Ralph Fiennes
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.
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Daily Show
1996
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The View
1997
The One Show
2006
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
0Tony Awards
1956
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The View
as Self - Guest · 1997
The One Show
as Self · 2006
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
· 1992
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1956
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Screen Two
as John Talbot · 1985
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Lord Voldemort · 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Lord Voldemort · 2007
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self - Actor · 2022
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Lord Voldemort · 2011
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Lord Voldemort · 2010
28 Years Later
as Dr. Kelson · 2025
Parkinson
as Self · 1998
Schindler's List
as Amon Goeth · 1993
No Time to Die
as M · 2021
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as M. Gustave · 2014
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
as Dr. Kelson · 2026
Prime Suspect
as Michael · 1991
The King's Man
as Orlando Oxford · 2021
The Prince of Egypt
as Rameses (voice) · 1998
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Wrath of the Titans
as Hades · 2012
Skyfall
as Gareth Mallory · 2012
The Menu
as Chef Slowik · 2022
Clash of the Titans
as Hades · 2010
Conclave
as Lawrence · 2024
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice) · 2019
Spectre
as M · 2015
The Lego Batman Movie
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice) · 2017
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as President Coriolanus Snow · 2026
Kubo and the Two Strings
as Moon King (voice) · 2016
Dolittle
as Barry (voice) · 2020
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Victor Quartermaine (voice) · 2005
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Lord Gray · 2010
The Hurt Locker
as Contractor Team Leader · 2008
In Bruges
as Harry · 2008
The Reader
as Michael Berg · 2008
The English Patient
as Almásy · 1996
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
as Self · 2022
The Directors
as Self · 1999
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Roald Dahl / Policeman · 2023
The Return
as Odysseus · 2024
Hail, Caesar!
as Laurence Laurentz · 2016
The Duchess
as Duke of Devonshire · 2008
Maid in Manhattan
as Christopher Marshall · 2002
Official Secrets
as Ben Emmerson · 2019
Strange Days
as Lenny Nero · 1995
The Constant Gardener
as Justin Quayle · 2005
The Choral
as Dr Henry Guthrie · 2025
The Avengers
as John Steed · 1998
The Forgiven
as David Henninger · 2022
The Frame
as Lord Voldemort · 2013
Holmes & Watson
as James Moriarty · 2018
The Dig
as Basil Brown · 2021
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff · 1992
Quiz Show
as Charles Van Doren · 1994
A Bigger Splash
as Harry Hawkes · 2015
The Claudia Winkleman Show
as Self · 2026
The End of the Affair
as Maurice Bendrix · 1999
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch · 2012
The Swan
as Roald Dahl · 2023
The Rat Catcher
as Rat Man / Roald Dahl · 2023
The White Crow
as Alexander Pushkin · 2018
Poison
as Roald Dahl · 2023
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
as Wilfred Owen (voice) · 1996
Arthouse
as Self · 1997
Page Eight
as Alec Beasley · 2011
Spider
as Spider · 2002
The Invisible Woman
as Charles Dickens · 2013
Red Dragon
as Francis Dolarhyde · 2002
The Good Thief
as Tony Angel (uncredited) · 2003
Cemetery Junction
as Mr. Kendrick · 2010
Turks & Caicos
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley · 2014
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage) · 2024
The Miracle Maker
as Jesus (voice) · 2000
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
as Macbeth · 2024
The Chumscrubber
as Mayor Michael Ebbs · 2005
Coriolanus
as Caius Martius Coriolanus · 2011
Spielberg
as Self · 2017
Land of the Blind
as Joe · 2006
The Baby of Mâcon
as The Bishop's Son · 1993
Sunshine
as Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors · 1999
The White Countess
as Todd Jackson · 2005
Chromophobia
as Stephen Tulloch · 2006
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
as Self - Lord Voldemort · 2011
Muse of Fire
as Self · 2013
Oscar and Lucinda
as Oscar Hopkins · 1997
Onegin
as Onegin · 1999
Bernard and Doris
as Bernard Lafferty · 2006
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Ian Fleming and the Curse of James Bond
as Self · 2026
When Harry Left Hogwarts
as Self · 2011
Salting the Battlefield
as Prime Minister Alec Beasley · 2014
Embers
as Henrik
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage) · 1999
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Lambert Le Roux · 2013
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as T.E. Lawrence · 1992
Ten Days to D-Day
as Narrator · 2004
Coup 53
as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire · 2019
The Wildest Dream
as George Mallory (voice) · 2010
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
as Antony · 2018
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
as Jack Tanner/Don Juan · 2015
How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Marcel Proust · 2000
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
as Richard III · 2016
The Beginning of the End of the Affair
as Self · 2000
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
as Self · 2014
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
as Voldemort (archival footage) · 2007
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Self · 2004
The Cormorant
as John Talbot · 1993
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
as Robert Moses · 2022
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
as Self · 2018
Two Women
as Mikhail Rakitin · 2014
Art
as Marc
Butterflies
as Self · 2016
Wanted: Marjory and Oliver
· 1990
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
as Jaques · 2016
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
as Self · 2006
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
as Self · 2003
Four Quartets
as Self · 2022
Farnsworth House
as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The End of the Affair: "Making of"
· 2004
Beat the Devil
as David Hare · 2021
Sea Sorrow
as Self · 2017
Bike Me Up
as Paris Segment
André: The Voice of Wine
as Narrator · 2017
Hallelujah!
as George Frideric Handel
The Beacon
Designing Bond
as Self · 2021