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Ralph Fiennes
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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…
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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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2026
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Movie President Coriolanus Snow
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2026
The Claudia Winkleman Show
TV show Self
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2026
Eugene Onegin
Movie Director
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2026
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Movie Dr. Kelson
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2025
The Choral
Movie Dr. Henry Guthrie
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2025
28 Years Later
Movie Dr. Kelson
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2024
The Return
Movie Odysseus
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2024
Conclave
Movie Lawrence
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2024
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Movie Macbeth
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2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Movie Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
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2023
Poison
Movie Roald Dahl
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2023
The Rat Catcher
Movie Rat Man / Roald Dahl
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2023
The Swan
Movie Roald Dahl
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2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Movie Roald Dahl / Policeman
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2022
The Menu
Movie Chef Slowik
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2022
Four Quartets
Movie Self
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2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV show Self - Actor
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2022
The Forgiven
Movie David Henninger
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2022
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
Movie Robert Moses
- 2022
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2021
The King's Man
Movie Orlando Oxford
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2021
Designing Bond
Movie Self
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2021
Beat the Devil
Movie David Hare
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2021
No Time to Die
Movie M
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2021
The Dig
Movie Basil Brown
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2020
Dolittle
Movie Barry (voice)
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2019
Coup 53
Movie Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
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2019
Official Secrets
Movie Ben Emmerson
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2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Movie Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
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2018
Holmes & Watson
Movie James Moriarty
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2018
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
Movie Antony
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2018
The White Crow
Movie Alexander Pushkin
- 2018
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2017
Sea Sorrow
Movie Self
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2017
Spielberg
Movie Self
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2017
André: The Voice of Wine
Movie Narrator
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2017
The Lego Batman Movie
Movie Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
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2016
Butterflies
Movie Self
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2016
Kubo and the Two Strings
Movie Moon King (voice)
