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. Since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK. A Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. He made his film debut playing Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards.
A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. Fiennes' portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in Schindler's List (1993) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient (1996) garnered him a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor, as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations.
Since then, Fiennes has been in a number of notable films, including Quiz Show (1994), Strange Days (1995), The End of the Affair (1999), Red Dragon (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), Clash of the Titans (2010), Great Expectations (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He voiced Rameses in The Prince of Egypt (1998).
Fiennes is most known for his role in the major film franchise series of Harry Potter films (2005–2011), in which he played the main villain, Lord Voldemort. In the James Bond series he played Gareth Mallory / M, starting with the 2012 film Skyfall.
In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus, in which he also played the title character. Fiennes won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway.
Known For
Acting
The Choral
as Dr. Guthrie
conclave behind the scenes
as Cardinal Lawrence
Bike Me Up
as Paris Segment
Hallelujah!
as George Frideric Handel
Farnsworth House
as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
(2026)
28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple
as Dr. Kelson
(2025)
28 Years Later
as Dr. Kelson
(2024)
Conclave
as Lawrence
(2024)
The Return
as Odysseus
(2024)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
(2024)
Macbeth
as Macbeth
(2023)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Roald Dahl / Policeman
(2023)
Poison
as Roald Dahl
(2023)
The Rat Catcher
as Rat Man / Roald Dahl
(2023)
The Swan
as Roald Dahl
(2022)
The Menu
as Chef Slowik
(2022)
(2022)
The Forgiven
as David Henninger
(2022)
Four Quartets
as Self
(2022)
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
as Robert Moses
(2021)
No Time to Die
as M
(2021)
The King's Man
as Orlando Oxford
(2021)
The Dig
as Basil Brown
(2021)
Being James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Designing Bond
as Self
(2021)
Beat the Devil
as David Hare
(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)
Holmes & Watson
as Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave
(2018)
The White Crow
as Alexander Pushkin
(2018)
(2018)
(2017)
The Lego Batman Movie
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
(2017)
Spielberg
as Self
(2017)
Sea Sorrow
as Self
(2017)
André: The Voice of Wine
as Narrator
(2016)
Kubo and the Two Strings
as Moon King (voice)
(2016)
Hail, Caesar!
as Laurence Laurentz
(2016)
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
as Richard III
(2016)
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
as Jaques
(2016)
Butterflies
as himself
(2015)
Spectre
as M
(2015)
A Bigger Splash
as Harry Hawkes
(2015)
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
as Jack Tanner/Don Juan
(2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as M. Gustave
(2014)
Salting the Battlefield
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
(2014)
Turks & Caicos
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
(2014)
Two Women
as Mikhail Rakitin
(2013)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Lambert Le Roux
(2013)
Muse of Fire
as Self
(2013)
The Invisible Woman
as Charles Dickens
(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)
Coriolanus
as Caius Martius Coriolanus
(2011)
Page Eight
as Alec Beasley
(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 Reader
as Michael Berg
(2008)
In Bruges
as Harry
(2008)
The Hurt Locker
as Contractor Team Leader
(2008)
The Duchess
as Duke of Devonshire
(2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Lord Voldemort
(2006)
Bernard and Doris
as Bernard Lafferty
(2006)
Chromophobia
as Stephen Tulloch
(2006)
Land of the Blind
as Joe
(2006)
(2005)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Lord Voldemort
(2005)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Victor Quartermaine (voice)
(2005)
The Constant Gardener
as Justin Quayle
(2005)
The Chumscrubber
as Mayor Michael Ebbs
(2005)
The White Countess
as Todd Jackson
(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)
The Miracle Maker
as Jesus (voice)
(2000)
How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Marcel Proust
(1999)
The End of the Affair
as Maurice Bendrix
(1999)
Sunshine
as Ignatz/Adam/Ivan Sors
(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 Count László de 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)
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
(1992)
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as T.E. Lawrence
Crew
The Beacon
Director, Writer
(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