Ralph Fiennes
Acting
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.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Lord Voldemort
Age 48 (now 63)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Victor Quartermaine (voice)
Age 42 (now 63)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Roald Dahl / Policeman
Age 60 (now 63)
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as President Coriolanus Snow
Age 63
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection
as Victor Quartermaine
Age 61 (now 63)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
Age 61 (now 63)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Roald Dahl / Policeman
Age 60 (now 63)
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
as Robert Moses
Age 59 (now 63)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
as Self
Age 59 (now 63)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Age 56 (now 63)
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
as Self (archive footage)
Age 55 (now 63)
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
as Antony
Age 55 (now 63)
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
as Self
Age 55 (now 63)
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
as Richard III
Age 53 (now 63)
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
as Jack Tanner/Don Juan
Age 52 (now 63)
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
as Self
Age 51 (now 63)
Salting the Battlefield
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
Age 51 (now 63)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Lambert Le Roux
Age 50 (now 63)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Lord Voldemort
Age 48 (now 63)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Lord Voldemort
Age 47 (now 63)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Lord Voldemort
Age 44 (now 63)
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
as Self
Age 43 (now 63)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Lord Voldemort
Age 42 (now 63)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Victor Quartermaine (voice)
Age 42 (now 63)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Self
Age 41 (now 63)
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
as Self
Age 40 (now 63)
How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Marcel Proust
Age 37 (now 63)
The Beginning of the End of the Affair
as Self
Age 37 (now 63)
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Age 36 (now 63)
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as T.E. Lawrence
Age 29 (now 63)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self - Actor
Age 59 (now 63)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Age 51 (now 63)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Age 51 (now 63)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Age 46 (now 63)
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
as Wilfred Owen (voice)
Age 33 (now 63)
Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
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