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