Ralph Fiennes
96 movies · 3 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 22, 1962 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as
- Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
Biography
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).
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.8 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Film
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★ 8.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Film
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Film
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Film
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★ 8.6 Schindler's List
1993 · Film
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★ 8.0 The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Film
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★ 7.3 Skyfall
2012 · Film
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★ 6.6 Spectre
2015 · Film
Ralph Fiennes: movies and TV shows
Acting (98)
- Upcoming The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as President Coriolanus Snow
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Bike Me Up
as Paris Segment
- Upcoming Hallelujah!
as George Frideric Handel
- Upcoming Farnsworth House
as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Upcoming Embers
as Henrik
- Upcoming Art
as Marc
- Upcoming Unbeaten
as Henry Cecil
- 2026 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
as Dr. Kelson
- 2025 The Choral
as Dr Henry Guthrie
- 2025 28 Years Later
as Dr. Kelson
- 2024 The Return
as Odysseus
- 2024 Conclave
as Lawrence
- 2024 National Theatre Live: Macbeth
as Macbeth
- 2024 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
- 2023 Poison
as Roald Dahl
- 2023 The Rat Catcher
as Rat Man / Roald Dahl
- 2023 The Swan
as Roald Dahl
- 2023 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Roald Dahl / Policeman
- 2022 The Menu
as Chef Slowik
- 2022 The Forgiven
as David Henninger
- 2022 National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
as Robert Moses
- 2021 The King's Man
as Orlando Oxford
- 2021 Beat the Devil
as David Hare
- 2021 No Time to Die
as M
- 2021 The Dig
as Basil Brown
- 2020 Dolittle
as Barry (voice)
- 2019 Official Secrets
as Ben Emmerson
- 2019 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
- 2018 Holmes & Watson
as James Moriarty
- 2018
- 2018 The White Crow
as Alexander Pushkin
- 2017 André: The Voice of Wine
as Narrator
- 2017 The Lego Batman Movie
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
- 2016 Kubo and the Two Strings
as Moon King (voice)
- 2016 Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
as Richard III
- 2016 Shakespeare Lives: The Works
as Jaques
- 2016 Hail, Caesar!
as Laurence Laurentz
- 2015 A Bigger Splash
as Harry Hawkes
- 2015 Spectre
as M
- 2015 National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
as Jack Tanner/Don Juan
- 2014 Two Women
as Mikhail Rakitin
- 2014 Salting the Battlefield
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
- 2014 Turks & Caicos
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
- 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel
as M. Gustave
- 2013 The Invisible Woman
as Charles Dickens
- 2013 National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Lambert Le Roux
- 2012 Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
- 2012 Skyfall
as Gareth Mallory
- 2012 Wrath of the Titans
as Hades
- 2011 Page Eight
as Alec Beasley
- 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Lord Voldemort
- 2011 Coriolanus
as Caius Martius Coriolanus
- 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Lord Voldemort
- 2010 The Wildest Dream
as George Mallory (voice)
- 2010 Cemetery Junction
as Mr. Kendrick
- 2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Lord Gray
- 2010 Clash of the Titans
as Hades
- 2008 The Reader
as Michael Berg
- 2008 The Hurt Locker
as Contractor Team Leader
- 2008 The Duchess
as Duke of Devonshire
- 2008 In Bruges
as Harry
- 2007 J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
as Voldemort (archival footage)
- 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Lord Voldemort
- 2006 Bernard and Doris
as Bernard Lafferty
- 2006 Chromophobia
as Stephen Tulloch
- 2006 Land of the Blind
as Joe
- 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Lord Voldemort
- 2005 The White Countess
as Todd Jackson
- 2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Victor Quartermaine (voice)
- 2005 The Constant Gardener
as Justin Quayle
- 2005 The Chumscrubber
as Mayor Michael Ebbs
- 2004 Ten Days to D-Day
as Narrator
- 2004
- 2003 The Good Thief
as Tony Angel (uncredited)
- 2002 Maid in Manhattan
as Christopher Marshall
- 2002 Spider
as Spider
- 2002 Red Dragon
as Francis Dolarhyde
- 2000 The Miracle Maker
as Jesus (voice)
- 2000 How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Marcel Proust
- 1999 Onegin
as Onegin
- 1999 The End of the Affair
as Maurice Bendrix
- 1999 Sunshine
as Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors
- 1998 The Prince of Egypt
as Rameses (voice)
- 1998 The Avengers
as John Steed
- 1997 Oscar and Lucinda
as Oscar Hopkins
- 1996 The English Patient
as Almásy
- 1996
- 1995 Strange Days
as Lenny Nero
- 1994 Quiz Show
as Charles Van Doren
- 1993 Schindler's List
as Amon Goeth
- 1993 The Baby of Mâcon
as The Bishop's Son
- 1993 The Cormorant
as John Talbot
- 1992 Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
- 1992 A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as T.E. Lawrence
- 1991
- 1990
- 1985
Behind the camera (12)
- Upcoming The Beacon
Director, Writer
- Upcoming Unbeaten
Executive Producer
- 2026 Eugene Onegin
Director
- 2024 The Return
Executive Producer
- 2024 Conclave
Executive Producer
- 2022 Four Quartets
Producer
- 2021 The King's Man
Executive Producer
- 2019 Coup 53
Thanks
- 2018 The White Crow
Director, Producer
- 2013 The Invisible Woman
Director
- 2011 Coriolanus
Director, Producer
- 1999 Onegin
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (37)
- 2026
- 2026 The Claudia Winkleman Show
1 episode
- 2022 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2 episodes
- 2022
- 2021
- 2018
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2016
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
2 episodes
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2013
- 2013 The Frame
1 episode
- 2011
- 2011
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5 episodes
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
3 episodes
- 2006 The One Show
1 episode
- 2006
- 2004
- 2003
- 2000
- 1999
- 1999 The Directors
1 episode
- 1998 Parkinson
1 episode
- 1997 Arthouse
1 episode
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
3 episodes
- 1971 Film '72
2 episodes
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
3 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
2 episodes