Ralph Fiennes
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1962-12-22 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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.
Known For
Acting
Hallelujah!
as George Frideric Handel
Bike Me Up
as Paris Segment
conclave behind the scenes
as Cardinal Lawrence
Farnsworth House
as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
(2026)
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
as Dr. Ian Kelson
(2026)
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as President Coriolanus Snow
(2025)
28 Years Later
as Dr. Ian Kelson
(2025)
The Choral
as Dr. Guthrie
(2025)
Batman: The Knight Crusader
as Alfred Pennyworth (Voice)
(2024)
Conclave
as Lawrence
(2024)
The Return
as Odysseus (Ulisse)
(2024)
Macbeth
as Macbeth
(2024)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
(2024)
Lego Batman: The Bricks of Justice
as Alfred Pennyworth (Voice)
(2023)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Roald Dahl / Policeman
(2023)
The Rat Catcher
as Rat Man / Roald Dahl
(2023)
Poison
as Roald Dahl
(2023)
The Swan
as Roald Dahl
(2022)
The Menu
as Chef Slowik
(2022)
(2022)
The Forgiven
as David Henninger
(2022)
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
as Robert Moses
(2022)
Four Quartets
as Self
(2021)
No Time to Die
as M
(2021)
The King's Man
as Orlando Oxford
(2021)
The Dig
as Basil Brown
(2021)
Beat the Devil
as David Hare
(2021)
Designing Bond
as Self
(2020)
Dolittle
as Barry (voice)
(2019)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
(2019)
Official Secrets
as Ben Emmerson
(2019)
Coup 53
as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
(2018)
(2018)
The White Crow
as Alexander Pushkin
(2018)
Holmes & Watson
as Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave
(2018)
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
(2017)
The Lego Batman Movie
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
(2017)
Sea Sorrow
as Self
(2017)
Spielberg
as Self
(2017)
André: The Voice of Wine
as Narrator
(2016)
Hail, Caesar!
as Laurence Laurentz
(2016)
Kubo and the Two Strings
as Moon King (voice)
(2016)
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
as Richard III
(2016)
Butterflies
as himself
(2016)
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
as Jaques
(2015)
Spectre
as M
(2015)
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
as Jack Tanner/Don Juan
(2015)
A Bigger Splash
as Harry Hawkes
(2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as M. Gustave
(2014)
Two Women
as Mikhail Rakitin
(2014)
Turks & Caicos
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
(2014)
Salting the Battlefield
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
(2014)
(2013)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Lambert Le Roux
(2013)
The Invisible Woman
as Charles Dickens
(2013)
Muse of Fire
as Self
(2012)
Skyfall
as Gareth Mallory
(2012)
Wrath of the Titans
as Hades
(2012)
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
(2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Lord Voldemort
(2011)
Page Eight
as Alec Beasley
(2011)
Coriolanus
as Caius Martius Coriolanus
(2011)
When Harry Left Hogwarts
as Self
(2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Lord Voldemort
(2010)
Clash of the Titans
as Hades
(2010)
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Lord Gray
(2010)
Cemetery Junction
as Mr. Kendrick
(2010)
The Wildest Dream
as George Mallory (voice)
(2008)
The Hurt Locker
as Contractor Team Leader
(2008)
In Bruges
as Harry
(2008)
The Reader
as Michael Berg
(2008)
The Duchess
as Duke of Devonshire
(2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Lord Voldemort
(2006)
Land of the Blind
as Joe
(2006)
Chromophobia
as Stephen Tulloch
(2006)
Bernard and Doris
as Bernard Lafferty
(2006)
(2005)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Lord Voldemort
(2005)
The Constant Gardener
as Justin Quayle
(2005)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Victor Quartermaine (voice)
(2005)
The White Countess
as Todd Jackson
(2005)
The Chumscrubber
as Mayor Michael Ebbs
(2004)
(2004)
Ten Days to D-Day
as Narrator
(2003)
(2002)
Maid in Manhattan
as Christopher Marshall
(2002)
Spider
as Spider
(2002)
Red Dragon
as Francis Dolarhyde
(2002)
The Good Thief
as Tony Angel (uncredited)
(2000)
How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Marcel Proust
(2000)
The Miracle Maker
as Jesus (voice)
(1999)
Sunshine
as Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors
(1999)
The End of the Affair
as Maurice Bendrix
(1999)
Onegin
as Onegin
(1999)
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
The Prince of Egypt
as Rameses (voice)
(1998)
The Avengers
as John Steed
(1997)
Oscar and Lucinda
as Oscar Hopkins
(1996)
The English Patient
as Almásy
(1995)
Strange Days
as Lenny Nero
(1994)
Quiz Show
as Charles Van Doren
(1993)
Schindler's List
as Amon Goeth
(1993)
The Baby of Mâcon
as The Bishop's Son
(1993)
The Cormorant
as John Talbot
(1992)
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as T.E. Lawrence
(1992)
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
Crew
The Beacon
Writer, Director
(2024)
Conclave
Executive Producer
(2024)
The Return
Executive Producer
(2022)
Four Quartets
Producer
(2021)
The King's Man
Executive Producer
(2019)
Coup 53
Thanks
(2018)
The White Crow
Director, Producer
(2013)
The Invisible Woman
Director
(2011)
Coriolanus
Director, Producer
(1999)
Onegin
Executive Producer