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