Biography
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 22 December 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. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards.
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 132
Movies 111
self 33
TV Shows 21
Voice 10
Producer 6
Director 3
Narrator 2

Conclave (2024)

The Return (2024)

Macbeth (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)

The King's Man (2021)

Beat the Devil (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)

The White Crow (2018)

The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

Butterflies (2016)

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

Hail, Caesar! (2016)

A Bigger Splash (2015)

National Theatre Live: Man and Superman (2015)

Two Women (2014)

Salting the Battlefield (2014)

Turks & Caicos (2014)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

The Invisible Woman (2013)

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)

The Frame (2013)

Great Expectations (2012)

Skyfall (2012)

Page Eight (2011)

Coriolanus (2011)

The Wildest Dream (2010)

Cemetery Junction (2010)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)

The Reader (2008)

The Hurt Locker (2008)

The Duchess (2008)

In Bruges (2008)

J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life (2007)

Bernard and Doris (2006)

Chromophobia (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)

Freedom: A History of Us (2003)

The Good Thief (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 Prince of Egypt (1998)

The Avengers (1998)

Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

The View (1997)

The English Patient (1996)

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1996)

Last of the Czars (1996)

Strange Days (1995)

Quiz Show (1994)

Schindler's List (1993)

The Baby of Mâcon (1993)

The Cormorant (1993)

Wuthering Heights (1992)

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992)

Prime Suspect (1991)

Tony Awards (1956)

Bike Me Up

The Beacon

conclave behind the scenes

Farnsworth House

Petersburg Carousel

Brideshead Revisited

The Choral

Hallelujah!
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1962-12-22 (62 years old)
Birth NameRalph Nathaniel Fiennes
Birth PlaceIpswich, United Kingdom
Height180-centimeter
RelationshipsAlex Kingston (1993 - 1997), Francesca Annis (1995 - 2006)
FatherMark Fiennes
MotherJennifer Lash
SiblingsMagnus Fiennes, Joseph Fiennes, Sophie Fiennes, Martha Fiennes
RelativesHero Fiennes Tiffin
CitizenshipsSerbia, United Kingdom
Also Known Asレイフ・ファインズ, רייף פיינס, 雷夫·范恩斯, Рейф Файнс, ریف فاینز, 랄프 파인즈, رالف فاینز
AwardsJames Joyce Award, James Joyce Awards, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, European 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
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