Ralph Fiennes
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
Credits
- 2026 · 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple as Dr. Ian Kelson
- 2025 · 28 Years Later as Dr. Ian Kelson
- 2024 · The Return as Odysseus (Ulisse)
- 2024 · Conclave as Lawrence
- 2024 · Macbeth as Macbeth
- 2023 · The Rat Catcher as Rat Man / Roald Dahl
- 2023 · The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar as Roald Dahl / Policeman
- 2022 · The Menu as Chef Slowik
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Actor
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self - Actor
- 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 · No Time to Die as M
- 2021 · The Dig as Basil Brown
- 2020 · Dolittle as Barry (voice)
- 2019 · Official Secrets as Ben Emmerson
- 2018 · An Oral History of: Schindler's List as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · The Lego Batman Movie as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
- 2016 · Kubo and the Two Strings as Moon King (voice)
- 2016 · Hail, Caesar! as Laurence Laurentz
- 2015 · Spectre as M
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · The Grand Budapest Hotel as M. Gustave
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Lambert Le Roux
- 2012 · Great Expectations as Abel Magwitch
- 2012 · Skyfall as Gareth Mallory
- 2012 · Wrath of the Titans as Hades
- 2011 · Page Eight as Alec Beasley
- 2011 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Lord Voldemort
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Lord Voldemort
- 2010 · Cemetery Junction as Mr. Kendrick
- 2010 · Clash of the Titans as Hades
- 2010 · Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang as Lord Gray
- 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 · The One Show as Self
- 2005 · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Lord Voldemort
- 2005 · Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as Victor Quartermaine (voice)
- 2005 · The Constant Gardener as Justin Quayle
- 1999 · Sunshine as Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors
- 1998 · The Prince of Egypt as Rameses (voice)
- 1998 · The Avengers as John Steed
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1996 · The English Patient as Almásy
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1993 · Schindler's List as Amon Goeth
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · Prime Suspect as Michael
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Hallelujah! as George Frideric Handel
- 2026 · The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as President Coriolanus Snow
- 2025 · The Choral as Dr. Guthrie
- 2024 · The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
- 2023 · Poison as Roald Dahl
- 2021 · Designing Bond as Self
- 2021 · Beat the Devil as David Hare
- 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
- 2016 · Butterflies as himself
- 2016 · Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III as Richard III
- 2015 · A Bigger Splash as Harry Hawkes
- 2014 · Two Women as Mikhail Rakitin
- 2013 · The Frame as Lord Voldemort
- 2011 · Coriolanus as Caius Martius Coriolanus
- 2009 · Creating the World of Harry Potter as Self - 'Lord Voldemort'
- 2006 · Land of the Blind as Joe
- 2005 · The White Countess as Todd Jackson
- 2005 · The Chumscrubber as Mayor Michael Ebbs
- 2004 · Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
- 2002 · Spider as Spider
- 2002 · Red Dragon as Francis Dolarhyde
- 1999 · Onegin as Onegin
- 1999 · The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · The Directors as Self
- 1997 · Oscar and Lucinda as Oscar Hopkins
- 1995 · Strange Days as Lenny Nero
- Future · The Beacon as
- 2025 · Batman: The Knight Crusader as Alfred Pennyworth (Voice)
- 2024 · Lego Batman: The Bricks of Justice as Alfred Pennyworth (Voice)
- 2023 · The Swan as Roald Dahl
- 2022 · Four Quartets as Self
- 2022 · The Forgiven as David Henninger
- 2019 · Coup 53 as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
- 2017 · André: The Voice of Wine as Narrator
- 2016 · Shakespeare Lives: The Works as Jaques
- 2015 · National Theatre Live: Man and Superman as Jack Tanner/Don Juan
- 2014 · Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley as Self
- 2014 · Salting the Battlefield as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
- 2014 · Turks & Caicos as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
- 2013 · The Invisible Woman as Charles Dickens
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2011 · When Harry Left Hogwarts as Self
- 2010 · The Wildest Dream as George Mallory (voice)
- 2006 · Bernard and Doris as Bernard Lafferty
- 2006 · Chromophobia as Stephen Tulloch
- 2006 · Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener as Self
- 2004 · Ten Days to D-Day as Narrator
- 2003 · A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' as Self
- 2003 · The Good Thief as Tony Angel (uncredited)
- 2002 · Maid in Manhattan as Christopher Marshall
- 2000 · The Miracle Maker as Jesus (voice)
- 2000 · How Proust Can Change Your Life as Marcel Proust
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Maurice Bendrix
- 1997 · Arthouse as Self
- 1996 · The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Wilfred Owen (voice)
- 1994 · Quiz Show as Charles Van Doren
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1993 · The Baby of Mâcon as The Bishop's Son
- 1993 · The Cormorant as John Talbot
- 1992 · Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff
- 1992 · A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia as T.E. Lawrence
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Bike Me Up as Paris Segment
- Future · conclave behind the scenes as Cardinal Lawrence
- Future · Farnsworth House as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Future · Sequestered - Inside Conclave as Self