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.
103 movies · 22 shows
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026·7.1
The Choral
2025·6.4
28 Years Later
2025·6.6
The Return
2024·6.5
Conclave
2024·7.2
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2024·8.0
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024·7.4
Poison
2023·6.9
The Rat Catcher
2023·6.6
The Swan
2023·6.8
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023·7.3
The Menu
2022·7.2
Four Quartets
2022·6.0
The Forgiven
2022·5.8
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
2022·8.0
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022·7.3
The King's Man
2021·6.7
Designing Bond
2021·5.5
Beat the Devil
2021·6.0
No Time to Die
2021·7.3
The Dig
2021·6.8
Dolittle
2020·6.6
Coup 53
2019·8.0
Official Secrets
2019·7.2
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019·6.7
Holmes & Watson
2018·4.3
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
2018·0.0
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
2018·7.2
The White Crow
2018·6.6
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
2018·6.0
Sea Sorrow
2017·5.3
Spielberg
2017·7.5
André: The Voice of Wine
2017·6.0
The Lego Batman Movie
2017·7.3
Butterflies
2016·3.3
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016·7.6
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
2016·7.7
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
2016·6.0
Hail, Caesar!
2016·5.9
A Bigger Splash
2015·6.1
Spectre
2015·6.6
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
2015·5.6
Two Women
2014·6.1
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
2014·7.9
Salting the Battlefield
2014·6.3
Turks & Caicos
2014·6.3
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014·8.0
The Invisible Woman
2013·5.9
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013·6.2
Muse of Fire
2013·6.5
Great Expectations
2012·6.4
Skyfall
2012·7.3
Wrath of the Titans
2012·5.8
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011·7.2
Page Eight
2011·6.6
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011·8.1
Coriolanus
2011·5.8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010·7.7
The Wildest Dream
2010·7.0
Cemetery Junction
2010·6.5
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010·6.3
Clash of the Titans
2010·5.9
The Reader
2008·7.5
The Hurt Locker
2008·7.3
The Duchess
2008·7.0
In Bruges
2008·7.5
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
2007·7.3
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007·7.7
Bernard and Doris
2006·6.1
Chromophobia
2006·5.2
Land of the Blind
2006·5.8
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006·4.0
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005·7.8
The White Countess
2005·6.2
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005·7.1
The Constant Gardener
2005·7.0
The Chumscrubber
2005·6.5
Ten Days to D-Day
2004·5.2
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004·6.6
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003·7.8
The Good Thief
2003·6.1
Maid in Manhattan
2002·6.1
Spider
2002·6.7
Red Dragon
2002·7.0
The Miracle Maker
2000·6.1
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000·5.2
The Beginning of the End of the Affair
2000·0.0
Onegin
1999·6.1
The End of the Affair
1999·6.6
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999·6.6
Sunshine
1999·6.4
The Prince of Egypt
1998·7.3
The Avengers
1998·4.4
Oscar and Lucinda
1997·6.4
The English Patient
1996·7.1
Strange Days
1995·7.0
Quiz Show
1994·7.3
Schindler's List
1993·8.6
The Baby of Mâcon
1993·6.9
The Cormorant
1993·4.5
Wuthering Heights
1992·6.6
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992·6.4
Wanted: Marjory and Oliver
1990·0.0