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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.
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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
The One Show
Tony Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
The Graham Norton Show
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Parkinson
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Prime Suspect
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Dolittle
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Despicable Me 4
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Kubo and the Two Strings
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Hurt Locker
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Clash of the Titans
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Oscars
No Time to Die
28 Years Later Part 3
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
The Wildest Dream
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
The Lego Batman Movie
28 Years Later
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Skyfall
Spectre
Page Eight
Schindler's List
In Bruges
Wrath of the Titans
Red Dragon
A Bigger Splash
Official Secrets
Maid in Manhattan
The Duchess
The Prince of Egypt
Wuthering Heights
The Menu
How Proust Can Change Your Life
The Dig
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Cormorant
Quiz Show
The Avengers
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Miracle Maker
Conclave
The Constant Gardener
The Return
The Forgiven
Sunshine
The English Patient
Coriolanus
The King's Man
The Reader
Spider
Production Credits
Coriolanus
The King's Man
Conclave
The Return
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