Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes[a](/reɪf ˈfaɪnz/; 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ralph Fiennes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2026 · The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as President Coriolanus Snow
- 2026 · 28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple as Dr. Kelson
- 2025 · 28 Years Later as Dr. Kelson
- 2024 · Conclave as Lawrence
- 2024 · The Return as Odysseus (Ulisse)
- 2024 · Macbeth as Macbeth
- 2024 · The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
- 2023 · Poison as Roald Dahl
- 2023 · The Rat Catcher as Rat Man / Roald Dahl
- 2023 · The Swan as Roald Dahl
- 2023 · The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar as Roald Dahl / Policeman
- 2022 · The Menu as Chef Slowik
- 2022 · Four Quartets as Self
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Actor
- 2022 · The Forgiven as David Henninger
- 2022 · National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy as Robert Moses
- 2022 · Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Self
- 2021 · The King's Man as Orlando Oxford
- 2021 · Designing Bond as Self
- 2021 · Beat the Devil as David Hare
- 2021 · No Time to Die as M
- 2021 · Being James Bond as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Dig as Basil Brown
- 2020 · Dolittle as Barry (voice)
- 2019 · Coup 53 as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
- 2019 · Official Secrets as Ben Emmerson
- 2019 · The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
- 2018 · Holmes & Watson as Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave
- 2018 · National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra as Antony
- 2018 · The White Crow as Alexander Pushkin
- 2018 · My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw as Himself
- 2017 · Sea Sorrow as Self
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self
- 2017 · André: The Voice of Wine as Narrator
- 2017 · The Lego Batman Movie as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
- 2016 · Butterflies as himself
- 2016 · Kubo and the Two Strings as Moon King (voice)
- 2016 · Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III as Richard III
- 2016 · Shakespeare Lives: The Works as Jaques
- 2016 · Hail, Caesar! as Laurence Laurentz
- 2015 · A Bigger Splash as Harry Hawkes
- 2015 · Spectre as M
- 2015 · National Theatre Live: Man and Superman as Jack Tanner/Don Juan
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Two Women as Mikhail Rakitin
- 2014 · Salting the Battlefield as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
- 2014 · Turks & Caicos as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
- 2014 · The Grand Budapest Hotel as M. Gustave
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2013 · The Invisible Woman as Charles Dickens
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Lambert Le Roux
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · The Frame as Lord Voldemort
- 2012 · Great Expectations as Abel Magwitch
- 2012 · Skyfall as Gareth Mallory
- 2012 · Wrath of the Titans as Hades
- 2011 · When Harry Left Hogwarts as Self
- 2011 · Page Eight as Alec Beasley
- 2011 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Lord Voldemort
- 2011 · Coriolanus as Caius Martius Coriolanus
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Lord Voldemort
- 2010 · The Wildest Dream as George Mallory (voice)
- 2010 · Cemetery Junction as Mr. Kendrick
- 2010 · Clash of the Titans as Hades
- 2010 · Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang as Lord Gray
- 2009 · Creating the World of Harry Potter as Self - 'Lord Voldemort'
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · The Reader as Michael Berg
- 2008 · The Hurt Locker as Contractor Team Leader
- 2008 · The Duchess as Duke of Devonshire
- 2008 · In Bruges as Harry
- 2007 · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Lord Voldemort
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Bernard and Doris as Bernard Lafferty
- 2006 · Chromophobia as Stephen Tulloch
- 2006 · Land of the Blind as Joe
- 2006 · Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener as Self
- 2005 · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Lord Voldemort
- 2005 · The White Countess as Todd Jackson
- 2005 · Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as Victor Quartermaine (voice)
- 2005 · The Constant Gardener as Justin Quayle
- 2005 · The Chumscrubber as Mayor Michael Ebbs
- 2004 · Ten Days to D-Day as Narrator
- 2004 · Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
- 2003 · A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' as Self
- 2002 · Maid in Manhattan as Christopher Marshall
- 2002 · Spider as Spider
- 2002 · Red Dragon as Francis Dolarhyde
- 2002 · The Good Thief as Tony Angel (uncredited)
- 2002 · Trailers Schmailers as (Archival)
- 2000 · The Miracle Maker as Jesus (voice)
- 2000 · How Proust Can Change Your Life as Marcel Proust
- 1999 · Onegin as Onegin
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Maurice Bendrix
- 1999 · The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Sunshine as Ignatz/Adam/Ivan Sors
- 1999 · The Directors as Self
- 1998 · The Prince of Egypt as Rameses (voice)
- 1998 · The Avengers as John Steed
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Oscar and Lucinda as Oscar Hopkins
- 1997 · Arthouse as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1996 · The English Patient as Count László de Almásy
- 1996 · The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Wilfred Owen (voice)
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Strange Days as Lenny Nero
- 1994 · Quiz Show as Charles Van Doren
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1993 · Schindler's List as Amon Goeth
- 1993 · The Baby of Mâcon as The Bishop's Son
- 1992 · Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia as T.E. Lawrence
- 1991 · Prime Suspect as Michael
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Choral as Dr. Guthrie
- Future · The Beacon as
- Future · Farnsworth House as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Future · Hallelujah! as George Frideric Handel
- 1993 · The Cormorant as John Talbot
- Future · Bike Me Up as Paris Segment
- Future · conclave behind the scenes as Cardinal Lawrence