Ralph Fiennes

DOB: 1962-12-22

DOD: -

Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes[a](/reɪf ˈfaɪnz/; 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ralph Fiennes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Starred In

1995
Movie

Strange Days

1993
Movie

Schindler's List

1999
Movie

Onegin

1993
Movie

The Baby of Mâcon

2000
Movie

The Miracle Maker

2002
Movie

Maid in Manhattan

1994
Movie

Quiz Show

2008
Movie

The Reader

2008
Movie

In Bruges

1992
Movie

Wuthering Heights

2008
Movie

The Hurt Locker

2008
Movie

The Duchess

2002
Movie

Red Dragon

1998
Movie

The Avengers

2002
Movie

Spider

2021
Movie

Beat the Devil

2005
Movie

The Chumscrubber

2021
Movie

Being James Bond

2010
Movie

Cemetery Junction

2012
Movie

Skyfall

2006
Movie

Bernard and Doris

2006
Movie

Chromophobia

1997
Movie

Oscar and Lucinda

1999
Movie

Sunshine

2005
Movie

The White Countess

2011
Movie

Page Eight

2010
Movie

The Wildest Dream

2011
Movie

Coriolanus

2012
Movie

Great Expectations

1993
Movie

The Cormorant

2023
Movie

The Rat Catcher

2023
Movie

The Swan

2023
Movie

Poison

2024
Movie

The Return

2013
Movie

Muse of Fire

2014
Movie

Turks & Caicos

2016
Movie

Hail, Caesar!

2002
Movie

The Good Thief

2015
Movie

Spectre

2006
Movie

Land of the Blind

2022
Movie

Four Quartets

2014
Movie

Two Women

2015
Movie

A Bigger Splash

2021
Movie

Designing Bond

NaN
Movie

The Beacon

NaN
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The Choral

2024
Movie

Macbeth

2025
Movie

28 Years Later

NaN
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Bike Me Up

2017
Movie

Sea Sorrow

2018
Movie

Holmes & Watson

2017
Movie

Spielberg

2018
Movie

The White Crow

2021
Movie

No Time to Die

2019
Movie

Official Secrets

NaN
Movie

Hallelujah!

2022
Movie

The Forgiven

2016
Movie

Butterflies

2021
Movie

The Dig

2021
Movie

The King's Man

NaN
Movie

Farnsworth House

2020
Movie

Dolittle

2019
Movie

Coup 53

2022
Movie

The Menu

2004
Movie

Ten Days to D-Day

2024
Movie

Conclave

1991
Tv

Prime Suspect

1999
Tv

The Directors

1953
Tv

The Oscars

1997
Tv

The View

1997
Tv

Arthouse

1956
Tv

Tony Awards

2013
Tv

The Frame

1998
Tv

Parkinson

2006
Tv

The One Show