Ralph Fiennes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 22, 1962 (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
The Beacon
Movie
Bike Me Up
Movie · as Paris Segment
Hallelujah!
Movie · as George Frideric Handel
Farnsworth House
Movie · as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Embers
Movie · as Henrik
Art
Movie · as Marc
Unbeaten
Movie · as Henry Cecil
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Movie · as President Coriolanus Snow
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Movie · as Dr. Kelson
Ian Fleming and the Curse of James Bond
Movie · as Self
The Claudia Winkleman Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Choral
Movie · as Dr Henry Guthrie
28 Years Later
Movie · as Dr. Kelson
The Return
Movie · as Odysseus
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Movie · as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Movie · as Macbeth
Conclave
Movie · as Lawrence
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Movie · as Roald Dahl / Policeman
The Rat Catcher
Movie · as Rat Man / Roald Dahl
The Swan
Movie · as Roald Dahl
Poison
Movie · as Roald Dahl
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Movie · as Self
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
Movie · as Robert Moses
Four Quartets
Movie · as Self
The Forgiven
Movie · as David Henninger
The Menu
Movie · as Chef Slowik
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · as Self - Actor · 2 eps
Beat the Devil
Movie · as David Hare
Designing Bond
Movie · as Self
No Time to Die
Movie · as M
The Dig
Movie · as Basil Brown
The King's Man
Movie · as Orlando Oxford
Dolittle
Movie · as Barry (voice)
Official Secrets
Movie · as Ben Emmerson
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Movie · as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Coup 53
Movie · as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Holmes & Watson
Movie · as James Moriarty
The White Crow
Movie · as Alexander Pushkin
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Movie · as Self
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
Movie · as Antony
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Lego Batman Movie
Movie · as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Sea Sorrow
Movie · as Self
Spielberg
Movie · as Self
André: The Voice of Wine
Movie · as Narrator
Hail, Caesar!
Movie · as Laurence Laurentz
Kubo and the Two Strings
Movie · as Moon King (voice)
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
Movie · as Jaques
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
Movie · as Richard III
Butterflies
Movie · as Self
Spectre
Movie · as M
A Bigger Splash
Movie · as Harry Hawkes
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
Movie · as Jack Tanner/Don Juan
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Movie · as M. Gustave
Turks & Caicos
Movie · as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
Salting the Battlefield
Movie · as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
Two Women
Movie · as Mikhail Rakitin
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Movie · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Invisible Woman
Movie · as Charles Dickens
Muse of Fire
Movie · as Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Movie · as Lambert Le Roux
The Frame
TV · as Lord Voldemort · 1 ep
Skyfall
Movie · as Gareth Mallory
Wrath of the Titans
Movie · as Hades
Great Expectations
Movie · as Abel Magwitch
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie · as Lord Voldemort
Page Eight
Movie · as Alec Beasley
Coriolanus
Movie · as Caius Martius Coriolanus
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Movie · as Self
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Movie · as Self - Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie · as Lord Voldemort
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Movie · as Lord Gray
Cemetery Junction
Movie · as Mr. Kendrick
Clash of the Titans
Movie · as Hades
The Wildest Dream
Movie · as George Mallory (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
The Reader
Movie · as Michael Berg
In Bruges
Movie · as Harry
The Hurt Locker
Movie · as Contractor Team Leader
The Duchess
Movie · as Duke of Devonshire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie · as Lord Voldemort
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
Movie · as Voldemort (archival footage)
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Movie · as Self
Bernard and Doris
Movie · as Bernard Lafferty
Chromophobia
Movie · as Stephen Tulloch
Land of the Blind
Movie · as Joe
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Movie · as Victor Quartermaine (voice)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie · as Lord Voldemort
The Constant Gardener
Movie · as Justin Quayle
The Chumscrubber
Movie · as Mayor Michael Ebbs
The White Countess
Movie · as Todd Jackson
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Movie · as Self
Ten Days to D-Day
Movie · as Narrator
The End of the Affair: "Making of"
Movie
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Movie · as Self
The Good Thief
Movie · as Tony Angel (uncredited)
Maid in Manhattan
Movie · as Christopher Marshall
Red Dragon
Movie · as Francis Dolarhyde
Spider
Movie · as Spider
The Miracle Maker
Movie · as Jesus (voice)
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Movie · as Marcel Proust
The Beginning of the End of the Affair
Movie · as Self
The End of the Affair
Movie · as Maurice Bendrix
Onegin
Movie · as Onegin
Sunshine
Movie · as Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Directors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Avengers
Movie · as John Steed
The Prince of Egypt
Movie · as Rameses (voice)
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Oscar and Lucinda
Movie · as Oscar Hopkins
The View
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Arthouse
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The English Patient
Movie · as Almásy
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
TV · as Wilfred Owen (voice) · 1 ep
Strange Days
Movie · as Lenny Nero
Quiz Show
Movie · as Charles Van Doren
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Schindler's List
Movie · as Amon Goeth
The Baby of Mâcon
Movie · as The Bishop's Son
The Cormorant
Movie · as John Talbot
Wuthering Heights
Movie · as Heathcliff
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Movie · as T.E. Lawrence
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 3 eps
Prime Suspect
TV · as Michael · 2 eps
Wanted: Marjory and Oliver
Movie
Screen Two
TV · as John Talbot · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps