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