Ralph Fiennes
- Acting
- December 22, 1962 · 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 · President Coriolanus Snow
- Ian Fleming and the Curse of James Bond · Self
- The Claudia Winkleman Show · Self
- Eugene Onegin · Director
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple · Dr. Kelson
- The Choral · Dr Henry Guthrie
- 28 Years Later · Dr. Kelson
- The Return · Odysseus, Executive producer
- Conclave · Lawrence, Executive producer
- National Theatre Live: Macbeth · Macbeth
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More · Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
- Poison · Roald Dahl
- The Rat Catcher · Rat Man / Roald Dahl
- The Swan · Roald Dahl
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar · Roald Dahl / Policeman
- The Menu · Chef Slowik
- Four Quartets · Self, Producer
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg · Self
- The Forgiven · David Henninger
- National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy · Robert Moses
- Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts · Self
- The King's Man · Orlando Oxford, Executive producer
- Designing Bond · Self
- Beat the Devil · David Hare
- No Time to Die · M
- The Dig · Basil Brown
- Dolittle · Barry (Voice)
- Coup 53 · Self, Thanks
- Official Secrets · Ben Emmerson
- The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part · Alfred Pennyworth (Voice)
- Holmes & Watson · James Moriarty
- An Oral History of: Schindler's List · Self
- National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra · Antony
- The White Crow · Alexander Pushkin, Director
- My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw · Self
- Sea Sorrow · Self
- Spielberg · Self
- André: The Voice of Wine · Narrator
- The Lego Batman Movie · Alfred Pennyworth (Voice)
- Butterflies · Self
- Kubo and the Two Strings · Moon King (Voice)
- Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III · Richard III
- Shakespeare Lives: The Works · Jaques
- Hail, Caesar! · Laurence Laurentz
- A Bigger Splash · Harry Hawkes
- Spectre · M
- National Theatre Live: Man and Superman · Jack Tanner/Don Juan
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Two Women · Mikhail Rakitin
- Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley · Self
- Salting the Battlefield · Prime Minister Alec Beasley
- Turks & Caicos · Prime Minister Alec Beasley
- The Grand Budapest Hotel · M. Gustave
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- The Invisible Woman · Charles Dickens, Director
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage · Lambert Le Roux
- Muse of Fire · Self
- The Frame · Lord Voldemort
- Great Expectations · Abel Magwitch
- Skyfall · Gareth Mallory
- Wrath of the Titans · Hades
- When Harry Left Hogwarts · Self
- Page Eight · Alec Beasley
- 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments · Self
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 · Lord Voldemort
- Coriolanus · Caius Martius Coriolanus, Director
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 · Lord Voldemort
- The Wildest Dream · George Mallory (Voice)
- Cemetery Junction · Mr. Kendrick
- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang · Lord Gray
- Clash of the Titans · Hades
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- The Reader · Michael Berg
- The Hurt Locker · Contractor Team Leader
- The Duchess · Duke of Devonshire
- In Bruges · Harry
- J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life · Voldemort (archival footage)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · Lord Voldemort
- The Graham Norton Show · Self