The Duchess Duke of Devonshire 2008
In Bruges
In Bruges Harry 2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Lord Voldemort 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Bernard and Doris
Bernard and Doris Bernard Lafferty 2006
The One Show
The One Show Self 2006
Chromophobia
Chromophobia Stephen Tulloch 2006
Land of the Blind
Land of the Blind Joe 2006
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener Self 2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Lord Voldemort 2005
The White Countess
The White Countess Todd Jackson 2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Victor Quartermaine (voice) 2005
The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener Justin Quayle 2005
The Chumscrubber
The Chumscrubber Mayor Michael Ebbs 2005
Ten Days to D-Day
Ten Days to D-Day Narrator 2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust Self 2004
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' Self 2003
The Good Thief
The Good Thief Tony Angel (uncredited) 2003
Maid in Manhattan
Maid in Manhattan Christopher Marshall 2002
Spider
Spider Spider 2002
Red Dragon
Red Dragon Francis Dolarhyde 2002
The Miracle Maker
The Miracle Maker Jesus (voice) 2000
How Proust Can Change Your Life
How Proust Can Change Your Life Marcel Proust 2000
Onegin
Onegin Onegin 1999
The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair Maurice Bendrix 1999
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen Self (archive footage) 1999
Sunshine
Sunshine Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors 1999
The Directors
The Directors Self 1999
The Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt Rameses (voice) 1998
The Avengers
The Avengers John Steed 1998
Parkinson
Parkinson Self 1998
Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda Oscar Hopkins 1997
Arthouse
Arthouse Self 1997
The View
The View Self - Guest 1997
The English Patient
The English Patient Almásy 1996
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century Wilfred Owen (voice) 1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
Strange Days
Strange Days Lenny Nero 1995
Quiz Show
Quiz Show Charles Van Doren 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
Schindler's List
Schindler's List Amon Goeth 1993
The Baby of Mâcon
The Baby of Mâcon The Bishop's Son 1993
The Cormorant
The Cormorant John Talbot 1993
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights Heathcliff 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia T.E. Lawrence 1992
Prime Suspect
Prime Suspect Michael 1991
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
The Beacon
The Beacon
Bike Me Up
Bike Me Up Paris Segment
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! George Frideric Handel
Farnsworth House
Farnsworth House Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Sequestered - Inside Conclave
Sequestered - Inside Conclave Self

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