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