Ralph Fiennes
Known for Acting · 133 credits
- Born
- 1962-12-22 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as
- Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes · Reifs Fainss
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (22)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
The One Show
2006
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Screen Two
1985
as John Talbot
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self - Actor
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Prime Suspect
1991
as Michael
The Frame
2013
as Lord Voldemort
The Directors
1999
as Self
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026
as Self
Arthouse
1997
as Self
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Wilfred Owen (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (111)
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026
as Dr Kelson
The Return
2024
as Odysseus (Ulisse)
Schindler's List
1993
as Amon Goeth
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Lord Voldemort
28 Years Later
2025
as Dr. Ian Kelson
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Lord Voldemort
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as M. Gustave
No Time to Die
2021
as M
The Menu
2022
as Chef Slowik
The King's Man
2021
as Orlando Oxford
Skyfall
2012
as Gareth Mallory
Spectre
2015
as M
The Lego Batman Movie
2017
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
The Prince of Egypt
1998
as Rameses (voice)
Clash of the Titans
2010
as Hades
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026
as President Coriolanus Snow
Wrath of the Titans
2012
as Hades
Dolittle
2020
as Barry (voice)
The Choral
2025
as Dr. Henry Guthrie
Conclave
2024
as Lawrence
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
as Victor Quartermaine (voice)
The Reader
2008
as Michael Berg
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022
as Self
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
The English Patient
1996
as Almásy
The Hurt Locker
2008
as Contractor Team Leader
Embers
as Henrik
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
as Lord Gray
In Bruges
2008
as Harry
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
as Moon King (voice)
Hail, Caesar!
2016
as Laurence Laurentz
Holmes & Watson
2018
as Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023
as Roald Dahl / Policeman
The Duchess
2008
as Duke of Devonshire
Official Secrets
2019
as Ben Emmerson
Poison
2023
as Roald Dahl
Strange Days
1995
as Lenny Nero
Wuthering Heights
1992
as Heathcliff
Butterflies
2016
as Self
Maid in Manhattan
2002
as Christopher Marshall
The Constant Gardener
2005
as Justin Quayle
The Swan
2023
as Roald Dahl
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2024
as Macbeth
Great Expectations
2012
as Abel Magwitch
Spielberg
2017
as Self
The Rat Catcher
2023
as Rat Man / Roald Dahl
The End of the Affair
1999
as Maurice Bendrix
Coriolanus
2011
as Caius Martius Coriolanus
The Dig
2021
as Basil Brown
A Bigger Splash
2015
as Harry Hawkes
The Invisible Woman
2013
as Charles Dickens
The Avengers
1998
as John Steed
Sunshine
1999
as Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors
The White Crow
2018
as Alexander Pushkin
Spider
2002
as Spider
Page Eight
2011
as Alec Beasley
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
as Oscar Hopkins
The Forgiven
2022
as David Henninger
Quiz Show
1994
as Charles Van Doren
Onegin
1999
as Onegin
The Cormorant
1993
as John Talbot
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
Turks & Caicos
2014
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
The Miracle Maker
2000
as Jesus (voice)
Land of the Blind
2006
as Joe
Cemetery Junction
2010
as Mr. Kendrick
Salting the Battlefield
2014
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Chromophobia
2006
as Stephen Tulloch
The Baby of Mâcon
1993
as The Bishop's Son
Two Women
2014
as Mikhail Rakitin
The Chumscrubber
2005
as Mayor Michael Ebbs
Wanted: Marjory and Oliver
1990
Red Dragon
2002
as Francis Dolarhyde
Art
as Marc
Farnsworth House
as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The Wildest Dream
2010
as George Mallory (voice)
The White Countess
2005
as Todd Jackson
Designing Bond
2021
as Self
The Good Thief
2003
as Tony Angel (uncredited)
The Beginning of the End of the Affair
2000
as Self
Bike Me Up
as Paris Segment
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Bernard and Doris
2006
as Bernard Lafferty
The Hunger Games Series
2026
as Coriolanus Snow
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Lambert Le Roux
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
2014
as Self
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992
as T.E. Lawrence
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Coup 53
2019
as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
2016
as Richard III
Sea Sorrow
2017
as Self
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Self
André: The Voice of Wine
2017
as Narrator
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
2015
as Jack Tanner/Don Juan
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
2018
as Self
Ten Days to D-Day
2004
as Narrator
The Beacon
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003
as Self
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
2016
as Jaques
Beat the Devil
2021
as David Hare
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
2007
as Voldemort (archival footage)
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006
as Self
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
2022
as Robert Moses
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
2018
as Antony
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000
as Marcel Proust
Four Quartets
2022
as Self
Hallelujah!
as George Frideric Handel
About Ralph Fiennes
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 Compan… With 133 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Ralph Fiennes has appeared in 111 films and 22 TV shows.
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- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) — as Dr Kelson
- The Return (2024) — as Odysseus (Ulisse)
- Schindler's List (1993) — as Amon Goeth
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- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — as Lord Voldemort
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