Ralph Fiennes
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1962-12-22
Place of birth
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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Cast
Strange Days
1995
7.01
The English Patient
1996
7.16
Schindler's List
1993
8.57
The Constant Gardener
2005
6.99
The End of the Affair
1999
6.60
Onegin
1999
6.10
The Baby of Mâcon
1993
6.86
The Miracle Maker
2000
6.14
Maid in Manhattan
2002
6.10
Quiz Show
1994
7.30
The Reader
2008
7.47
In Bruges
2008
7.50
Wuthering Heights
1992
6.64
The Hurt Locker
2008
7.26
The Duchess
2008
7.00
Red Dragon
2002
7.03
The Avengers
1998
4.44
Spider
2002
6.64
The Prince of Egypt
1998
7.30
Beat the Devil
2021
6.00
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
6.31
The Chumscrubber
2005
6.47
Cemetery Junction
2010
6.50
Skyfall
2012
7.26
Bernard and Doris
2006
6.00
Chromophobia
2006
5.20
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
6.30
Sunshine
1999
6.46
Clash of the Titans
2010
5.92
The White Countess
2005
6.22
Page Eight
2011
6.56
Wrath of the Titans
2012
5.76
The Wildest Dream
2010
7.00
Coriolanus
2011
5.85
Great Expectations
2012
6.40
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
8.03
The Invisible Woman
2013
5.93
The Cormorant
1993
4.00
The Rat Catcher
2023
6.61
The Swan
2023
6.78
Poison
2023
6.86
The Return
2024
6.50
Muse of Fire
2013
6.50
Turks & Caicos
2014
6.26
Salting the Battlefield
2014
6.21
Hail, Caesar!
2016
5.90
The Good Thief
2003
6.10
Spectre
2015
6.57
Land of the Blind
2006
5.80
Four Quartets
2022
6.00
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
7.63
Two Women
2014
6.40
A Bigger Splash
2015
6.16
Designing Bond
2021
5.50
The Beacon
0.00
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
7.00
The Choral
2025
6.30
Macbeth
2024
8.00
28 Years Later
2025
6.60
The Lego Batman Movie
2017
7.23
Bike Me Up
0.00
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
2016
6.00
Sea Sorrow
2017
5.30
Holmes & Watson
2018
4.29
Spielberg
2017
7.57
The White Crow
2018
6.56
André: The Voice of Wine
2017
6.00
No Time to Die
2021
7.35
Official Secrets
2019
7.21
Hallelujah!
0.00
The Forgiven
2022
5.72
Butterflies
2016
3.25
The Dig
2021
6.85
The King's Man
2021
6.72
Farnsworth House
0.00
Dolittle
2020
6.58
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000
4.70
Coup 53
2019
8.00
The Menu
2022
7.17
Ten Days to D-Day
2004
4.70
Conclave
2024
7.19
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026
7.30