1962-12-22 Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born December 22, 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. 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.
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Conclave | Cardinal Lomeli | 2024-10-10 |
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The Rat Catcher | Rat Man / Roald Dahl | 2023-09-29 |
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Poison | Roald Dahl | 2023-09-30 |
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Additional Chicken (voice) | 2023-12-08 |
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | Roald Dahl / Policeman | 2023-09-20 |
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The Swan | Roald Dahl | 2023-09-28 |
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Backstage: Ralph Fiennes Straight Line Crazy | Himself | 2022-05-23 |
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National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy | Robert Moses | 2022-05-26 |
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The Menu | Chef Slowik | 2022-11-17 |
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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Self | 2022-01-01 |
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The Forgiven | David Henninger | 2022-07-01 |
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Four Quartets | Self | 2022-10-16 |
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Beat the Devil | David Hare | 2021-11-11 |
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The King's Man | Orlando Oxford | 2021-12-22 |
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Being James Bond | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-29 |
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The Dig | Basil Brown | 2021-01-14 |
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Designing Bond | Self | 2021-12-20 |
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No Time to Die | M | 2021-09-29 |
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Dolittle | Barry (voice) | 2020-01-02 |
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Coup 53 | Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire | 2019-09-01 |
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Official Secrets | Ben Emmerson | 2019-08-30 |
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Alfred Pennyworth (voice) | 2019-02-06 |
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Holmes & Watson | Prof. James Moriarty | 2018-12-25 |
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The White Crow | Alexander Pushkin | 2018-08-31 |
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My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw | Himself | 2018-03-25 |
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National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra | Antony | 2018-12-06 |
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André: The Voice of Wine | Narrator | 2017-02-15 |
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The Lego Batman Movie | Alfred Pennyworth (voice) | 2017-02-08 |
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Spielberg | Self | 2017-10-05 |
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Batmersive VR Experience | Alfred | 2017-04-24 |
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Sea Sorrow | Himself | 2017-11-08 |
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Kubo and the Two Strings | Moon King (voice) | 2016-08-18 |
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Hail, Caesar! | Laurence Laurentz | 2016-02-05 |
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Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III | Richard III | 2016-07-21 |
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Бабочки | himself | 2016-10-26 |
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Shakespeare Lives: The Works | Jaques | 2016-04-22 |
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A Bigger Splash | Harry Hawkes | 2015-11-26 |
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National Theatre Live: Man and Superman | Jack Tanner/Don Juan | 2015-05-14 |
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Spectre | M | 2015-10-26 |
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The Grand Budapest Hotel | Monsieur Gustave H. | 2014-02-26 |
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Salting the Battlefield | Prime Minister Alec Beasley | 2014-03-27 |
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The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel | Self / M. Gustave | 2014-06-17 |
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Turks & Caicos | Prime Minister Alec Beasley | 2014-03-20 |
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Две женщины | Mikhail Rakitin | 2014-11-23 |
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The Invisible Woman | Charles Dickens | 2013-12-25 |
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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Lambert Le Roux | 2013-11-02 |
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Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
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Wrath of the Titans | Hades | 2012-03-28 |
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Great Expectations | Abel Magwitch | 2012-11-30 |
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Skyfall | Gareth Mallory | 2012-10-24 |
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Page Eight | Alec Beasley | 2011-08-28 |
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Coriolanus | Caius Martius Coriolanus | 2011-02-14 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Lord Voldemort | 2011-07-12 |
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Cemetery Junction | Mr. Kendrick | 2010-04-14 |
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The Wildest Dream | George Mallory (voice) | 2010-08-06 |
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Lord Gray | 2010-03-26 |
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Clash of the Titans | Hades | 2010-03-26 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Lord Voldemort | 2010-11-17 |
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The Duchess | Duke of Devonshire | 2008-09-05 |
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The Reader | Michael Berg | 2008-12-10 |
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The Hurt Locker | Contractor Team Leader | 2008-10-10 |
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In Bruges | Harry Waters | 2008-02-08 |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Lord Voldemort | 2007-07-08 |
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Bernard and Doris | Bernard Lafferty | 2006-09-01 |
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Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener | Self | 2006-01-10 |
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Chromophobia | Stephen Tulloch | 2006-05-10 |
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Land of the Blind | Joe | 2006-05-01 |
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The Chumscrubber | Mayor Michael Ebbs | 2005-06-08 |
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The Constant Gardener | Justin Quayle | 2005-08-31 |
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The White Countess | Todd Jackson | 2005-10-30 |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Lord Voldemort | 2005-11-16 |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Victor Quartermaine (voice) | 2005-09-04 |
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Ten Days to D-Day | Narrator | 2004-01-02 |
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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | Self | 2004-01-01 |
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A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' | Himself | 2003-04-03 |
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The Good Thief | Tony Angel (uncredited) | 2003-04-03 |
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The Making of 'Gosford Park' | Self (archive footage) | 2002-06-18 |
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Red Dragon | Francis Dolarhyde / Red Dragon | 2002-10-02 |
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Maid in Manhattan | Christopher Marshall | 2002-12-13 |
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Spider | Spider | 2002-11-06 |
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How Proust Can Change Your Life | Marcel Proust | 2000-03-19 |
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The Miracle Maker | Jesus | 2000-03-31 |
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Onegin | Onegin | 1999-12-22 |
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The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1999-09-14 |
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Sunshine | Ignatz/Adam/Ivan Sors | 1999-09-13 |
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The End of the Affair | Maurice Bendrix | 1999-12-03 |
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The Prince of Egypt | Ramesses II (voice) | 1998-12-16 |
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The Avengers | John Steed | 1998-08-13 |
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Oscar and Lucinda | Oscar Hopkins | 1997-12-31 |
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The English Patient | Count László de Almásy | 1996-11-14 |
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Strange Days | Lenny Nero | 1995-10-13 |
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Quiz Show | Charles Van Doren | 1994-08-25 |
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The Cormorant | John Talbot | 1993-02-21 |
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The Baby of Mâcon | The Bishop's Son | 1993-09-17 |
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Schindler's List | Amon Goeth | 1993-12-15 |
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Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | 1992-10-16 |
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A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | T.E. Lawrence | 1990-04-18 |
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The Return | Odysseus | |
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Farnsworth House | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | |
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Hallelujah! | George Frideric Handel |