Ralph Fiennes
Born: 1962-12-22 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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). 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.
Filmography
2026
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple as Dr Kelson
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as President Coriolanus Snow
- The Claudia Winkleman Show as Self
- Eugene Onegin ... (Director)
2025
- 28 Years Later as Dr. Ian Kelson
- The Choral as Dr. Henry Guthrie
2024
- Conclave as Lawrence
- The Return as Odysseus (Ulisse)
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
- Macbeth as Macbeth
- Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection as Victor Quartermaine
2023
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar as Roald Dahl / Policeman
- Poison as Roald Dahl
- The Rat Catcher as Rat Man / Roald Dahl
- The Swan as Roald Dahl
2022
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self - Actor
- The Menu as Chef Slowik
- Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Self
- The Forgiven as David Henninger
- Four Quartets as Self
- National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy as Robert Moses
2021
- No Time to Die as M
- The King's Man as Orlando Oxford
- The Dig as Basil Brown
- Designing Bond as Self
- Beat the Devil as David Hare
2020
- Dolittle as Barry (voice)
2019
- The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
- Official Secrets as Ben Emmerson
- Coup 53 as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
2018
- Holmes & Watson as Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave
- The White Crow as Alexander Pushkin
- An Oral History of: Schindler's List as Self (archive footage)
- National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra as Antony
- My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw as Self
2017
- The Lego Batman Movie as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
- Spielberg as Self
- Sea Sorrow as Self
- André: The Voice of Wine as Narrator
2016
- Kubo and the Two Strings as Moon King (voice)
- Hail, Caesar! as Laurence Laurentz
- Butterflies as Self
- Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III as Richard III
- Shakespeare Lives: The Works as Jaques
2015
- Spectre as M
- A Bigger Splash as Harry Hawkes
- National Theatre Live: Man and Superman as Jack Tanner/Don Juan
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 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
- Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley as Self
2013
- The Frame as Lord Voldemort
- The Invisible Woman as Charles Dickens
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Lambert Le Roux
- Muse of Fire as Self
2012
- Skyfall as Gareth Mallory
- Wrath of the Titans as Hades
- Great Expectations as Abel Magwitch
2011
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Lord Voldemort
- When Harry Left Hogwarts as Self
- Coriolanus as Caius Martius Coriolanus
- Page Eight as Alec Beasley
2010
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Lord Voldemort
- Clash of the Titans as Hades
- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang as Lord Gray
- Cemetery Junction as Mr. Kendrick
- The Wildest Dream as George Mallory (voice)
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2008
- The Reader as Michael Berg
- In Bruges as Harry
- The Hurt Locker as Contractor Team Leader
- The Duchess as Duke of Devonshire
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Lord Voldemort
2006
- The One Show as Self
- Bernard and Doris as Bernard Lafferty
- Chromophobia as Stephen Tulloch
- Land of the Blind as Joe
- Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener as Self
2005
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Lord Voldemort
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as Victor Quartermaine (voice)
- The Constant Gardener as Justin Quayle
- The White Countess as Todd Jackson
- The Chumscrubber as Mayor Michael Ebbs
2004
- Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
- Ten Days to D-Day as Narrator
2003
- The Good Thief as Tony Angel (uncredited)
- A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' as Self
2002
- Maid in Manhattan as Christopher Marshall
- Spider as Spider
- Red Dragon as Francis Dolarhyde
2000
- The Miracle Maker as Jesus (voice)
- How Proust Can Change Your Life as Marcel Proust
1999
- The Directors as Self
- Onegin as Onegin
- Sunshine as Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors
- The End of the Affair as Maurice Bendrix
- The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self (archive footage)
1998
- The Prince of Egypt as Rameses (voice)
- Parkinson as Self
- The Avengers as John Steed
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
- Arthouse as Self
- Oscar and Lucinda as Oscar Hopkins
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- The English Patient as Almásy
- The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Wilfred Owen (voice)
1995
- Strange Days as Lenny Nero
1994
- Quiz Show as Charles Van Doren
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Schindler's List as Amon Goeth
- The Baby of Mâcon as The Bishop's Son
- The Cormorant as John Talbot
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff
- A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia as T.E. Lawrence
1991
- Prime Suspect as Michael
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee