Ralph Fiennes
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
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Dr. Ian Kelson
28 Years Later
Dr. Ian Kelson
The Oscars
Self
Prime Suspect
Michael
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Lord Voldemort
Schindler's List
Amon Goeth
Skyfall
Gareth Mallory
The Grand Budapest Hotel
M. Gustave
Spectre
M
No Time to Die
M
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
The Menu
Chef Slowik
Wrath of the Titans
Hades
Conclave
Lawrence
The Prince of Egypt
Rameses (voice)
Dolittle
Barry (voice)
The King's Man
Orlando Oxford
Clash of the Titans
Hades
The Choral
Dr. Henry Guthrie
The Directors
Self
The Lego Batman Movie
Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
The Duchess
Duke of Devonshire
Sunshine
Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moon King (voice)
In Bruges
Harry
The Hurt Locker
Contractor Team Leader
Arthouse
Self
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Lord Gray
Poison
Roald Dahl
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Victor Quartermaine (voice)
The Reader
Michael Berg
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
Quiz Show
Charles Van Doren
The Return
Odysseus (Ulisse)
The English Patient
Almásy
Hail, Caesar!
Laurence Laurentz
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
President Coriolanus Snow
Maid in Manhattan
Christopher Marshall
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Roald Dahl / Policeman
Official Secrets
Ben Emmerson
Strange Days
Lenny Nero
Chromophobia
Stephen Tulloch
The Constant Gardener
Justin Quayle
Holmes & Watson
Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave
A Bigger Splash
Harry Hawkes
The Avengers
John Steed
Coriolanus
Caius Martius Coriolanus
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch
The Swan
Roald Dahl
The End of the Affair
Maurice Bendrix
The Dig
Basil Brown
Spielberg
Self
The Rat Catcher
Rat Man / Roald Dahl
Spider
Spider
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Wilfred Owen (voice)
The Miracle Maker
Jesus (voice)
The Forgiven
David Henninger
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
Red Dragon
Francis Dolarhyde
Butterflies
Self
Page Eight
Alec Beasley
Salting the Battlefield
Prime Minister Alec Beasley
The Invisible Woman
Charles Dickens
The White Crow
Alexander Pushkin
Onegin
Onegin
Bernard and Doris
Bernard Lafferty
The White Countess
Todd Jackson
Land of the Blind
Joe
Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar Hopkins
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Self
Turks & Caicos
Prime Minister Alec Beasley
Cemetery Junction
Mr. Kendrick
Designing Bond
Self
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Self
The Good Thief
Tony Angel (uncredited)
The Chumscrubber
Mayor Michael Ebbs
The Wildest Dream
George Mallory (voice)
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Self
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Self
Two Women
Mikhail Rakitin
Sequestered - Inside Conclave
Self
Farnsworth House
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The Cormorant
John Talbot
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Self (archive footage)
Muse of Fire
Self
The Baby of Mâcon
The Bishop's Son
Bike Me Up
Paris Segment
André: The Voice of Wine
Narrator
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
Richard III
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
Antony
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
Jack Tanner/Don Juan
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Lambert Le Roux
Macbeth
Macbeth
Beat the Devil
David Hare
Coup 53
Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
Sea Sorrow
Self
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Self
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Self (archive footage)
Four Quartets
Self
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
T.E. Lawrence
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Marcel Proust
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
Robert Moses
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Hallelujah!
George Frideric Handel
Ten Days to D-Day
Narrator
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
Jaques
The Beacon
The Daily Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection
Victor Quartermaine
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The View
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The One Show
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Parkinson
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self - Actor
The Frame
Lord Voldemort
Inside the Actors Studio
Self