Ralph Fiennes
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.
Known For
Lenny Nero
Strange Days
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
Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Francis Dolarhyde
Red Dragon
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
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 (Ulisse)
The Return
Self
Muse of Fire
Prime Minister Alec Beasley
Turks & Caicos
Prime Minister Alec Beasley
Salting the Battlefield
Self
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. Henry Guthrie
The Choral
Macbeth
Macbeth
Dr. Ian 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
Self
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Ben Emmerson
Official Secrets
George Frideric Handel
Hallelujah!
David Henninger
The Forgiven
Self
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
President Coriolanus Snow
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Self
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Self
Sequestered - Inside Conclave
Dr. Ian Kelson
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Self (archive footage)
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
106
Gender
Male
Birthday
1962-12-22
Place of Birth
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Also Known As
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes