Biography
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born December 22, 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. Since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK. A Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. He made his film debut playing Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. Fiennes' portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in Schindler's List (1993) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient (1996) garnered him a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor, as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations.
Since then, Fiennes has been in a number of notable films, including Quiz Show (1994), Strange Days (1995), The End of the Affair (1999), Red Dragon (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), Clash of the Titans (2010), Great Expectations (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He voiced Rameses in The Prince of Egypt (1998).
Fiennes is most known for his role in the major film franchise series of Harry Potter films (2005–2011), in which he played the main villain, Lord Voldemort. In the James Bond series he played Gareth Mallory / M, starting with the 2012 film Skyfall.
In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus, in which he also played the title character. Fiennes won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway.
Filmography
all 128
Movies 108
self 27
TV Shows 20
Voice 6
Producer 1
Narrator 1
Director 1
Conclave (2024)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
Poison (2023)
The Rat Catcher (2023)
The Swan (2023)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
The Menu (2022)
Four Quartets (2022)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022)
The Forgiven (2022)
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy (2022)
Backstage: Ralph Fiennes Straight Line Crazy (2022)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)
The King's Man (2021)
Designing Bond (2021)
Beat the Devil (2021)
No Time to Die (2021)
Being James Bond (2021)
The Dig (2021)
Dolittle (2020)
Coup 53 (2019)
Official Secrets (2019)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
Holmes & Watson (2018)
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short (2018)
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra (2018)
The White Crow (2018)
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw (2018)
Sea Sorrow (2017)
Spielberg (2017)
Batmersive VR Experience (2017)
André: The Voice of Wine (2017)
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Butterflies (2016)
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III (2016)
Shakespeare Lives: The Works (2016)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
A Bigger Splash (2015)
Spectre (2015)
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Two Women (2014)
The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
Turks & Caicos (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
The Invisible Woman (2013)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
Muse of Fire (2013)
The Frame (2013)
Great Expectations (2012)
Skyfall (2012)
Wrath of the Titans (2012)
When Harry Left Hogwarts (2011)
Page Eight (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Coriolanus (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
The Wildest Dream (2010)
Cemetery Junction (2010)
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
Clash of the Titans (2010)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
The Reader (2008)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Duchess (2008)
In Bruges (2008)
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life (2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Bernard and Doris (2006)
Chromophobia (2006)
Land of the Blind (2006)
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener (2006)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
The White Countess (2005)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
The Chumscrubber (2005)
Ten Days to D-Day (2004)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
Freedom: A History of Us (2003)
The Good Thief (2003)
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' (2003)
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Spider (2002)
Red Dragon (2002)
The Making of 'Gosford Park' (2002)
The Miracle Maker (2000)
How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000)
Onegin (1999)
The End of the Affair (1999)
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen (1999)
Sunshine (1999)
The Directors (1999)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
The Avengers (1998)
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Arthouse (1997)
The View (1997)
The English Patient (1996)
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Last of the Czars (1996)
Strange Days (1995)
Quiz Show (1994)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Schindler's List (1993)
The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
The Cormorant (1993)
Wuthering Heights (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Prime Suspect (1991)
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1990)
Tony Awards (1956)
The Oscars (1953)
The Return
Petersburg Carousel
Brideshead Revisited
Farnsworth House
The Beacon
The Choral
Hallelujah!
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1962-12-22 (61 years old)
Birth NameRalph Nathaniel Fiennes
Birth PlaceIpswich, United Kingdom
Height180-centimeter
RelationshipsAlex Kingston (1993-09-01 - 1997-01-01), Francesca Annibali (1995-01-01 - 2006-01-01)
FatherMark Fiennes
MotherJennifer Lash
SiblingsMagnus Fiennes, Joseph Fiennes, Sophie Fiennes, Martha Fiennes
RelativesHero Fiennes Tiffin
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, Serbia
Also Known AsРэйф Файнс, レイフ・ファインズ, Рейф Файнз, רייף פיינס
AwardsEuropean Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award, Theatre World Award, European Film Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, James Joyce Award, James Joyce Awards, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
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