Acting
Ralph Fiennes
EN, RU cinema · 115 credits
Born
22 December 1962 (age 63)
Birthplace
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Also known as Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-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
Filmography
The Beacon
The Beacon
Actor, Director, Writer
Bike Me Up
Bike Me Up
as Paris Segment
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
as George Frideric Handel
Farnsworth House
Farnsworth House
as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Embers
Embers
as Henrik
Art
as Marc
Unbeaten
Unbeaten
as Henry Cecil, Executive Producer
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as President Coriolanus Snow
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
as Dr. Kelson
Eugene Onegin
Director
The Choral
as Dr Henry Guthrie
28 Years Later
as Dr. Kelson
The Return
as Odysseus, Executive Producer
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
Conclave
as Lawrence, Executive Producer
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Roald Dahl / Policeman
The Rat Catcher
as Rat Man / Roald Dahl
The Swan
as Roald Dahl
Poison
as Roald Dahl
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
as Robert Moses
Four Quartets
as Self, Producer
The Forgiven
as David Henninger
The Menu
as Chef Slowik
Beat the Devil
as David Hare
The Dig
as Basil Brown
The King's Man
as Orlando Oxford, Executive Producer
Dolittle
as Barry (voice)
Official Secrets
as Ben Emmerson
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Coup 53
as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire, Thanks
Holmes & Watson
as James Moriarty
The White Crow
as Alexander Pushkin, Director, Producer
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
as Self (archive footage)
The Lego Batman Movie
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Sea Sorrow
as Self
Spielberg
as Self
André: The Voice of Wine
as Narrator
Hail, Caesar!
as Laurence Laurentz
Kubo and the Two Strings
as Moon King (voice)
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
as Richard III
Butterflies
as Self
A Bigger Splash
as Harry Hawkes
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
as Jack Tanner/Don Juan
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as M. Gustave
Turks & Caicos
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
Salting the Battlefield
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
Two Women
as Mikhail Rakitin
The Invisible Woman
as Charles Dickens, Director
Muse of Fire
as Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Lambert Le Roux
Skyfall
as Gareth Mallory
Wrath of the Titans
as Hades
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Lord Voldemort
Page Eight
as Alec Beasley
Coriolanus
as Caius Martius Coriolanus, Director, Producer
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
as Self - Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Lord Voldemort
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Lord Gray
Cemetery Junction
as Mr. Kendrick
Clash of the Titans
as Hades
The Wildest Dream
as George Mallory (voice)
The Reader
as Michael Berg
In Bruges
as Harry
The Hurt Locker
as Contractor Team Leader
The Duchess
as Duke of Devonshire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Lord Voldemort
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
as Voldemort (archival footage)
Bernard and Doris
as Bernard Lafferty
Chromophobia
as Stephen Tulloch
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Victor Quartermaine (voice)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Lord Voldemort
The Constant Gardener
as Justin Quayle
The Chumscrubber
as Mayor Michael Ebbs
The White Countess
as Todd Jackson
Ten Days to D-Day
as Narrator
The Good Thief
as Tony Angel (uncredited)
Maid in Manhattan
as Christopher Marshall
Red Dragon
as Francis Dolarhyde
Spider
as Spider
The Miracle Maker
as Jesus (voice)
How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Marcel Proust
The End of the Affair
as Maurice Bendrix
Onegin
as Onegin, Executive Producer
Sunshine
as Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage)
The Avengers
as John Steed
The Prince of Egypt
as Rameses (voice)
Oscar and Lucinda
as Oscar Hopkins
The English Patient
as Almásy
Strange Days
as Lenny Nero
Quiz Show
as Charles Van Doren
Schindler's List
as Amon Goeth
The Baby of Mâcon
as The Bishop's Son
The Cormorant
as John Talbot
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as T.E. Lawrence
