1962-12-22 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 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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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | Dr. Ian Kelson | 2026-01-14 |
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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping | President Coriolanus Snow | 2026-11-18 |
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28 Years Later | Dr. Ian Kelson | 2025-06-18 |
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The Choral | Dr. Guthrie | 2025-11-07 |
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Batman: The Knight Crusader | Alfred Pennyworth (Voice) | 2025-10-29 |
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The Return | Odysseus (Ulisse) | 2024-11-28 |
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More | Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage) | 2024-03-14 |
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Conclave | Lawrence | 2024-10-25 |
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Macbeth | Macbeth | 2024-05-02 |
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Lego Batman: The Bricks of Justice | Alfred Pennyworth (Voice) | 2024-08-10 |
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | Roald Dahl / Policeman | 2023-09-20 |
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The Rat Catcher | Rat Man / Roald Dahl | 2023-09-28 |
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The Swan | Roald Dahl | 2023-09-27 |
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Poison | Roald Dahl | 2023-09-29 |
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Four Quartets | Self | 2022-10-16 |
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The Forgiven | David Henninger | 2022-07-01 |
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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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National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy | Robert Moses | 2022-05-26 |
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Beat the Devil | David Hare | 2021-11-11 |
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No Time to Die | M | 2021-09-29 |
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The Dig | Basil Brown | 2021-01-14 |
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The King's Man | Orlando Oxford | 2021-12-22 |
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Designing Bond | Self | 2021-12-20 |
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Dolittle | Barry (voice) | 2020-01-02 |
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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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Coup 53 | Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire | 2019-09-01 |
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Holmes & Watson | Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave | 2018-12-25 |
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My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw | Himself | 2018-03-25 |
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An Oral History of: Schindler's List | Self (archive footage) | 2018-12-15 |
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The White Crow | Alexander Pushkin | 2018-08-31 |
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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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Sea Sorrow | Self | 2017-11-08 |
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Spielberg | Self | 2017-10-05 |
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Shakespeare Lives: The Works | Jaques | 2016-04-22 |
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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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Hail, Caesar! | Laurence Laurentz | 2016-02-05 |
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Kubo and the Two Strings | Moon King (voice) | 2016-08-18 |
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A Bigger Splash | Harry Hawkes | 2015-11-26 |
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Spectre | M | 2015-10-26 |
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National Theatre Live: Man and Superman | Jack Tanner/Don Juan | 2015-05-14 |
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Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley | Self | 2014-06-30 |
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Две женщины | Mikhail Rakitin | 2014-11-23 |
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Salting the Battlefield | Prime Minister Alec Beasley | 2014-03-27 |
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Turks & Caicos | Prime Minister Alec Beasley | 2014-03-20 |
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The Grand Budapest Hotel | M. Gustave | 2014-02-26 |
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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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The Invisible Woman | Charles Dickens | 2013-12-25 |
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Wrath of the Titans | Hades | 2012-03-28 |
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Skyfall | Gareth Mallory | 2012-10-24 |
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Great Expectations | Abel Magwitch | 2012-11-30 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Lord Voldemort | 2011-07-12 |
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When Harry Left Hogwarts | Self | 2011-11-11 |
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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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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Lord Gray | 2010-03-26 |
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Cemetery Junction | Mr. Kendrick | 2010-04-14 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Lord Voldemort | 2010-11-17 |
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Clash of the Titans | Hades | 2010-03-26 |
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The Wildest Dream | George Mallory (voice) | 2010-08-06 |
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The Reader | Michael Berg | 2008-12-10 |
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In Bruges | Harry | 2008-02-08 |
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The Duchess | Duke of Devonshire | 2008-09-05 |
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The Hurt Locker | Contractor Team Leader | 2008-10-10 |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Lord Voldemort | 2007-07-08 |
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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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Bernard and Doris | Bernard Lafferty | 2006-09-01 |
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Land of the Blind | Joe | 2006-05-01 |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Victor Quartermaine (voice) | 2005-09-15 |
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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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The Constant Gardener | Justin Quayle | 2005-08-31 |
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The Chumscrubber | Mayor Michael Ebbs | 2005-06-08 |
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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | Self | 2004-01-01 |
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Ten Days to D-Day | Narrator | 2004-01-02 |
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The Good Thief | Tony Angel (uncredited) | 2003-04-02 |
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A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' | Self | 2003-04-03 |
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Red Dragon | Francis Dolarhyde | 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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The Miracle Maker | Jesus (voice) | 2000-03-31 |
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How Proust Can Change Your Life | Marcel Proust | 2000-03-19 |
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Onegin | Onegin | 1999-12-22 |
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The End of the Affair | Maurice Bendrix | 1999-12-03 |
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Sunshine | Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors | 1999-09-13 |
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The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1999-09-14 |
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The Prince of Egypt | Rameses (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 | 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 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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The Cormorant | John Talbot | 1993-02-21 |
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Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | 1992-10-16 |
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A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | T.E. Lawrence | 1992-04-18 |
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Sequestered - Inside Conclave | Self | |
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Bike Me Up | Paris Segment | |
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Hallelujah! | George Frideric Handel | |
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Farnsworth House | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | |
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conclave behind the scenes | Cardinal Lawrence | |
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