
Ralph Fiennes
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Biography
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.
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Known For

Golden Globe Awards

Tony Awards

The Graham Norton Show

The Daily Show

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Parkinson

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Prime Suspect

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Creating the World of Harry Potter

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Dolittle

Despicable Me 4

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Kubo and the Two Strings

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

The Hurt Locker

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Oscars

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Clash of the Titans

28 Years Later

No Time to Die

Skyfall

The Wildest Dream

Spectre

28 Years Later Part 3

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

The Lego Batman Movie

28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Red Dragon

Page Eight

A Bigger Splash

In Bruges

Official Secrets

Wrath of the Titans

Schindler's List

Wuthering Heights

The Menu

The Duchess

Maid in Manhattan

How Proust Can Change Your Life

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

The Dig

The Prince of Egypt

The Reader

The King's Man

The Forgiven

The English Patient

The Avengers

The Cormorant

Coriolanus

The Return

The Miracle Maker

Spider

Conclave

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Quiz Show

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

The Constant Gardener
Production Credits
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