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