
Ralph Fiennes
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Biography
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born December 22, 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. Since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK. A Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. He made his film debut playing Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. Fiennes' portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in Schindler's List (1993) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient (1996) garnered him a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor, as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations.
Since then, Fiennes has been in a number of notable films, including Quiz Show (1994), Strange Days (1995), The End of the Affair (1999), Red Dragon (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), Clash of the Titans (2010), Great Expectations (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He voiced Rameses in The Prince of Egypt (1998).
Fiennes is most known for his role in the major film franchise series of Harry Potter films (2005–2011), in which he played the main villain, Lord Voldemort. In the James Bond series he played Gareth Mallory / M, starting with the 2012 film Skyfall.
In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus, in which he also played the title character. Fiennes won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway.
Known For

The Graham Norton Show

Tony Awards

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Prime Suspect

Creating the World of Harry Potter

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Dolittle

Despicable Me 4

Kubo and the Two Strings

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

The Hurt Locker

The Oscars

Clash of the Titans

No Time to Die

28 Years Later

Spectre

Skyfall

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

The Lego Batman Movie

The Wildest Dream

A Bigger Splash

Schindler's List

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

In Bruges

Wrath of the Titans

Official Secrets

Page Eight

Red Dragon

The Menu

Maid in Manhattan

The Duchess

Wuthering Heights

The Dig

The Prince of Egypt

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

The Return

The Constant Gardener

The Forgiven

The King's Man

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

The Avengers

The English Patient

Quiz Show

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Conclave

Coriolanus

Spider
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