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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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping | President Coriolanus Snow | 2026-11-18 |
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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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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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Macbeth | Macbeth | 2024-05-02 |
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The Rat Catcher | Rat Man / Roald Dahl | 2023-09-28 |
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | Roald Dahl / Policeman | 2023-09-20 |
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The Swan | Roald Dahl | 2023-09-27 |
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Poison | Roald Dahl | 2023-09-29 |
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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 Forgiven | David Henninger | 2022-07-01 |
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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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No Time to Die | M | 2021-09-29 |
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Beat the Devil | David Hare | 2021-11-11 |
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Designing Bond | Self | 2021-12-20 |
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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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Dolittle | Barry (voice) | 2020-01-02 |
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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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Official Secrets | Ben Emmerson | 2019-08-30 |
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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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The Lego Batman Movie | Alfred Pennyworth (voice) | 2017-02-08 |
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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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Sea Sorrow | Self | 2017-11-08 |
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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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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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Hail, Caesar! | Laurence Laurentz | 2016-02-05 |
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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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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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Две женщины | Mikhail Rakitin | 2014-11-23 |
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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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Wrath of the Titans | Hades | 2012-03-28 |
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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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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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Coriolanus | Caius Martius Coriolanus | 2011-02-14 |
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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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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 Hurt Locker | Contractor Team Leader | 2008-10-10 |
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The Duchess | Duke of Devonshire | 2008-09-05 |
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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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Chromophobia | Stephen Tulloch | 2006-05-10 |
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Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener | Self | 2006-01-10 |
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Land of the Blind | Joe | 2006-05-01 |
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Bernard and Doris | Bernard Lafferty | 2006-09-01 |
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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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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Victor Quartermaine (voice) | 2005-09-15 |
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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' | 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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Maid in Manhattan | Christopher Marshall | 2002-12-13 |
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The Good Thief | Tony Angel (uncredited) | 2002-09-06 |
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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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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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Onegin | Onegin | 1999-12-22 |
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The End of the Affair | Maurice Bendrix | 1999-12-03 |
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The Avengers | John Steed | 1998-08-13 |
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The Prince of Egypt | Rameses (voice) | 1998-12-16 |
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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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Schindler's List | Amon Goeth | 1993-12-15 |
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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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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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The Divine Comedy | Virgilio | |
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Bike Me Up | Paris Segment | |
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Hallelujah! | George Frideric Handel | |
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The Beacon | ||
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Farnsworth House | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | |
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The Choral | Dr. Guthrie | |
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conclave behind the scenes | Cardinal Lawrence |