
Ralph Fiennes
Biography
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.
Acting (97 movies)

Strange Days
1995

The English Patient
1996

Schindler's List
1993

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007

The Constant Gardener
2005

The End of the Affair
1999

Onegin
1999

The Baby of Mâcon
1993

The Miracle Maker
2000

Maid in Manhattan
2002

Quiz Show
1994

The Reader
2008

In Bruges
2008

Wuthering Heights
1992

The Hurt Locker
2008

The Duchess
2008

Red Dragon
2002

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011

The Avengers
1998

Spider
2002

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006

The Prince of Egypt
1998

Beat the Devil
2021

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022

The Chumscrubber
2005

Cemetery Junction
2010

Skyfall
2012

Bernard and Doris
2006

Chromophobia
2006

Oscar and Lucinda
1997

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023

Sunshine
1999

Clash of the Titans
2010

The White Countess
2005

Page Eight
2011

Wrath of the Titans
2012

The Wildest Dream
2010

Coriolanus
2011

Great Expectations
2012

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004

The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992

The Invisible Woman
2013

The Cormorant
1993

National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
2022

The Rat Catcher
2023

The Swan
2023

Poison
2023

The Return
2024

Muse of Fire
2013

Turks & Caicos
2014

Salting the Battlefield
2014

A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003

Hail, Caesar!
2016

The Good Thief
2003

Spectre
2015

Land of the Blind
2006

Four Quartets
2022

Kubo and the Two Strings
2016

Two Women
2014

A Bigger Splash
2015

When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011

National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
2015

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024

The Choral
2025

Macbeth
2024

28 Years Later
2025

The Lego Batman Movie
2017

Shakespeare Lives: The Works
2016

Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
2016

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013

Sea Sorrow
2017

Holmes & Watson
2018

Spielberg
2017

The White Crow
2018

André: The Voice of Wine
2017

No Time to Die
2021

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
2018

Official Secrets
2019

The Forgiven
2022

Butterflies
2016

The Dig
2021

National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
2018

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019

The King's Man
2021

Dolittle
2020

Coup 53
2019

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999

The Menu
2022

Ten Days to D-Day
2004

Conclave
2024

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Onegin | 1999 | Executive Producer |
| Coriolanus | 2011 | Producer |
| The White Crow | 2018 | Producer |
| The King's Man | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| Four Quartets | 2022 | Producer |
| Conclave | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| The Return | 2024 | Executive Producer |