Ralph Fiennes
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1962-12-22
Place of Birth
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Ralph Fiennes
Biography
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes 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.
Also Known For
Strange Days
Oct 13, 1995
The English Patient
Nov 14, 1996
Schindler's List
Dec 15, 1993
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Sep 15, 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Nov 16, 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Jul 08, 2007
The Constant Gardener
Aug 31, 2005
The End of the Affair
Dec 03, 1999
Onegin
Dec 22, 1999
The Baby of Mâcon
Sep 17, 1993
The Miracle Maker
Mar 31, 2000
Maid in Manhattan
Dec 13, 2002
Quiz Show
Aug 25, 1994
The Reader
Dec 10, 2008
In Bruges
Feb 08, 2008
Wuthering Heights
Oct 16, 1992
The Hurt Locker
Oct 10, 2008
The Duchess
Sep 05, 2008
Red Dragon
Oct 02, 2002
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Nov 17, 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Jul 12, 2011
The Avengers
Aug 13, 1998
Spider
Nov 06, 2002
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Jan 10, 2006
The Prince of Egypt
Dec 16, 1998
Beat the Devil
Nov 11, 2021
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Mar 26, 2010
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Jan 01, 2022
The Chumscrubber
Jun 08, 2005
Cemetery Junction
Apr 14, 2010
Skyfall
Oct 24, 2012
Bernard and Doris
Sep 01, 2006
Chromophobia
May 10, 2006
Oscar and Lucinda
Dec 31, 1997
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Sep 20, 2023
Sunshine
Sep 13, 1999
Clash of the Titans
Mar 26, 2010
The White Countess
Oct 30, 2005
Page Eight
Aug 28, 2011
Wrath of the Titans
Mar 28, 2012
The Wildest Dream
Aug 06, 2010
Coriolanus
Feb 14, 2011
Great Expectations
Nov 30, 2012
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Jan 01, 2004
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Feb 26, 2014
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Apr 18, 1992
The Invisible Woman
Dec 25, 2013
The Cormorant
Feb 21, 1993
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
May 26, 2022
The Rat Catcher
Sep 28, 2023
The Swan
Sep 27, 2023
Poison
Sep 29, 2023
The Return
Nov 28, 2024
Muse of Fire
Sep 26, 2013
Turks & Caicos
Mar 20, 2014
Salting the Battlefield
Mar 27, 2014
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Apr 03, 2003
Hail, Caesar!
Feb 05, 2016
The Good Thief
Sep 06, 2002
Spectre
Oct 26, 2015
Land of the Blind
May 01, 2006
Four Quartets
Oct 16, 2022
Kubo and the Two Strings
Aug 18, 2016
Two Women
Nov 23, 2014
A Bigger Splash
Nov 26, 2015
Designing Bond
Dec 20, 2021
The Beacon
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Nov 11, 2011
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
May 14, 2015
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Mar 14, 2024
The Choral
Nov 07, 2025
Macbeth
May 02, 2024
28 Years Later
Jun 18, 2025
The Lego Batman Movie
Feb 08, 2017
Bike Me Up
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
Apr 22, 2016
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
Jul 21, 2016
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Nov 02, 2013
Sea Sorrow
Nov 08, 2017
Holmes & Watson
Dec 25, 2018
Spielberg
Oct 05, 2017
The White Crow
Aug 31, 2018
André: The Voice of Wine
Feb 15, 2017
No Time to Die
Sep 29, 2021
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Mar 25, 2018
Official Secrets
Aug 30, 2019
Hallelujah!
The Forgiven
Jul 01, 2022
Butterflies
Oct 26, 2016
The Dig
Jan 14, 2021
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
Dec 06, 2018
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Feb 06, 2019
The King's Man
Dec 22, 2021
Farnsworth House
Dolittle
Jan 02, 2020
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Mar 19, 2000
Coup 53
Sep 01, 2019
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Sep 14, 1999
The Menu
Nov 17, 2022
Ten Days to D-Day
Jan 02, 2004
Conclave
Oct 25, 2024
conclave behind the scenes
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Nov 18, 2026
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Jun 30, 2014
Sequestered - Inside Conclave
28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple
Jan 14, 2026
Inside the Actors Studio
Aug 14, 1994
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
Prime Suspect
Apr 07, 1991
The Directors
Jan 01, 1999
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Arthouse
Oct 26, 1997
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
The Frame
Apr 09, 2013
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sep 04, 2022
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Nov 10, 1996
Parkinson
Jan 09, 1998
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Nov 17, 2009
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006