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 |