Ralph Fiennes
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.
Known For
Lenny Nero
Strange Days
Count László de Almásy
The English Patient
Amon Goeth
Schindler's List
Victor Quartermaine (voice)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Justin Quayle
The Constant Gardener
Maurice Bendrix
The End of the Affair
Onegin
Onegin
The Bishop's Son
The Baby of Mâcon
Jesus (voice)
The Miracle Maker
Christopher Marshall
Maid in Manhattan
Charles Van Doren
Quiz Show
Michael Berg
The Reader
Harry
In Bruges
Heathcliff
Wuthering Heights
Contractor Team Leader
The Hurt Locker
Duke of Devonshire
The Duchess
Francis Dolarhyde
Red Dragon
Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
John Steed
The Avengers
Spider
Spider
Self
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Rameses (voice)
The Prince of Egypt
David Hare
Beat the Devil
Lord Gray
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Self
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Mayor Michael Ebbs
The Chumscrubber
Self (archive footage)
Being James Bond
Mr. Kendrick
Cemetery Junction
Gareth Mallory
Skyfall
Bernard Lafferty
Bernard and Doris
Stephen Tulloch
Chromophobia
Oscar Hopkins
Oscar and Lucinda
Roald Dahl / Policeman
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Ignatz/Adam/Ivan Sors
Sunshine
Hades
Clash of the Titans
Todd Jackson
The White Countess
Alec Beasley
Page Eight
Hades
Wrath of the Titans
George Mallory (voice)
The Wildest Dream
Caius Martius Coriolanus
Coriolanus
Abel Magwitch
Great Expectations
Self
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
M. Gustave
The Grand Budapest Hotel
T.E. Lawrence
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Charles Dickens
The Invisible Woman
John Talbot
The Cormorant
Robert Moses
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
Rat Man / Roald Dahl
The Rat Catcher
Roald Dahl
The Swan
Roald Dahl
Poison
Odysseus
The Return
Self
Muse of Fire
Prime Minister Alec Beasley
Turks & Caicos
Prime Minister Alec Beasley
Salting the Battlefield
Himself
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Laurence Laurentz
Hail, Caesar!
Tony Angel (uncredited)
The Good Thief
M
Spectre
Joe
Land of the Blind
Self
Four Quartets
Moon King (voice)
Kubo and the Two Strings
Mikhail Rakitin
Две женщины
Harry Hawkes
A Bigger Splash
Self
Designing Bond
The Beacon
Self
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Jack Tanner/Don Juan
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Dr. Guthrie
The Choral
Macbeth
Macbeth
Dr. Kelson
28 Years Later
Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
The Lego Batman Movie
Paris Segment
Bike Me Up
Jaques
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
Richard III
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
Lambert Le Roux
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Self
Sea Sorrow
Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave
Holmes & Watson
Self
Spielberg
Alexander Pushkin
The White Crow
Narrator
André: The Voice of Wine
M
No Time to Die
Himself
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Ben Emmerson
Official Secrets
George Frideric Handel
Hallelujah!
David Henninger
The Forgiven
himself
Бабочки
Basil Brown
The Dig
Antony
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Orlando Oxford
The King's Man
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Farnsworth House
Barry (voice)
Dolittle
Marcel Proust
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Coup 53
Self (archive footage)
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Chef Slowik
The Menu
Narrator
Ten Days to D-Day
Lawrence
Conclave
Cardinal Lawrence
conclave behind the scenes
Dr. Kelson
28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
104
Gender
Male
Birthday
1962-12-22
Place of Birth
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Also Known As
レイフ・ファインズ