1962-12-22 Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes 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 Part 2: 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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Macbeth | Macbeth | 2024-05-02 |
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Conclave | Lawrence | 2024-10-25 |
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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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The Return | Odysseus (Ulisse) | 2024-11-28 |
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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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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | Roald Dahl / Policeman | 2023-09-20 |
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Poison | Roald Dahl | 2023-09-29 |
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Four Quartets | Self | 2022-10-16 |
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National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy | Robert Moses | 2022-05-26 |
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The Forgiven | David Henninger | 2022-07-01 |
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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Self | 2022-01-01 |
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The Menu | Chef Slowik | 2022-11-17 |
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Designing Bond | Self | 2021-12-20 |
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The Dig | Basil Brown | 2021-01-14 |
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No Time to Die | M | 2021-09-29 |
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The King's Man | Orlando Oxford | 2021-12-22 |
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Beat the Devil | David Hare | 2021-11-11 |
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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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Coup 53 | Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire | 2019-09-01 |
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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 / 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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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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Sea Sorrow | Self | 2017-11-08 |
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André: The Voice of Wine | Narrator | 2017-02-15 |
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Spielberg | Self | 2017-10-05 |
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The Lego Batman Movie | Alfred Pennyworth (voice) | 2017-02-08 |
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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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Shakespeare Lives: The Works | Jaques | 2016-04-22 |
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Бабочки | himself | 2016-10-26 |
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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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The Grand Budapest Hotel | M. Gustave | 2014-02-26 |
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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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Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley | Self | 2014-06-30 |
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Turks & Caicos | Prime Minister Alec Beasley | 2014-03-20 |
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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Lambert Le Roux | 2013-11-02 |
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The Invisible Woman | Charles Dickens | 2013-12-25 |
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Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
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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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Wrath of the Titans | Hades | 2012-03-28 |
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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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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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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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The Wildest Dream | George Mallory (voice) | 2010-08-06 |
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In Bruges | Harry | 2008-02-08 |
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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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The Duchess | Duke of Devonshire | 2008-09-05 |
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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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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Victor Quartermaine (voice) | 2005-09-15 |
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The Chumscrubber | Mayor Michael Ebbs | 2005-06-08 |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Lord Voldemort | 2005-11-16 |
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The White Countess | Todd Jackson | 2005-10-30 |
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The Constant Gardener | Justin Quayle | 2005-08-31 |
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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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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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Spider | Spider | 2002-11-06 |
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The Good Thief | Tony Angel (uncredited) | 2002-09-06 |
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Maid in Manhattan | Christopher Marshall | 2002-12-13 |
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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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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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Onegin | Onegin | 1999-12-22 |
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The End of the Affair | Maurice Bendrix | 1999-12-03 |
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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 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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A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | T.E. Lawrence | 1992-04-18 |
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Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | 1992-10-16 |
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Sequestered - Inside Conclave | Self | |
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Bike Me Up | Paris Segment | |
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The Beacon | ||
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Farnsworth House | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | |
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Hallelujah! | George Frideric Handel | |
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conclave behind the scenes | Cardinal Lawrence |
