Ralph Fiennes
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Biography
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born December 22, 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. Since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK. A Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. He made his film debut playing Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. Fiennes' portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in Schindler's List (1993) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient (1996) garnered him a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor, as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations.
Since then, Fiennes has been in a number of notable films, including Quiz Show (1994), Strange Days (1995), The End of the Affair (1999), Red Dragon (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), Clash of the Titans (2010), Great Expectations (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He voiced Rameses in The Prince of Egypt (1998).
Fiennes is most known for his role in the major film franchise series of Harry Potter films (2005–2011), in which he played the main villain, Lord Voldemort. In the James Bond series he played Gareth Mallory / M, starting with the 2012 film Skyfall.
In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus, in which he also played the title character. Fiennes won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway.
Known For
Tony Awards
The Graham Norton Show
The Daily Show
The Oscars
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Prime Suspect
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Dolittle
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Despicable Me 4
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Kubo and the Two Strings
The Hurt Locker
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Clash of the Titans
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
No Time to Die
The Lego Batman Movie
28 Years Later
Skyfall
Spectre
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Wildest Dream
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Wrath of the Titans
A Bigger Splash
Schindler's List
Official Secrets
Red Dragon
In Bruges
Page Eight
Maid in Manhattan
The Duchess
The Menu
The Dig
Wuthering Heights
The Prince of Egypt
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Constant Gardener
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Coriolanus
Quiz Show
Spider
The English Patient
The Forgiven
The King's Man
The Avengers
Production Credits
Originals for Netflix
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