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Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes[a](/reɪf ˈfaɪnz/; 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ralph Fiennes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes[a](/reɪf ˈfaɪnz/; 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ralph Fiennes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The One Show
Tony Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
The Graham Norton Show
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Parkinson
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Prime Suspect
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Dolittle
Despicable Me 4
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Kubo and the Two Strings
The Hurt Locker
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The Oscars
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Clash of the Titans
No Time to Die
Spectre
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
The Lego Batman Movie
28 Years Later Part 3
The Wildest Dream
Skyfall
28 Years Later
Page Eight
Schindler's List
Official Secrets
Wrath of the Titans
Red Dragon
In Bruges
A Bigger Splash
The Menu
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Duchess
How Proust Can Change Your Life
The Dig
The Prince of Egypt
Maid in Manhattan
Wuthering Heights
Sunshine
The Constant Gardener
Spider
The King's Man
The Avengers
Coriolanus
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Conclave
The Forgiven
The Reader
The English Patient
The Return
Quiz Show
The Cormorant
The Miracle Maker
Production Credits
Coriolanus
The King's Man
Conclave
The Return
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