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Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

ActingBorn December 22, 1962 (age 63)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.

Filmography

2026
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

as President Coriolanus Snow

Movie
2026Movie
2025
The Choral

as Dr. Henry Guthrie

Movie
2025
28 Years Later

as Dr. Ian Kelson

Movie
2024
The Return

as Odysseus (Ulisse)

Movie
2024
Conclave

as Lawrence

Movie
2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)

Movie
2023
Poison

as Roald Dahl

Movie
2023
The Rat Catcher

as Rat Man / Roald Dahl

Movie
2023
The Swan

as Roald Dahl

Movie
2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

as Roald Dahl / Policeman

Movie
2022
The Menu

as Chef Slowik

Movie
2022Movie
2022TV
2022
The Forgiven

as David Henninger

Movie
2021
The King's Man

as Orlando Oxford

Movie
2021Movie
2021
Beat the Devil

as David Hare

Movie
2021Movie
2021
The Dig

as Basil Brown

Movie
2020
Dolittle

as Barry (voice)

Movie
2019
Coup 53

as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire

Movie
2019
Official Secrets

as Ben Emmerson

Movie
2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

Movie
2018
Holmes & Watson

as Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave

Movie
2018
An Oral History of: Schindler's List

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2018
The White Crow

as Alexander Pushkin

Movie
2017
Sea Sorrow

as Self

Movie
2017
Spielberg

as Self

Movie
2017Movie
2017
The Lego Batman Movie

as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

Movie
2016Movie
2016
Kubo and the Two Strings

as Moon King (voice)

Movie
2016Movie
2016
Hail, Caesar!

as Laurence Laurentz

Movie
2015
A Bigger Splash

as Harry Hawkes

Movie
2015Movie
2015Movie
2014
Two Women

as Mikhail Rakitin

Movie
2014
Salting the Battlefield

as Prime Minister Alec Beasley

Movie
2014
Turks & Caicos

as Prime Minister Alec Beasley

Movie
2014Movie
2013
The Invisible Woman

as Charles Dickens

Movie
2013Movie
2013Movie
2013
The Frame

as Lord Voldemort

TV
2012
Great Expectations

as Abel Magwitch

Movie
2012
Skyfall

as Gareth Mallory

Movie
2012Movie
2011Movie
2011
Page Eight

as Alec Beasley

Movie
2011
Coriolanus

as Caius Martius Coriolanus

Movie
2010
The Wildest Dream

as George Mallory (voice)

Movie
2010
Cemetery Junction

as Mr. Kendrick

Movie
2010Movie
2010Movie
2008
The Reader

as Michael Berg

Movie
2008
The Hurt Locker

as Contractor Team Leader

Movie
2008
The Duchess

as Duke of Devonshire

Movie
2008
In Bruges

as Harry

Movie
2007
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life

as Voldemort (archival footage)

Movie
2006
Bernard and Doris

as Bernard Lafferty

Movie
2006TV
2006
Chromophobia

as Stephen Tulloch

Movie
2006Movie
2005Movie
2005
The White Countess

as Todd Jackson

Movie
2005Movie
2005
The Constant Gardener

as Justin Quayle

Movie
2005
The Chumscrubber

as Mayor Michael Ebbs

Movie
2004Movie
2003
The Good Thief

as Tony Angel (uncredited)

Movie
2002
Maid in Manhattan

as Christopher Marshall

Movie
2002
Spider

as Spider

Movie
2002
Red Dragon

as Francis Dolarhyde

Movie
2000
The Miracle Maker

as Jesus (voice)

Movie
2000Movie
1999
Onegin

as Onegin

Movie
1999
The End of the Affair

as Maurice Bendrix

Movie
1999Movie
1999
Sunshine

as Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors

Movie
1999TV
1998
The Prince of Egypt

as Rameses (voice)

Movie
1998
The Avengers

as John Steed

Movie
1998
Parkinson

as Self

TV
1997
Oscar and Lucinda

as Oscar Hopkins

Movie
1997
Arthouse

as Self

TV
1997
The View

as Self - Guest

TV
1996Movie
1996TV
1995
Strange Days

as Lenny Nero

Movie
1994
Quiz Show

as Charles Van Doren

Movie
1993
Schindler's List

as Amon Goeth

Movie
1993
The Baby of Mâcon

as The Bishop's Son

Movie
1993
The Cormorant

as John Talbot

Movie
1992
Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

Movie
1991
Prime Suspect

as Michael

TV
1985
Screen Two

as John Talbot

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
Movie
Bike Me Up

as Paris Segment

Movie
Hallelujah!

as George Frideric Handel

Movie
Farnsworth House

as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Movie
Embers

as Henrik

Movie
Art

as Marc

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 22, 1962
Place of BirthIpswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Popularity3.0