1962-12-22 Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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.
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28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple | Dr. Kelson | 2026-01-06 |
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28 Years Later | Dr. Kelson | 2025-06-18 |
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The Return | Odysseus | 2024-09-07 |
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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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Macbeth | Macbeth | 2024-05-02 |
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Conclave | Lawrence | 2024-10-25 |
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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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The Forgiven | David Henninger | 2022-07-01 |
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National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy | Robert Moses | 2022-05-26 |
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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Self | 2022-01-01 |
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Four Quartets | Self | 2022-10-16 |
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The Menu | Chef Slowik | 2022-11-17 |
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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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Beat the Devil | David Hare | 2021-11-11 |
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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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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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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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Holmes & Watson | Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave | 2018-12-25 |
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The White Crow | Alexander Pushkin | 2018-08-31 |
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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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Sea Sorrow | Self | 2017-11-08 |
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Hail, Caesar! | Laurence Laurentz | 2016-02-05 |
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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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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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Spectre | M | 2015-10-26 |
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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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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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The Grand Budapest Hotel | M. Gustave | 2014-02-26 |
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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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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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Great Expectations | Abel Magwitch | 2012-11-30 |
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Skyfall | Gareth Mallory | 2012-10-24 |
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When Harry Left Hogwarts | Self | 2011-11-11 |
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Coriolanus | Caius Martius Coriolanus | 2011-02-14 |
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Page Eight | Alec Beasley | 2011-08-28 |
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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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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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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Lord Gray | 2010-03-26 |
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The Wildest Dream | George Mallory (voice) | 2010-08-06 |
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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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In Bruges | Harry | 2008-02-08 |
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The Reader | Michael Berg | 2008-12-10 |
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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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Chromophobia | Stephen Tulloch | 2006-05-10 |
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Land of the Blind | Joe | 2006-05-01 |
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Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener | Self | 2006-01-10 |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Victor Quartermaine (voice) | 2005-09-15 |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Lord Voldemort | 2005-11-16 |
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The Chumscrubber | Mayor Michael Ebbs | 2005-06-08 |
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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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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) | 2002-09-06 |
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Spider | Spider | 2002-11-06 |
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Maid in Manhattan | Christopher Marshall | 2002-12-13 |
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Red Dragon | Francis Dolarhyde | 2002-10-02 |
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How Proust Can Change Your Life | Marcel Proust | 2000-03-19 |
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The Miracle Maker | Jesus (voice) | 2000-03-31 |
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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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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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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 | 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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Schindler's List | Amon Goeth | 1993-12-15 |
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The Baby of Mâcon | The Bishop's Son | 1993-09-17 |
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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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conclave behind the scenes | Cardinal Lawrence | |
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The Divine Comedy | Virgilio | |
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Hallelujah! | George Frideric Handel | |
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The Choral | Dr. Guthrie | |
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Farnsworth House | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | |
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Bike Me Up | Paris Segment |