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. Henry 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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Poison | Roald Dahl | 2023-09-29 |
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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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Four Quartets | Self | 2022-10-16 |
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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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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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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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The Dig | Basil Brown | 2021-01-14 |
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The King's Man | Orlando Oxford | 2021-12-22 |
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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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An Oral History of: Schindler's List | Self (archive footage) | 2018-12-15 |
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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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The White Crow | Alexander Pushkin | 2018-08-31 |
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Holmes & Watson | Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave | 2018-12-25 |
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André: The Voice of Wine | Narrator | 2017-02-15 |
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Sea Sorrow | Self | 2017-11-08 |
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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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Бабочки | himself | 2016-10-26 |
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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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Shakespeare Lives: The Works | Jaques | 2016-04-22 |
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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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A Bigger Splash | Harry Hawkes | 2015-11-26 |
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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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The Grand Budapest Hotel | M. Gustave | 2014-02-26 |
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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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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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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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Page Eight | Alec Beasley | 2011-08-28 |
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When Harry Left Hogwarts | Self | 2011-11-11 |
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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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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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Chromophobia | Stephen Tulloch | 2006-05-10 |
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Bernard and Doris | Bernard Lafferty | 2006-09-01 |
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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 Constant Gardener | Justin Quayle | 2005-08-31 |
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The White Countess | Todd Jackson | 2005-10-30 |
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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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The Good Thief | Tony Angel (uncredited) | 2003-04-02 |
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Farnsworth House | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | |
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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 |
