Ralph Fiennes
Acting
- Born:
- 1962-12-22
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Ian Fleming and the Curse of James Bond
The Claudia Winkleman Show
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
The Choral
28 Years Later
The Return
Conclave
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Poison
The Rat Catcher
The Swan
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Menu
Four Quartets
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
The Forgiven
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
The King's Man
Designing Bond
Beat the Devil
No Time to Die
The Dig
Dolittle
Coup 53
Official Secrets
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Holmes & Watson
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
The White Crow
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Sea Sorrow
Spielberg
André: The Voice of Wine
The Lego Batman Movie
Butterflies
Kubo and the Two Strings
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
Hail, Caesar!
A Bigger Splash
Spectre
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Two Women
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Salting the Battlefield
Turks & Caicos
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Invisible Woman
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Muse of Fire
The Frame
Great Expectations
Skyfall
Wrath of the Titans
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Page Eight
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Coriolanus
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The Wildest Dream
Cemetery Junction
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Clash of the Titans
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Reader
The Hurt Locker
The Duchess
In Bruges
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Graham Norton Show
Bernard and Doris
The One Show
Chromophobia
Land of the Blind
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The White Countess
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Constant Gardener
The Chumscrubber
Ten Days to D-Day
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
The End of the Affair: "Making of"
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
The Good Thief
Maid in Manhattan
Spider
Red Dragon
The Miracle Maker
How Proust Can Change Your Life
The Beginning of the End of the Affair
Onegin
The End of the Affair
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Sunshine
The Directors
The Prince of Egypt
The Avengers
Parkinson
Oscar and Lucinda
Arthouse
The View
The English Patient
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
The Daily Show
Strange Days
Quiz Show
Inside the Actors Studio
Schindler's List
The Baby of Mâcon
The Cormorant
Wuthering Heights
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Prime Suspect
Wanted: Marjory and Oliver
Screen Two
Film '72
Tony Awards
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
The Beacon
Bike Me Up
Hallelujah!
Farnsworth House
Embers
Art
Unbeaten