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